What Is the Shia Issue with the Diaspora?

Johnny Kortbawi, 01/07 12:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Amal Hezbollah Expat Vote Diaspora Shiite

The issue of expatriate voting - if it makes it onto Parliament’s agenda - has taken on a sectarian dimension, placing the Shia community in an increasingly contradictory position, both in relation to the broader Lebanese diaspora and to the very idea of Lebanese emigration itself. This tension is especially perplexing given that Shias ...