#CutTheClutter: Tragedy of Lebanon,carved in constitutional sectarianism & caught in Israel-Hezbollah-Palestine trap

Lebanon, caught in Hezbollah-Israel crossfire, is a sobering case study of how much damage a country can do itself by embracing bad ideas like constitutional sectarianism & proportional representation. In Ep 1331 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta talks about why Lebanon is a failed state, its curse of “Confessionalism” and lessons for India 

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Christians in Lebanon: A short history of the Maronite Church: https://aleteia.org/2020/09/10/christians-in-lebanon-a-short-history-of-the-maronite-church/