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http://basicjuice.blogs.com/basicjuice [Basic Juice - the wine blog for my generation] The population of Lebanon is comprised of Muslims (60%), Christians (40%) and Druze (grouped with the 60% Muslims). The Druze practice a religion, which developed out of Islam, and incorporates influences from Gnosticism, Christianity and Greek philosophy.

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