Sharia law in Lebanon? Don't you people know anything? I am really irritated that, for all of the pompous IMHO'ing, most of the participants in this thread seem to be completely ignorant of the subject--

When Lebanon broken off from Syria by the French, and given it's independence,a Christian dominated government was established--reflecting what was then a Christian majority in the population--that is to say, six parlimentary seats for Christians for every five for Muslims--part of the conflict there stems from the fact that, no official census has been taken since 1932 in order to avoid unbalancing this ratio--current estimates are that the population is 75% Muslim--

You can find this stuff easily on the internet, although, given the fact that Civil War in Lebanon was a major, ongoing news story for nearly two decades, you all ought to know something about it (not just Kevin McGrath and Ron Davies)--