(The Sparks of) the Lebanese Civil War: or the dissimulation of the Lebanese Forces militia. This highly sectarian flyer was published and circulated by the Lebanese Forces militia in Beirut last week (it originally appeared in the bulletin of the LF at the Lebanese University). There is already a whispering outrage about it among Muslim public opinion, but Hariri media have strictly banned any reference to it, or reaction to it. (thanks Saleh for sending it to me)

PS I am not here debating or discussing the status of minorities under Islamic rule. I happen to agree with an assessment that Maxime Rodinson once had given a long time ago, that: under Islamic rule, minorities were not equal, to be sure. But that persecution was rare, but discrimination and humiliation was consistent. This is why the recipe for equality should not seek a return to past Islamic recipe of "tolerance." We should aspire to more than tolerance, everywhere.