<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Protestants </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 1% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> other Christian denomination minorities </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 2% </Td> </Tr> <P> Lebanon has several different main religions . The country has the most religiously diverse society of all states within the Middle East, comprising 18 recognized religious sects . The main two religions are Islam (Shia and Sunni) with 54% of followers and Christianity (the Maronite Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, the Protestant Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church) with 40.4% of followers . There is also the Druze minority religion, which under the Lebanese political division (Parliament of Lebanon Seat Allocation) the Druze community is designated as one of the five Lebanese Muslim communities (Sunni, Shia, Druze, Alawi, and Ismaili). </P> <P> Lebanon thus differs from other Middle Eastern countries where the Muslims are overwhelming majority and more resembles Bosnia - Herzegovina and Albania, both in Southeastern Europe, in having a diverse mix of Muslims and Christians that each make up approximately half the country's population . </P>

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