How Lebanon & Syria Descended Into Civil War Between Muslims & Christians | Lebanon Documentary

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The Levant is a mixing pot for religious and cultural diversity which has given the world incredible displays of civilization. Unfortunately the mismanagement of this diversity has at times given way to outbursts of conflict. This is particularly the case in the modern period. As European imperial forces started to interfere with the affairs of a declining Ottoman Empire that was proving incapable of solving its own internal issues, sectarian and ethnic tensions spilled over in episodes of extreme violence. A prominent early example took place in the summer of 1860 when Ottoman Syria was beset by a civil conflict between its Christian, Muslim and Druze inhabitants. Having lived together in relative peace for centuries, the different groups drew arms in clashes that saw tens of thousands of people get killed. The repercussions of the feud would go on to influence the Levant for decades to come. In the case of Lebanon specifically, it is not an exaggeration to say that it determined its future to the present day.
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0:00 Intro
1:39 Ottoman Syria Backstory
10:08 Mount Lebanon Civil War
11:34 Damascus Massacre
14:19 Aftermath

[@HikmaHistory]

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[@xavier4260]

You were my PhD tutor last year when I was in year 12, we were part of the brilliant club. We did a project where we had to write an essay on a topic and ours was on modernisation of a country (Afghanistan). Do you remember ? Oh and your channel is doing well 🎉(congrats!)

[@Ljuta-Guja]

Really loving your work brother regardless of anything you make great videos. God bless you and your subscribers. Love from Valjevo,Serbia

[@jeffribinjeffri9914]

​@@xavier4260 😅

[@Makmakmakmak10]

Lebanese orthodox here, great job telling this story. I’ve always hated the ethnic tensions and religious divides it’s entirely pointless and never ending. Praying for Syria and Lebanon to get back to stability and greatness ❤

[@nightprowler6336]

I am Lebanese orthodox christian too

[@physicspectrum16]

Hope lebanon could resist arapization agenda and strengthen as a non arap Christian country

[@ohBassel]

@@physicspectrum16 what are u on fam?

[@physicspectrum16]

@@ohBassel just stating what it is

[@ifyagotajaburadumsheep1752]

palestine is also southern syria the palestinians are causing a huge disservice to their cause by not knowing how and why they a called palestinians when the majority are ethnic syrian and the land was part of greater syria

[@t.r.mcpherson748]

I am an Orthodox Christian. I pray for my brothers and sisters in Levant and the Holy Land. I pray for my cousins in the Islamic faith as well as I love them too. ☦️

[@123jac]

muslims are your cousins, are you an infidel according to Muslims? do not be a hypocrite.

[@yaboidex4000]

As a Muslim Bosnian I pray for you as well my brother 🫂we shall never fight again as we once did

[@sriram97]

@@yaboidex4000 you don't we all know that

[@jewishzionist3322]

No Islam is not an Abrahamic religion .. they worship the Devil

[@mgs2014]

Pray for those who got killed and raped by Muslims too.

[@jeanbakraji9470]

I am a christian Syrian. Christians came to Assad the father asking for military help to protect them because the syrian president is not even muslim, he is an allowite and the syrian army is secular with half of its general are even from the syrian minorities including syrian christians. The cards flipped later.

[@A13b100]

Assad is a heretic muslim

[@NaviRyan]

After watching a history video on the Lebanese civil war it’s a Vietnam style guerrilla war for everyone involved and solved basically nothing. After the port explosion it seems Lebanon’s economically collapsing. In my country of Canada I was surprised to learn of a historical Lebanese community in northern Alberta. It’s sad to see the state that Lebanon is in for the l Lebanese people.

[@ifyagotajaburadumsheep1752]

@@NaviRyan wow there Lebanese in northern Alberta im freezing in toronto

[@NaviRyan]

@@ifyagotajaburadumsheep1752 yep they were mink fur traders/ fishermen.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

​@@NaviRyan The Lebanese were in North and South America before these events

[@zed3443]

Respect for Christians that stayed there all this time surrounded by muslims ✝️🙏🏻

[@user-ze8yy8jg1f]

🇮🇪🇱🇧 one of our longest and most successful peacekeeping deployments.

[@YISHRAELi]

@@user-ze8yy8jg1f appointed by the Lord Yeshuva 🔥❤

[@tombombadil2049]

@@Ghjkoplokkp It’s actually growing

[@BryanMinami]

​​@@tombombadil2049 nope, it's even more declining since Christian youth lose their moral and families values especially US and Europe

[@thedstorm8922]

@@tombombadil2049 Lol no its declining

[@Ljuta-Guja]

The Maronites turned out to be real Lions of the Faith! Respect from Serbia

[@michaelalek6490]

Hahahaha, the Maronites and their fascist militias turned out to be the biggest traitors and criminals

[@donnyjoe123]

One cause 🇱🇧✝️🇷🇸

[@Y.s.S_156]

The Maronites are just a joke in the hands of the West because of them Lebanon was divided from Syria like the Catholic Croats and Muslims in Bosnia so that the Serbs supported them 🤣

[@ef6957]

Like the Muslims in Bosnia they are the real Lions of Yugoslavia fighting crazy ustashe and Chetniks

[@idipped2521]

@@Ghjkoplokkp never tell a Serb that or they won’t be friends with you anymore lol

[@eliascoumair4877]

Last one standing🇱🇧✝️❤

[@Thiago.Acquati]

Nice vídeo, the Lebanese refuges have the biggest community in diaspora here in Brazil, their culture is all over here, I would love to see a continuation talking more about they. Thanks for the vídeo, from São Paulo 🇧🇷

[@nightprowler6336]

And 99% of them are christian

[@FOLIPE]

Actually the number of lebanese in Brazil given by the embassies is hugely inflated. Estimates from actual research is more around 1 million for all descendants of any arabs including mixed, including syrian and lebanese, which makes more sense considering the relatively small number of immigrants overall. That only makes sense considering the number of immigrants (less than even japanese) and that they were urban folks with relatively small families. France, thus, certainly has more lebanese than Brazil does nowadays. Besides immigration to Brazil was way before the civil war, they weren't refugees.

[@nightprowler6336]

@@FOLIPE wrong. Your former president was Lebanese.

[@nightprowler6336]

@@FOLIPE there are 12 million Lebanese outside lebanon worldwide with 8 million of them in Brazil

[@Thiago.Acquati]

@@FOLIPE ok sorry for my missundestatement. They werent refugees, but imigrants I misstalked cause the video was about war history of lebanon and I tried to link with the mass migration to brazil. The Numbers can be wrong, because the population census doesnt anwser the exact etnicities , but rather group the people by skin Color (White or Mixed or Black or Asian or Indigineous) . So sorry if ofended anyone with my comment

[@TBLiov]

Agnostic Syrian here, I grow up in Syria, where everyone respected other people's beliefs. Let's read history well and learn from it, and let's remember that external interference in many cases was the reason of our internal conflicts . What's happening in Syria and Lebanon is not natural, and soon, hopefully, all will be good and will live together in peace and prosperity. Both Syrians & Lebanese deserve a better life than this chaos.

[@AnonymousReader-er4eg]

Do you support Assad

[@TBLiov]

@@AnonymousReader-er4eg irrelevant.

[@Gahez15]

​@@AnonymousReader-er4egall Assad supporters are Non syrian or just Not sane

[@Pearlsrat]

@@AnonymousReader-er4eg yes

[@AnonymousReader-er4eg]

@@TBLiov how is it irrelevant?

[@eduardotevacuna4426]

I’ve seen how hard is it for Muslims to keep their videos secular and fair w out being biased you are the only one doing a decent job congrats 🎉

[@ashfifidontcare4064]

Yeah be the Christians do it ? Sorry us muslims didn’t like the fact that Palestinians were made refugees and colonized so we decided to help them instead of abandon them and work with colonizers to kill our own people

[@Agro50]

bruuuhhh srsly. I have seen many muslims who also keep it secular and fair. Are you talking about political ones cause I know that happens

[@idkwtdrn]

​@@Agro50 even Al Jazeera and TRT, main stream medias which are supposedly secular, are obviously biased. Got to give this channel credit though, that even though over exaggeration and bias may give him more views, but he doesn't do it.

[@Agro50]

@@idkwtdrn All news media sources are biased , problem is not exclusive to muslims. Besides I am talking yt channels not news sources

[@chetanmankar2057]

​@@Agro50 secularism is strictly prohibited in Islam

[@zah1db376]

solid mate (can u let my family go now)

[@hughgrection7246]

i must know what the hidden comment says ............

[@d3go39]

Yo so you see there are 2 replies on this comment? I always see more numbers than the replies. I thought youtube was broken I didn't know there were hidden comments

[@matheusalves5160]

SHOW US THE HIDDEN COMMENT NOW!!!

[@drmg735]

@@d3go39wait, there’s hidden comments?

[@tammijatti9164]

OK so this is what I’m talking about people! This brother right here gets it done each and every time exactly like it needs to be done. I’ve always had a difficult time understanding this subject, I really needed the tie-in with the historical background, and you just gave it to me. Mashallah!

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks Tamara! More Lebanon content coming!

[@mohamednazirbasharat913]

A powerful presentation of a piece of history, thank you. Listening to it triggered a thought in my mind about how naive it is to believe that political ideologies, systems and orders can work like a copy and paste exercise for all nations regardless of the stark differences in the societal structures that grew out of their unique histories.

[@HikmaHistory]

Thank you, and yes it's crazy to think that such simple and massive errors could be committed by people whose decisions affect millions.

[@JohnWick-vb9pc]

Why did your Mohamed have a nine year old wife?

[@middleeastarmenia407]

I'm Armenian and have a Sunni friend from Damascus, who comes from a well off jewler family. His father always said that Armenians and generally Ortodoks Christians are the same and religion should not get in between. After 2011, they escaped towards Cairo, losing everything because of ISIS. His father died due to stress, and for 9 years my friend had worked his way to come to America, and found an Armenian uncle from Aleppo who became his guide and translator and through him we discovered each other. Syria is my heart, Lebanon is my bones, and Armenia is my soul, we are amazingly similar. Also, Armenians took part in both sides unfortunately, we supported the Palestinians and Syrians through ASALA and the Maronites through the Dashnak party.

[@XO.Shxmii]

Love this story and you brother ❤ Thank you and ur uncle for protecting and helping this man ❤ 😢 May God bless you, your family and ur sunni friend ❤

[@iulianviorelmosteanu2800]

Nihil Sine Deo

[@torceridaho]

Great videos, great work. Thanks so much. The illustrations are just phenomenal. Is it possible to get a list of the illustrations/paintings/artwork? They so much add to the telling of history. Thanks again

[@VojislavMoranic]

Its weird seeing this as a Serb from the Balkans. At the same time we were also under the Ottomans but as a Autonomous state De jure and independent De facto. In the same period with Muslims killing Christians in the Levant the same was happening with Christians killing Muslims in the Balkans. No wonder the Ottomans were paralyzed, wherever they turned there was a rebellion of whatever you want religion or ethnicity. I have spent time in the middle east and was shocked how much i had in common with Syrians Muslims and Christians. They just ask "You hate Turk?" "Yes" "Here arak"

[@drmg735]

Here, arak 🤣

[@hunnerat-touaregi4439]

No one is your friend over there kafir. Least of all a Muslim..we are not the same..

[@VojislavMoranic]

@@hunnerat-touaregi4439 I would never call a heathen "Friend" It's like when you mudrabs ask "You no support Israel?" "No." You asume that i support Palestine but in reality i support the Roman imperial claim.

[@amirtaati2891]

I'm not even from turkey but as an Iranian türk this deeply hurts my feelings🥲 i don't like to hate any race at the other hand you have every right to dislike ottoman turks

[@drmg735]

@@amirtaati2891 ok then, answer me this. Did the genocides of 1915 occur at the hands of the ottomans yes or no

[@FaizKTG]

Lebanon has a dead consistent history, it's both interesting and deppressing. What a place of the world, well done for the video!

[@Beyonder1987]

It’s basically the Balkans of the mid east

[@grantdevillez8612]

Just found your channel…this is my first video I’ve watched and it’s an instant subscribe…so well done…perfect voice that flows so well and is wonderful to listen to. I love history and am looking forward to binging every single video.. well done! 😊❤

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks for the kind words, Grant!

[@moMoeXe]

As a muslim from Tunisia🇹🇳 born in 🇩🇪, I got nothing but love❤ for my Christian brothers & sisters. and we should be brothers and live together like we do for over 1400 years. I visited church's on sunday and its no big difference between a muslim friday in the mosq. ☪️&✝️ amen

[@Ko0okieeZ]

@hsjshdnjsjsm2830None of your business why he’s there

[@AdnanBen95]

Your Islam is evil. Christians will win the war against you jiheads.

[@MAYONNAISEMOOSE]

really? Christians are not your "friends" lmfao. They worship a contradiction. their religion is completely absurd and false. never equate truth with falsehood.

[@palwashabasharat5654]

Brilliant video! So informative!!

[@mohamednazirbasharat913]

And splendidly crafted as well👍🤲

[@walpoleandworcester]

Oh boy! Another Hikima vid to binge watch. Found your channel this week and have really enjoyed all the great Middle East history!

[@HikmaHistory]

Glad to hear it, more exciting content coming!

[@876Jamaicans]

Keep doing the good work I love your Channel❤❤ all the way from Jamaica

[@HikmaHistory]

I appreciate you Romain!

[@marcellusnichols7384]

In the 1850s Maronites did not attack Druzes they attacked their overlords who happen to be Druze just as they did the Maronite lords.

[@_hunter_hunter1048]

Exactly . They were living as slaves in very miserable conditions , being overworked and abused by the lords

[@nightprowler6336]

Exactly, maronite population back then was triple that of the Druze.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

​@@nightprowler6336 Jesus, who are you and do you worship Azazel?

[@lilrico9561]

the

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

It makes you wonder... how can people with such good food (Lebanese) have such hatred?

[@zaltanking9915]

@@bumin6451 very true, if you go into an ethnic restaurant and their not yelling and there’s some broken tiles, the food is gonna be bomb

[@physicspectrum16]

Mismanagement of Levant caused by forced arabization in levant, mesopotamia Iraq and Egypt which aren't araps region

[@Apogee012]

@@physicspectrum16 the oil stuffed Arabs should keep themselves!

[@levicieux]

we dont, we lived together for centruries and we are continuing to do so

[@myhonorwasloyalty]

@@bumin6451 india has the wosrt food

[@mikenogozones]

I had no idea about this conflict between the Christians and the Druze, thanks for the lesson

[@lilrico9561]

druze are the worst

[@XO.Shxmii]

​@@lilrico9561why

[@simonhall1328]

Well paced bit of history. I've learned something today 👍

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks Simon!

[@mikeylejan8849]

Lebanon should be a haven of minorities, Maronites and Druze have a positive relationship with France, since France has mostly the same religion and culture with them.

[@someordinaryarchives3967]

I’m a Syrian orthodox and had to go threw persecution

[@sidofficial-qt7lk]

Those Muslims I know how they are.

[@drmg735]

Yeah I’m Syriac orthodox as well, but from south east turkey

[@Latif1_]

​@@sidofficial-qt7lk all muslims?

[@sidofficial-qt7lk]

@@Latif1_ in majority Muslims does not respect minorities.

[@PrithaBhowmick-cb1cz]

​@@Latif1_ yes, same happened in Indian subcontinent

[@raidbenachoure1330]

Amir Abd Al Kader, what a legend! As an Algerian it's shameful that I've never heard of this history :o

[@lunalingo4461]

you should watch stoic history's brilliant video on him

[@lunalingo4461]

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[@raidbenachoure1330]

@@lunalingo4461 Thx for the recommendation, I will as soon as possible ^^

[@lunalingo4461]

@@raidbenachoure1330 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpnMfKytnL6geZI

[@lunalingo4461]

where in algeria r u from, I'm really into algerian history and people 😅😁

[@potat2976]

As an Egyptian Muslim, I believe that we should strengthen our ties with the Christians, Syria and Lebanon are our examples as Arabs that we will not let a foreigner get between ourselves, Never Again!

[@swatkabombonica4103]

Should...but explain that to brainwashed ones, who pray towards London, Washington

[@unusualhistorian1336]

Another informative documentary!

[@HikmaHistory]

Thank you!

[@HussM96]

Great video as always

[@joeyjoey7972]

Lebanese Christian Melkite here , I hope all in Lebanon beings Sunni, Shia , Druze, Maronite , orthodox, Melkite etc can all live in peace together , sure we can have our debates and rivalries , but we should never resort to Violence ever again ….

[@RadomName3457]

Nah that’s too much u can expect from the Muslims. they can’t never live in peace with anyone when they are in numbers.

[@handsanitiser9832]

@@RadomName3457 That's dishonest. Who started the war, and who controlled the resources? You don't read abt their leaders and how they mocked Muslim areas, abt the Sidon fishermen and Chamoun, and abt how the Maronit Catholic elite were channeling money to Mt. Lebanon through corrupt politics implemented by the French? No, if you read and knew what really happened, you wouldn't comment.

[@nickdubov8316]

you can hope but you cant live in peace with islamists

[@handsanitiser9832]

@@nickdubov8316 Try again. If read history, you wouldn't dare post this, bc Muslims are pacifitsts, and weren't behind the Lebanese Civil War! No, the corrupt, French-placed Maronite elite were channeling money to their areas, sought to monopolize the fishing industry (look up Sidon and Chamoun), and openly mocked and created rifts between the groups! Again, why are you posting w/out reading first? You're an adult capable of looking through documents in the UC Berkely archives, reading historical accounts, so why make a comment w/ out knowledge? Frankly, this only proves the point that the Muslims always seek to understand, and stand w/ justice! Pease read first, then post next time.

[@handsanitiser9832]

@@nickdubov8316 Try again. If read history, you wouldn't dare post this, bc Muslims are pacifitsts, and weren't behind the Lebanese Civil War! No, the corrupt, French-placed Maronite elite were channeling money to their areas, sought to monopolize the fishing industry (look up Sidon and Chamoun), and openly mocked and created rifts between the groups! Again, why are you posting w/out reading first? You're an adult capable of looking through documents in the UC Berkely archives, reading historical accounts, so why make a comment w/ out knowledge? Frankly, this only proves the point that the Muslims always seek to understand, and stand w/ justice! Pease read first, then post next time.

[@shawndavis2611]

Very interesting never always wanted know about this history great work

[@HikmaHistory]

Glad to hear it Shawn!

[@ulugbekmirzohidov7244]

Hi first of all thank you for this kind of a deep analyses of this theme. I am a third year student at the university and for my graduation academic research theme is the the ethno-political evolution of lebanon. Can you share the list of the research papers that yoy relied upon. I know it won't be one or two books and bunch of articles. But I want relevant and analytical sources. So could you do me a favour and share at least share the names of some of the sources that you used? It would have been great if you agree to that. Thank you for your attention beforehand.

[@bigsarge2085]

Very informative.

[@McVaySwifty]

Another Hikma classic!

[@HikmaHistory]

Thank you my bro!

[@Sultan-gr5tk]

This is the only beneficial Afghan channel I know of.

[@paul5475]

In Brazil Christian Lebanese ihas 13 million people . There are more Lebanese in Brazil than in Lebanon.

[@FOLIPE]

That's not true. The embassy exaggerates the number for some reason but Brazil only received 200 thousand arab immigrants ever, less than japanese (and not all were lebanese although more than 95% Christian). So there's no way there's more arabs than japanese. Plus, polls from IBGE show 1m estimated arab descendants. Which is consistent with immigration numbers. I don't know why brazilians always exaggerate the size of every diaspora but with arabs it gets ridiculous

[@Poseidon_43]

Christian Arabs are just so cool These Gigachads didn’t listen to that Muhammad

[@abriefsummaryofhistory7449]

Yo guys Pray to dead humans 😮 and we are not stone Worshipers if you want we can have a Debatte about this😂

[@Poseidon_43]

@@abriefsummaryofhistory7449 because God send his Son to earth to try to teach humans that god is real and he let himself be crucified on the cross for our sins ? And what did Muhammad do ? Marry a 9 year old sorry that’s disgusting

[@abriefsummaryofhistory7449]

@@Poseidon_43 So how fair is it that somebody eles dies for my sins? Its like k&lling your sister for my sins. And I Know you will answer with "becasue of Adams sins" but even the idea of the Original sin is total bolocks why should the sin of my forefather be trasmited to me, how unfair would that even be, just imagine me doing a crime and it gets trasmited to my innocent child? The complet concept of Christain theologie is utterly retarded, and we can talk about the marrige think to because the abrahamic age for marrige is at puberty even mary was 12 when she got Jesus and Rebekah in the old testament was most likely 6 whe she Got married, this Kind of marrige was normal up until the modern age were all of a sudden liberal norms are the new Standard.

[@MugOfJoe]

@@abriefsummaryofhistory7449stop worshipping a rock

[@GearedGaming76899]

@@Poseidon_43 Why is Hagia sophia a mosque and not a church LMAOOOOO

[@ahmedalmoaber8952]

That was pretty cool.. especially the art!

[@user-iu8ue3vx7c]

Although this war killed many people, it had one positive thing, which is that it made the Levant travel to all countries of the world and introduce the world to the prosperous culture and civilization of the Levant. I am a Syrian from Latakia... A Christian friend of mine from Damascus told me that some of the His grandfather’s relatives immigrated to Colombia about 100 years ago and settled there.. Today this family is one of the most important families in Colombia...... I have other friends from Damascus, Homs, Tartous, Aleppo, Hama, and Latakia. Their relatives immigrated to other countries such as Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, and Canada. And Australia... And I can say that the number of Syrian expatriates around the world is greater than the population of Syria.... Does any of the readers of my comment have Syrian origin? 😊

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

Superb material. Thank you for posting. It's such a shame how the beautiful Levant keeps getting chewed up by empire after empire, and then from the inside-out as well.

[@HikmaHistory]

Fascinating region for sure

[@Hi5Ripon]

Levantines themselves are so arrogant and brutal and it's been seen from their ancestral history

[@user-dk1md4tm9r]

​@@Hi5RiponAre Westerners angels? Europeans are the most criminal and brutal of all

[@mustafatokhi8161]

Amazing documentary. Thank you for the video. We learned again.

[@HikmaHistory]

Glad to hear it Mustafa!

[@Therebelliousprince001]

​@@HikmaHistory Are you a l'iber'al muslim? You're vids sometimes indicate to that...

[@Levant_Edits]

Don’t try to separate us brothers similar in history, culture, food and natural beauty by religion and try to divide us, we will always be brothers who share the same history and culture 🇸🇾❤️🇱🇧

[@WARLORDDOM]

Your kind started killing Christian's for something s*** happening in lebanon

[@fayaqun0]

That background sound is just awesome

[@ruggedindividual708]

Thumbnail is fire!

[@HikmaHistory]

Thank you my guy, we trying outchea

[@tenaciousdfan9]

Bless this Emir Abdelkader, seems like a good and virtous man!

[@URl12440]

انا من سورية. ان. شورية في حالة صعبة تعاني من الحروب وضغوطات الخارجية💔🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾

[@user-es1qg9vu1w]

To those who understand french this reference book is essential "Karam Rizk, Le Mont-Liban au XIXe siècle. De l'Émirat au Mutasarrifiya. Tenants et aboutissants du Grand-Liban, 1994."

[@dodovomitory3496]

where can i buy

[@user-es1qg9vu1w]

@@dodovomitory3496 You can find it in Usek Library in Lebanon

[@zayedharoon3910]

Hikma history big fan of urs brother

[@HikmaHistory]

Appreciate that!

[@tammijatti9164]

Thanks!

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks Tamara!

[@RestingJudge]

Hey Hikma, i doubt you'll see this as it's gonna be buried, but a former professor of mine, Joseph Peterson, wrote a book specifically on the religious aspects of French colonization in Algeria. Just thought you might find it interesting.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Interesting topic👀

[@bignev]

You're supposed to be spamming Turkish schizo essays not saying this stuff. Come on PAPAZA TAKLA ATTIRAN IMAM.... ur not true TVRAN descendent, you are falling off .

[@malekaltayari3936]

Love both of them from Tunisian Muslim 🇹🇳♥️🇱🇧🇸🇾

[@myhonorwasloyalty]

Berber convert

[@abriefsummaryofhistory7449]

​@@myhonorwasloyalty At some point your ancestors were Pegans as Well😂

[@myhonorwasloyalty]

@@abriefsummaryofhistory7449 like yours

[@Socialist1919]

Atheism on🔝

[@abriefsummaryofhistory7449]

@@Socialist1919 Labor Camps 🔛🔝🤡

[@Merle1987]

They had a lot of potential. It's surprising to me how diverse it was.

[@yeelanma9165]

Diversity is strength😅mm😅

[@nightprowler6336]

Diversity is weakness not strength. Mono-ethnic and mono-religious countries lead to strength and progress. Look at Japan, Norway, majority of the West before politics replaced religion.

[@CameronsQuestions]

@@nightprowler6336 What about USA?

[@nightprowler6336]

@@CameronsQuestions USA was mostly white Christian land, and became superpower during that period, it is still white christian but is decreasing, it is becoming more diverse and getting weaker.

[@bmstyle]

Ah, the enduring concept of religion. We, as humans, have collectively constructed a system of beliefs, crafted by our own hands, which has often divided us into distinct groups, leading to conflicts and even violence. It's a reflection of our paradoxical nature as intelligent beings.

[@notyou9212]

Nice keep telling the truth. Blessings opon you always

[@vj470k]

Arabs shouldn't be fighting just because of religious differences.

[@zackm5693]

God bless the Christian’s of the Levant for persevering in the faith ✝️✝️✝️

[@ethans6.0]

amen

[@spartawelly5863]

​@@ethans6.0 shouting amen and funding the b0mbings of Israel to Beirut.... hypocrites

[@kugakun2316]

Go to europe here no place for you only islam

[@86sather]

it is awesome to have a seasoned guide to the Islamic faith and the history surrounding it. i am a Protestant but i’ve always had a fascination and healthy respect for Islam. i spent time in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, Kuwait, Tajikistan and UAE… and even as a soldier i was treated as a guest and with respect so i have become an advocate for the Muslim world to other Americans who have derogatory or ignorant views about our Islamic cousins. thankyou for making your videos in English! take care, sir.

[@KurianfromIndia]

No wonder all protestants are converting to islam .

[@clevelandwilliams5922]

This has nothing to do with Islam as a religion it’s culture of the region. Arab Christians live in similar ways as our Arab Muslim neighbours.

[@Ko0okieeZ]

I’ve always found protestants to be more open minded and honest than catholics

[@tuyquienmas]

Awww you like the part were they were hunting down lebanese christians?? Shame on you calling y9urself protestan

[@mathewszulman7659]

Lots of places had these thoughts and lots of places have ended up like Lebanon.

[@alontomoshpolsky7722]

Great vid very informative, a little bit misunderstanding with the names thought , the holy land as you refer to it was called Palestine since the Roman Empire conquest of historic Judea .

[@Jeemapologetics]

Great video. Most do not realize that a couple of centuries ago, the Christian population (all sects combined) of the Lebanon region was only 15%, higher in Mount Lebanon proper. After the events in Damascus, a lot of Syrian Christians migrated into the Lebanese mountain area, and combined with a boom of birthrates, Christians rose very quickly into becoming 50% of the entire Lebanon region, not just the Mountain. Maronites have always operated similarly to Druze, in that both see themselves as rare ethno-religious tribes that belong in the isolated Mountain. Unlike the Orthodox who share a united identity with other Arabs, especially other Shami Orthodox, the Maronites have always acted as a tribe. Even when Lebanon was formed by the French, the patriarchs chose Shi'a-majority countryland and Sunni port cities over the Orthodox Christian Wadi al-Nasara just to the north in Syria, as the patriarchs did not want the Orthodox to be the majority of the land, but would rather see Maronites as the elites of a mixed land.

[@physicspectrum16]

Mismanagement of Levant caused by forced arabization in levant, mesopotamia Iraq and Egypt which aren't araps region

[@hishamalaker491]

​@Physics Forced? Lol no one was forced to be Arab its the Arab migrations, Islamization of the people and spread of Arabs and their culture which arabized it your saying its bad because its Arab says alot about you.

[@physicspectrum16]

@@hishamalaker491 araps migrated and replaced local population and forced imposed arapization agenda to them so unforgivable

[@physicspectrum16]

@@hishamalaker491 also Araps use islam to justify treacherous arapization agenda

[@physicspectrum16]

@@hishamalaker491 araps should back home to arabia peninsula and leave Levant to its natives

[@user-qm9uq5mh6p]

The thumbnail is wrong the person on the right is a shia muslim that was a fighter in the amal movement in the late 1980s and also the guy on the left might be a druze not a muslim(im not sure though)

[@HikmaHistory]

Excellent knowledge, right & right!

[@anbbbe]

anyone else here have both muslim and christian family 🙋‍♂️

[@lovo430]

here

[@brendielahooha]

Beautiful paintings

[@BrentStrathdeePehi]

Good video but the long ad near the beginning was very off putting (and no skip either)

[@HikmaHistory]

Before the video or during the video?

[@kuroazrem5376]

Wait, they converted to Christianity from Islam AND didn't face excecution AND continued to reign? Well, some people are just lucky.

[@physicspectrum16]

If they converted to islam they'll arapized unfortunately

[@nodermark8922]

For the most part, historical facts refute most of the false claims people have about Islam and muslims.

[@thedstorm8922]

They converted from druze not from Islam so basically a heretic turned into a kafir not that much of a different

[@the_kimchi_kommandant2603]

@@thedstorm8922 Ok muslim infidel

[@tomipcfto]

Is there any affiliation between the Maronite and Chaldean Catholic Churches? Any shared history or interaction between the two?

[@vivekaugustine9583]

Of course. Both are ethnoreligious communities that adhere to the syriac liturgy, speak the syriac language and hold the syriac identity (although there are arabs among Maronites). Both would be considered as sister churches. All of us Syriac people, whether from Lebanon or Palestine, Syria or Iraq, Turkey or Persia and even India (Malabar), whether Catholic or Orthodox…we all share the Syriac faith, recite in one common language of prayer and hold our identity dearly.

[@bruhmcchaddeus413]

Lol ofcourse u clowns also think pope told bush to bombb middle east stfu and quit making bs theories

[@_hunter_hunter1048]

1 _ Race : .. Maronites are phoenician .. Chaldeans , Syriacs and Assyrians are Mesopotamian 2 _ Language : each has their own dialect of Syriac/Aramaic (because aramaic became the official language of the Levant in the 3rd century BC and replaced the original languages) 3 _ Roum , also phoenicians but they follow Greek/Byzantine Orthodoxy , a group later split and followed catholicsm 4 _ Arab Christians Ghassanids and Lakhmids were eradicated by the muslim armies and their survivors dispersed and absorbed into other ethnic christian groups

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

​@@vivekaugustine9583 My brother, the jinn, loves you because you speak the Syriac language, and this is strange

[@karlfreiha2343]

the maronites are also catholic and of assyrian origin, but the maronites are arab christians or arabized assyrians, chaldean catholics kept the assyrian identity but as religion go they are the exact same just dif language in daily service

[@theodorsebastian4272]

Please do a video on the so called Egyptian industrialization next and why it failed.

[@potat2976]

It was successful at first, but Muhammad Ali's successors were dumbos and closed all the factories

[@Cheeselova34]

Song at the beginning

[@lerneanlion]

So the root of this problem and question is what caused the certain Druze Emir to convert to Maronite Christianity in the first place. I mean, it cannot happened out of nowhere, right?

[@CataciousAmogusevic]

Probably saw smth in a dream lmaooo

[@physicspectrum16]

Mismanagement of Levant caused by forced arabization in levant, mesopotamia Iraq and Egypt which aren't araps region

[@geeljire9247]

Either it was a sincere conversion, which happens. Or, he converted for political reasons. Both are possible, i guess we'll never know.

[@nightprowler6336]

​@@PumaAndTiger416it was before. Emir Fakhreddine the 2nd was backstabbed by Al Sayfa camp.

[@user-cg2tw8pw7j]

​@@nightprowler6336 The two are in hell because they are killing each other

[@Aku-sn9mu]

I belong to the Lebanese Forces , aka the Maronite militant group. Unfortunately soon Lebanon will become majority Syrian and Palestinian and Muslim. It sucks, we lost the civil war and have moved from 75% Christian to now 35% and still decreasing since emigration and illegal immigrants. Rich / middle class Lebanese people are leaving , and of course the majority of people who aren’t poor are Christians (Muslims are considerably poorer on average). Muslim and Christian Lebanese hate both Syrians and Palestinians and they want them out , they just take advantage of Lebanon’s significantly better infrastructure - but the government is useless .

[@hamlet4209]

Yes you lost You shouldn’t have gone into the Druze areas and caused trouble such as you did in 1860 Glory to the PSP ✌️✌️

[@leb3705]

Lf are a bunch of psychopath coming from a lebanese maronite

[@aiaivivi8286]

Many moved to Israel after 2001

[@GearedGaming76899]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Aku-sn9mu]

@@hamlet4209 Maronites and Druze are the only native to Lebanon , Muslims came later

[@SalandCuz2941]

0:41 ain’t no way that person was smoking a argile during an important matter 😂

[@Fulcrum-Edits]

Could u make video about the history of the alawaits?

[@aegyo9272]

You can pull out any religion from them and sort them into Team Pokemon Blue and Team Pokemon Red. They'll still fight.

[@zoybean]

Even the ones who aren't religious kill; in fact, the secular countries like the US and UK and so on invade and fight more than anyone else on the planet.

[@tonykeirouz4404]

it was not a religious war but kore national/ideological war. lebanese nationalists vs palestinians and communists. it just so happens most muslims aligned with the palestinian/communists and most christians were nationalists altho there were muslims on the side of nationalists are christians on the side of commies/PLO

[@wael4070]

Exactly

[@physicspectrum16]

Mismanagement of Levant caused by forced arabization in levant, mesopotamia Iraq and Egypt which aren't araps region

[@physicspectrum16]

Roots ofc arabization who caused that. Lebanon isn't arap country

[@perniciousseizurehellio3438]

​@@physicspectrum16fix your problems instead of blaming it on arabs. You pea brain

[@MrNeosantana]

I don't know, man, Christian militia carving crosses into the corpses of their victims definitely puts it a step beyond "nationalism"

[@RockomusiK]

Love your videos 👍 🇮🇪

[@gregorypilau3530]

Love to my fellow Maronite brothers.

[@slaughter2517]

Tbere was never peace after islam came in 7th century there is always conflict due to culture and religion always till now

[@thedstorm8922]

Lol what? Because the roman and Persians were throwing flowers at each others in that region before Islam Or the Greeks and roman or Greeks and Persians or Babylonia and Assyrians lol 😂 What a clown you people are.

[@deechonada]

im a west African revert Muslim thats part Lebanese through my dads side. I believe the patriarch of the family was a Christian by the name of Nahas Al Koukry, my great grandma (whos still alive) has a picture of him still. I wonder if the reason I'm even alive is because he left Lebanon due to these conflicts? He would have been a grown man in the early 1900s. Its bizarre how destiny works

[@mohamaddandachi4153]

Please visit Lebanon 🇱🇧 you will really enjoy it

[@deechonada]

@@mohamaddandachi4153 its been my dream:)

[@artair70]

@@mohamaddandachi4153No, no we or anyone won't, nice attempt at getting tourists there regardless, Leb is a failed nation for equally awful people.

[@VolokArtyom]

Ok so I know this sounds insane but I might actually be related to Tanyus Shahin/Chahine, I need to follow up on this asking some distant relatives some stuff, but it wouldn't surprise me if the Chahines in Ghalboun were related to the ones in Rayfoun. I don't really know much about our history, my great-grandpa fled here to Brazil around 1910, he was a communist, apparently he was sworn to death there or something like that, he changed his surname from Chahine to Féres from his patronymic, ibn Faris.

[@Goji_Bear]

7:12 Santa Clause and his long lost brother enjoying a shisha on a holiday somewhere in the Middle East

[@georgiomoubarak2486]

🇱🇧✝️

[@ehuu8646]

🇱🇧 ✝️🤝☪️

[@Jsudididiss]

@@ehuu8646never

[@levicieux]

​@@Jsudididiss cope lebanon is for the lebanese not for sects

[@HoangNguyen-rw6wf]

​@@JsudididissThen chaos will ensue forever. Rather than try to work together for better future.

[@muslimresponse103]

@@HoangNguyen-rw6wf what better future? like the USA lol we live in the real world, where even the Han chinese who are one tribe, have had countless civil wars where millions have died and Koreans being one ethnicity are today split into two enemy countries and the Americans had a civil war over slave ownership. this era of western "peace" will not last forever! just look at Ukraine and Russia today who are basically one slavic race with the same orthodox christian religion are kllng eachother because of western imperialism. we are humans and so long as we live, there will be war, the sooner you accept this fact the better!

[@theunbeatable6598]

You ever thought of doing "what if" videos? Like what if Ottomans survived the WWI or what ifBaghdad never fell to Mongols etc? That would be fun. Good video btw, always subbed with bell

[@billisultan6224]

Allah willed they fell, and they fell. The end. No need to get sentimental about them.

[@Vdanman]

@@billisultan6224 allah made u gay dont resist it

[@nocontext9635]

​@@billisultan6224thats why they say if

[@brianticas6909]

Ottoman turks falling apart was partially because of the british backstabbing. In case you didn't know.

[@theunbeatable6598]

@@brianticas6909 That, internal conflicts a d some mismanagement

[@YesMeSo]

We learn nothing from history. People kerp saying learn it lest we repeat, but we still havnt thrown religion in the garbage. We will continue fighting over gods that dont exist

[@neilwiththedeal]

My dna suggests that my 2nd or 3rd or 4th paternal great grandfather moved to sicily from lebanon around the time of this massacre, but i dont know if they were lebanese muslim or Maronite 😕

[@andreasgeorgopoulos3878]

Lebanese orthodox are descended from Greeks ! Love Lebanon 🇱🇧🇬🇷

[@lovo430]

Not at all lmaoo they are descendants of the Ghassanids who are ethically Arabs.

[@the_kimchi_kommandant2603]

And phoenicians

[@andreasgeorgopoulos3878]

@@lovo430 a blend of Arabs Phoenicians and Greeks actually

[@hamlet4209]

Great video and totally correct information I’m glad you mentioned that the Christian Maronites started the war in 1860 and got totally defeated with 10’s of thousands killed by the outnumbered Druze. You should have also mentioned that the Druze ruled over all Lebanon and some parts of Syria for 400 years. No different to there aggression on the Druze during the civil war in the 80’s where they lost their homes and dignity.

[@tonydillon8946]

The druze butcherd the christian's scumbag and christian's built Lebanon

[@tonydillon8946]

The druze sided with Palestinian's against the own countrymen you liar

[@tonydillon8946]

El Jazairi stopped you scumbag's trying to massacre christian's you coward's

[@lilrico9561]

the druze are going extinct😂😂

[@hamlet4209]

@@lilrico9561 really strong statement Idiot

[@ConservativeArabNet]

An excellent presentation In content and history: the Arab needs to learn that they have intrinsic cracks well before the establishment of Israel

[@abdulazimzarrouq3047]

yeah, those cracks only showed up in 1850s when westernization of some societies here alongside with ideologies that serves them in preparation to take down the sultanate ruling system what a coincidence.

[@leojohn6702]

I will pray for peace, not for individual groups

[@Jsudididiss]

LONG LIVE CHRISTIAN LEBANON

[@sameinbari8092]

no , crusaders shall not step foot into muslim lands .

[@thedstorm8922]

Long live in hell

[@lovo430]

Lebanon never was Christian and will never be, it's an Islamic Christian Land.

[@Jsudididiss]

@@sameinbari8092they were there before islam was even created infidel🤣

[@the_kimchi_kommandant2603]

@@sameinbari8092 Muhammad lover, Islam wasn't even in existence when there was a Christian Lebanon.

[@123jac]

Most commentators on this page are hypocrites.

[@joeandseancooking]

i pray that one day we can all united as an Abrahamic society. Christians, Muslims, and Jews are all very different but we all worship the same God according to our texts. We should put our differences aside and focus on peace

[@Gahez15]

Under Muslim rule Jerusalem use to be with Muslims Jewish and Christian inhabitants all together

[@the_kimchi_kommandant2603]

Hell no

[@aiaivivi8286]

@@Gahez15 it’s still is now

[@artair70]

I'd rather be spaghettified by a blackhole than any of that.

[@texenna]

your ideas and stance on this is the reason the middle east will be marred with endless conflicts till the end of time.@@artair70

[@greatguy2141]

How is the alliance between the Christian Lebanese and the Palestinian refugees against Israel viewed in retrospect by the Lebanese?

[@allaansnackbar4269]

They don’t call him the king of kings and lord of lords for no reason

[@Catholic01]

As a Christian I support my Muslim brothers inshallah

[@personaldove]

Do you support the Uyghurs too?

[@Socialist1919]

@@personaldoveLong Live the CCP🇨🇳

[@artair70]

They certainly don't support you, your mentality will be your downfall.

[@artair70]

@@Socialist1919 Hmmm murderous Ultra Nationalists...Huh, I bet the Chinese don't like you much...

[@user-pt9fd9tu6q]

❤❤❤❤❤☪️☪️☪️☪️☪️☪️☪️☪️

[@shilohmtfarm4578]

I noticed the two pictures on this video dont think it is equally fair kinda shows a sublimonal message.

[@NjonjoNdehi]

In Kenya we have churches and mosques next to each other.