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A local band from Lebanon dropped out of an international music festival due to threats of violence by Christian terrorists. The reason? The terrorists claim the band of producing songs offensive to the religion.
No, really. That's the reason Christians were threatening to storm the festival and attack the band as well as posting videos and pictures on anti-social media posing with guns and delivering warning messages to the band and organizers.
But wait, there's more. Church leaders and politicians also joined the campaign to cancel the concert. The Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Jbeil stated on July 22 that the band's song content affects "the majority of religious and human values."
Byblos MPs had urged the festival to call off the show to "respect sanctities and morals," according to Reuters.
Why does this all sound so familiar?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/31/middleeast/mashrou-leila-canceled-byblos-festival-intl/index.html
No, really. That's the reason Christians were threatening to storm the festival and attack the band as well as posting videos and pictures on anti-social media posing with guns and delivering warning messages to the band and organizers.
In a statement on Tuesday, the band, whose frontman is openly gay, said their lyrics were "misinterpreted."
"We were shocked by the magnitude of the accusations and the alteration of the lyrics' meanings," the group said in the statement. "The systematic campaign against us reached the level of threats and bloodshed."
"We were shocked by the magnitude of the accusations and the alteration of the lyrics' meanings," the group said in the statement. "The systematic campaign against us reached the level of threats and bloodshed."
But wait, there's more. Church leaders and politicians also joined the campaign to cancel the concert. The Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Jbeil stated on July 22 that the band's song content affects "the majority of religious and human values."
Byblos MPs had urged the festival to call off the show to "respect sanctities and morals," according to Reuters.
Why does this all sound so familiar?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/31/middleeast/mashrou-leila-canceled-byblos-festival-intl/index.html
