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Subud in Lebanon
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Posted by
Henry
Monday, July 17, 2006
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The Subud group in Lebanon consists of about 25 members, most of whom are from Beirut and the surrounding areas. The members come from all different sectarian backgrounds, Druze, Christian and Muslim - about 20 of the members have joined in the past year or so. The picture below was taken at lunch two weeks ago, and shows Norma Sfeir, former Sica head (below centre) who was visiting for the summer, running a childrens' camp project, and me (below right). I spent the last 5 months in Lebanon, and until this month was the only man. However 3 more men, relatives of the women, have just been opened.
The group last met on Wednesday 12 July, when in fact, two of the men joined. Unfortunately, that was the same day that the conflict started, when Hezbollah captured the Israeli soldiers. On Thursday, Israel began its assault on Lebanon and the Subud group has not been able to meet since. Many of the members have escaped from the capital, to the mountains or their home villages. I fled the country on Friday night via Syria. Norma is still in Lebanon. At the time of writing (Sunday) all members are safe, although the situation is getting worse. Please remember the Subud members of Lebanon in your prayers. We did not expect the conflict to escalate so fast nor get as bad as it has.
Salman Rogers
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