I am a canadian lebanese guy and i want my official religion on my documents in lebanon to be: atheist or agnostic or even apostate.
I dont mind the label, the point is that I do not believe in god, and I really believe all religions are man-made, and that the idea of god is just a part of human imagination.
If I reject the religion handed down from my parents and all other current options, do i have to renounce my lebanese citizenship?
This is an extremely sensitive issue for me right now because I do NOT accept the need for a sheiks approval in order to get married. I’m 24 and I’m thinking of getting married. I will definitely not be marrying a religious person, and I have absolutely no requirement that the girl be sunni like my parents. That aside, I am proudly not affiliated with any religion, and I’m hoping to find a way for the lebanese government to let me be who i am, and not who my ancestors were.
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Do I Have The Right To Denounce All Religions?
Posted on December 24, 2012.
I think you’re asking if you can RENOUNCE religion, not DENOUNCE. It’s not the same.
Is it necessary for any religion to be named on your official documents? Can’t you put ‘none’? Or maybe that’s your question … Why not ask your local government office about it, just ‘for information’?
Our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms allows for freedom of religion.
I do not see how your any legal status would be affected by your desire to be free from religion.
However, the Lebanon may not have the same type of freedoms in which case they could possible denounce you.
personally for your self you can choose to do as you wish
whether a government allows you to make certain claims depends on the government and if it accepts democracy
communist countries frown on people claiming certain freedoms
if thats what you wnat to do it