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This story at first glance appears to be a simple missionary tale. At its center is a young man inspired by foreign missionaries to renew his faith in God. Though persecuted by his former coreligionists, he dies true to his new beliefs. The convert’s name was As'ad Shidyaq. He belonged not to the Muslim majority, but to the Eastern Christian community of the Maronites in a land we today call Lebanon.
— Jan 27, 2022 03:53PM
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Because rank rather than religion was the defining aspect of local political life under Shihabi hegemony, the leading Maronite families shared an elaborate elite culture with their Druze and Shi'a counterparts. A veritable taboo existed within Mount Lebanon against publicly probing into, let alone denigrating, the faith of others.
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