Thanks for the information. I guess the Maronite diaspora over the past century has had a larger effect than I thought.
I'm surprised that Christians are still entitled to half the legislative seats even though they are now, what, 35%-40% of the population? I'm sure this creates some resentment, as does any system in which people are judged because of race, ethnicity or religion (imagine if such quotas were used in the U.S. Congress). And did I understand correctly that the Christian representative elected in a particular district is elected by all voters in the district, including Muslims, and thus may be a pro-Hezbollah Christian? It seems to me that the religion of the legislator is not as important as ensuring that each religious group is able to elect their chosen candidate.
I have long felt that in places such as Lebanon and Northern Ireland they should adopt multi-member districts so that if 60% of the district's population is Christian and 40% is Muslim it will most likely result in 3 Christians and 2 Muslims being elected. That way the legislature is representative of the different religious groups without having artificial and divisive quotas imposed.