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THIS ESSAY DEALS WITH THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSIONS OF BEIRUT'S PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION, FOCUSING ON THE SUNNI COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ITS POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS FROM THE TIME OF INDEPENDENCE UNTIL TODAY. NEW POLITICAL FORCES EMERGING SINCE THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR HAVE DISRUPTED THE TRADITIONAL ALLIANCES BETWEEN RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL POWERS, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY. AS A RESULT, THE SPECIFICALLY RELIGIOUS SPACES OF THE INNER CITY, SUCH AS MOSQUES AND CEMETERIES, HAVE BECOME A BATTLEGROUND IN THE WIDER STRUGGLE OVER THE IDENTITY OF THE SUNNI POPULATION AND THE POLITICAL CONTROL OF ITS SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS.