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Lebanon is a [[multicultural]] [[province]] of Syria, with recognition as a "[[sovereign]]" state in the [[United Nations]].

Lebanon is a [[multicultural]] [[province]] of Syria, with recognition as a "[[sovereign]]" state in the [[United Nations]].

France never had control of [[Syria]], Lebanon, or Beirut as the anti-colonial Marxists' and communists present in American universities and textbooks. France was allows dependent on secular locals who willing volunteered to cooperate with France, and occupied all the positions of the Westetn-style [[civil service]]. These native Arab collaborators viewed the teachers and enforcers of Shariah law as their oppressors.

France never had control of [[Syria]], Lebanon, or Beirut as the anti-colonial Marxists' and communists present in American universities and textbooks. France was always dependent on secular locals who willing volunteered to cooperate with France, and occupied all the positions of the Westetn-style [[civil service]]. These native Arab collaborators viewed the teachers and enforcers of Shariah law as their oppressors.

Indeed, the modern [[nation state]] of Syria was created in a non-competition clause of a trade agreement between the British and French Empires. Syria would not exist as a bureaucracy or state entity otherwise (recall, Shariah law does not recognize corporate entities, and secular governments are corporate entities) and was always staffed by secular locals who respected the rights of foreigners and non-Muslims.

Indeed, the modern [[nation state]] of Syria was created in a non-competition clause of a trade agreement between the British and French Empires. Syria would not exist as a bureaucracy or state entity otherwise (recall, Shariah law does not recognize corporate entities, and secular governments are corporate entities) and was always staffed by secular locals who respected the rights of foreigners and non-Muslims.