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Mixed Marriages in Lebanon (6) : Beirut Mohafaza - 35,634 marriages

By sect, 9138 marriages occurred between two different Muslim sects, 20,944 between two different Christian sects and 2728 between Muslims and Christians of different sects.

Mixed marriages registered in Beirut																Table 1
Sect of the husband	Maronite	Greek Orthodox	Greek Catholic	Armenian Orthodox	Armenian Catholic	Evangelical	Syrian Orthodox	Syrian Catholic	Latin	Christian diversity	Sunni	Shia’a	Druze	Alawi	Not specified	Others	Total
Sect of the wife	Maronite	Greek Orthodox	Greek Catholic	Armenian Orthodox	Armenian Catholic	Evangelical	Syrian Orthodox	Syrian Catholic	Latin	Christian diversity	Sunni	Shia’a	Druze	Alawi	Not specified	Others	Total
Maronite		3286	1628	539	269	142	260	662	373	141	376	82	34			17	7809
Greek Orthodox	972		768	362	122	151	142	242	159	79	365	58	27	2		2	3451
Greek Catholic	917	1260		276	93	71	100	240	101	60	465	102	10			8	3703
Armenian Orthodox	128	188	91		454	429	74	88	76	39	71	18	5	2		1	1664
Armenian Catholic	100	97	56	674		51	15	51	83	18	21	5	1	1		1	1174
Evangelical	75	223	96	78	29		28	22	12	3	184	21	12			3	786
Syrian Orthodox	71	123	34	99	25	73		365	14	15	30	4	2				855
Syrian Catholic	98	131	82	54	41	13	54		11	23	21	3	1				532
Latin	195	218	188	77	53	10	16	41		9	24	10	7	1		5	854
Other Christians	99	222	98	394	72	1026	51	65	23	24	114	29	6	2		1	2226
Sunni	58	120	47	41	7	15	7	24	16	15		2631	69	36		6	3092
Shia’a	58	78	25	6	5	5	3	9	5	4	6230		42	9			6479
Druze	5	26	6	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	66	13		1			130
Alawi	3	5	2		1				1	2	24	17					55
Not specified	558	391	320	280	46	40	29	61	81	19	620	259	24	4	1	33	2766
Miscellaneous	4	9	1	6	1			2	3		12	7	1			12	58
Total	3341	6377	3442	2887	1220	2028	782	1875	959	452	8623	3259	241	58	1	89	35634

Source: Lebanon’s Civil Registration Records

Mixed Marriages in Lebanon: 173,883 marriages including 11,000 Muslim-Christian unions

The study, which was conducted by Information International on Lebanon’s mixed marriages and which has been appearing in sequential issues of The Monthly over the past six months reveals that the number of inter-faith marital unions in Lebanon amounts to 173,883, i.e. only 15% of the total marriages registered in the country. These mixed marriages are distributed as follows:

32,231 unions between two different Muslim sects
118,250 unions between two different Christian sects
10,797 unions between Muslims and Christians

Mixed marriages between partners of two different Christian sects outnumber those registered among those professing Islam and make up around 68% of the total inter-faith marital unions in Lebanon. Interfaith marriages within the Muslim community account for 18.5% while the lowest percentage of 6.2% goes for Christian-Muslim marriages.

Table 1 shows that:

The Maronite denomination is the most open to other religious faiths.
The numbers of marriages between Sunni and Shia’a are almost equal.
There are 2,146 Sunni women married to Christian partners. Among those partners, 1,084 are Maronite.
There are 2,146 Shia’a women married to Christian partners. Among those partners, 653 are Maronite.
There are 1,061 Maronite women married to Sunni partners.
There are 624 Maronite women married to Shia’a partners.
There are 1,128 Greek Orthodox women married to Sunni partners.
There are 400 Greek Orthodox women married to Shia’a partners.

Mixed marriages registered in Lebanon																Table 1
Sect of the husband	Maronite	Greek Orthodox	Greek Catholic	Armenian Orthodox	Armenian Catholic	Evangelical	Syrian Orthodox	Syrian Catholic	Latin	Other Christians	Sunni	Shia’a	Druze	Alawite	Not mentioned	Miscellaneous	Total
Sect of the wife	Maronite	Greek Orthodox	Greek Catholic	Armenian Orthodox	Armenian Catholic	Evangelical	Syrian Orthodox	Syrian Catholic	Latin	Other Christians	Sunni	Shia’a	Druze	Alawite	Not mentioned	Miscellaneous	Total
Maronite		17222	16299	1147	660	626	760	1025	1009	305	1061	624	258	30		20	41046
Greek Orthodox	19593		5531	788	263	594	402	402	294	141	1128	400	158	33		10	29737
Greek Catholic	18036	6222		549	312	424	358	368	330	124	945	604	139	7		9	28427
Armenian Orthodox	1409	614	485		1206	791	121	157	137	57	139	78	19	6		1	5220
Armenian Catholic	859	272	291	1294		98	38	91	166	24	36	24	6	1		1	3201
Evangelical	865	771	462	147	47		45	33	24	5	323	134	48	2		4	2910
Syrian Orthodox	1207	510	427	185	63	105		439	29	50	67	25	10	1		1	3119
Syrian Catholic	1084	357	355	112	79	39	131		21	43	49	17	6	4			2297
Latin	1519	568	613	155	103	37	28	58		17	111	91	50	3		6	3359
Other Christians	1196	661	427	691	159	2069	128	99	44	84	228	183	45	10		4	6028
Sunni	1084	549	291	66	20	31	20	31	29	25		13939	432	1755		6	18278
Shia’a	653	243	222	13	7	14	7	11	12	7	14358		244	167		1	15959
Druze	113	70	36	3	2	4	7	4	2	1	124	90		3	1	1	461
Alawite	57	45	8	1	2				2	2	718	398	3				1236
Not specified	3742	1574	1079	398	72	89	59	81	114	29	2167	2516	326	117	4	37	12404
Miscellaneous	46	18	12	7	1	1		2	3		29	62	5	3		12	201
Total	51463	29696	26538	5556	2996	4922	2104	2801	2216	914	21483	19185	1749	2142	5	113	173883

Source: Lebanon’s Civil Registration Records

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