In a November 2 article on the English-language Kuwaiti daily Arab Times, the daily s editor, Ahmed Al-Jarallah, states that Lebanon s problems do not stem from the presence of 19
THE challenge in Lebanon is not the presence of 19 sects, each with a personal status law and religious reference. Rather, its major challenge lies in the monopoly of a political faction over a sect and its quest to use this to dominate a highly sensitive country with fragile sectarian and political