Clerics and conservatives oppose bill to protect women in Lebanon

Q: Lebanon's parliament is considering a bill that would make family violence, a criminal offense, but the measure has run into fierce opposition from religious leaders and conservative politicians. Where is Lebanon?

Circle the area on this map


Q: Dar al-Fatwa, the Sunni Muslim governing body, released a statement describing the law as a "Western idea" that would "undermine the position of the man in his family". What percentage of Lebanon's people are Muslim?

A. About 39%

B. About 59%

C. About 79%

D. About 99%

Q: Troops from which neighbor occupied Lebanese territory after the civil war?

A. Syria

B. Israel

C. Both

D. Neither

Q: In Saudi Arabia, a leading cleric told the nation's legislative assembly that allowing women to drive there would spell the end of virginity and increase divorce. Saudi Arabia does not border Lebanon but it is located to the . . .

A. Northeast

B. Southeast

C. Southwest

D. Northwest

Q: Saudi Arabia is 100 percent Muslim, according to the CIA World Factbook. It also is home to the holiest site in Islam . . .

A. Imam Ali Mosque

B. Baghdad

C. Mecca

D. Dome of the Rock


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