Sectarianism is a major problem Lebanon has been suffering since a while now. The civil war and the explosions that are still happening till today are just a minor effect of this dilemma. People think that frequent blackouts, water shortage, explosions, and garbage are the vital problems endangering our lives; and they are in their own way, but as a matter of fact they are only insignificant issues in comparison with Sectarianism. Rebecca Solnit (2010) said in her story “A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary” that citizens are not only the people who only carry the citizenship of a certain country... Indeed, true citizens are the people who wish prosperity for their fellow associates in land as they wish for themselves. What interests
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Weiss noted that there is no surprise that plenty of time and effort has been wasted on issues of sectarianism in Lebanon more than any other topic. I believe he is right; sectarianism’s causes are entrenched in our national memory and splattered across the pages of our bloody civil history. What’s more: It’s not only the politicians who are resistant to change; people themselves have grown used to the system, rotten to the core as it is. The only solution applicable without complete ‘sectarian purification’ is ignoring our differences. We, the people, got used to the current situation that no one is ready to demonstrate objection. Lebanese keep complaining about the miserable conditions they are suffering from but in the moment of truth they are not willing to neither express their objections nor take a stand. I think politicians have successfully transmitted the lethal policy of ignorance among the people, a trait politicians always excelled in. To get out of this endless dilemma, people must out of their shells and fight for what they believe in. Humans were made to be different, .Although the war ended 25 years ago, Lebanon is still living in its shadow. “The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain behind - a shadow from the past thrown forward into our future. It is a dark sludge of historical sectarianism. We can leave it behind us if we wish” (Trimble, 1990). But the big question that remains: When will we dump our own interests and stand against sectarianism for the sake of the supreme
Weiss noted that there is no surprise that plenty of time and effort has been wasted on issues of sectarianism in Lebanon more than any other topic. I believe he is right; sectarianism’s causes are entrenched in our national memory and splattered across the pages of our bloody civil history. What’s more: It’s not only the politicians who are resistant to change; people themselves have grown used to the system, rotten to the core as it is. The only solution applicable without complete ‘sectarian purification’ is ignoring our differences. We, the people, got used to the current situation that no one is ready to demonstrate objection. Lebanese keep complaining about the miserable conditions they are suffering from but in the moment of truth they are not willing to neither express their objections nor take a stand. I think politicians have successfully transmitted the lethal policy of ignorance among the people, a trait politicians always excelled in. To get out of this endless dilemma, people must out of their shells and fight for what they believe in. Humans were made to be different, .Although the war ended 25 years ago, Lebanon is still living in its shadow. “The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain behind - a shadow from the past thrown forward into our future. It is a dark sludge of historical sectarianism. We can leave it behind us if we wish” (Trimble, 1990). But the big question that remains: When will we dump our own interests and stand against sectarianism for the sake of the supreme