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Submitted by BB King (United States), Oct 26, 2011 at 23:25

I can answer one of your questions. There is a way to bypass Sharia marriages the same way you bypass inter-faith marriages in Israel. Get married in a civil marriage outside of Lebanon and the govt will recognize the marriage. Here is the info from the U.S. embassy in Beirut. Also either partner can convert to the other's religion for the purpose of inter-faith marriages (http://lebanon.usembassy.gov/marriage.html)

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