What is Islam in Lebanon?
[[File:Beirut city center (344810158).jpg|thumb|Mosque in [[Beirut]].]] '''Islam in Lebanon''' is divided between four [[Muslim]] sects; [[Shia]]s, [[Sunni]]s, [[Alawite]]s, and [[Ismaili]]s including the [[Druze]]. Muslims (including Druze) account for 59% of the total population of Lebanon, where 39% are [[Christian]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=CIA Factbook - Lebanon |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/le.html#People |access-date=2012-10-19 |archive-date=2017-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910080711/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/le.html#People |url-status=dead }}</ref> Shiites - about 27% <ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2006/07/19/world/middleeast/20060719_MIDEAST_GRAPHIC.html The New York Times > International > Interactive Feature > Interactive Graphic: Attacks, Day by Day<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> of the total population of Lebanon - live mostly in the northern area of the [[Beqaa Valley]], [[Southern Lebanon]] and southern areas of [[Beirut]]. About 26% of the [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] population is Sunni, concentrated largely in coastal cities like west [[Beirut]], [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]] and [[Sidon]]. The Druze account for 5% of the population. ==References== {{reflist}} {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Islam by country|Lebanon]] [[Category:Religion in Lebanon]]