Christian "Pakistan" in the middle east

NOTE: I do not support any such scenerio irl. This would undoubtedly be horrible for everyone involved, and make the situation quite horrible. But that said, morbid curiosity gets the better of us all.

What if there was a partition or political movement in the middle east for Christians all over the region to migrate into one area, and for the muslims of that area to migrate elsewhere? As a sort of equivalent to Pakistan, where muslims from all over south Asia went to Pakistan, and Hindus from Pakistan migrating to India.

This would include all sorts of Christians. Greeks, Armenians, Assyrians, Maronites, Chaldeans, Christian Arabs, even Copts if Egypt is involved in this. Muslims would include Sunni, Shia, Ibadi, Druze, etc. Jews could go either way.

How could this happen? Maybe if the Ottoman Empire collapses hard on religious lines and not ethnic ones? And where would the area of Christian resettlement be? I was thinking the most plausible area would be the greater Armenia region plus Pontus, or somewhere around there.

And what would the new country be called? And how would it and its Muslim neighbor(s) handle their diplomatic relations from here on out?
 

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I think linguistic ethnic and cultural ties will lead to creation of a Christian "Bangladesh " soon enough
 
France could could do this with Lebanon. Have France resettle displaced Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks in French Lebanon and invite other Christians in.
 
France could could do this with Lebanon. Have France resettle displaced Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks in French Lebanon and invite other Christians in.
I agree,probably only chance for something like this to occur would have been right after WW 1,and France designates a region for all types of Christians,and maybe after a bit,even Alawites,Druze,Yazidis,Mancheans trickle in.Of course there would still be plenty of strife in the region even if Israel was never created.
 
There is no united Christianity identity in the middle east for such a state or such an ideology to exist. The Muslims of the Indian sub-continent were united historical as a ruling elite under various Muslim empires and in competition with Hindu powers helping to form the basis of the Pakistani movement in addition there being two large regions which could form a Muslim homeland, in the middle east there is only parts of Lebanon which have a Christian majority. There is nothing for a Christian version of this in the middle east.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-nation_theory#Start_of_Muslim_self-awakening_and_identity_movement_(17th_century–1940s)
 
There is no united Christianity identity in the middle east for such a state or such an ideology to exist. The Muslims of the Indian sub-continent were united historical as a ruling elite under various Muslim empires and in competition with Hindu powers helping to form the basis of the Pakistani movement in addition there being two large regions which could form a Muslim homeland, in the middle east there is only parts of Lebanon which have a Christian majority. There is nothing for a Christian version of this in the middle east.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-nation_theory#Start_of_Muslim_self-awakening_and_identity_movement_(17th_century–1940s)
I guess you could be right about there being no United Christian identity, but the part about Lebanon being the only plausible "homeland" is wrong. Much of eastern Anitolia was majority or plurality Armenian in the early 20th century. That plus Greek Pontus could make a viable homeland.
 
Much of eastern Anitolia was majority or plurality Armenian in the early 20th century. That plus Greek Pontus could make a viable homeland.
Both groups are far more influenced by their brothers across the border than any groups in the Levant and as per otl going to look to reunite with them rather than act as a homeland for Levantine and Egyptian Christians.
 
Both groups are far more influenced by their brothers across the border than any groups in the Levant and as per otl going to look to reunite with them rather than act as a homeland for Levantine and Egyptian Christians.
By this same logic, you could say the Pashtuns and Balochs care more about their coethnics across the border than about Pakistan.
 
I think the most realistic option would be some kind of Assyrian state set up by the British post WW1 that expands to include ME Christians. It's a stretch though.
 
Hypothetically speaking, If France divided Lebanon into Northern Muslim zone and Southern Christian Zone and the Southern Christian Zone had more economic prosperity and politic freedom. Then there would be economic and politic incentives for Christian to stick together to ensure that the "good time" would last forever.
 
So, the best bet is a Lebanon that attracts a lot of Christian immigration, and not something in the Pontus/Armenia area? I don't think the existence of co ethics elsewhere totally counts out this area as potential refuge.
 
France could could do this with Lebanon. Have France resettle displaced Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks in French Lebanon and invite other Christians in.

I'm sure the Lebanese Phalange will just be welcoming all the various faiths with open arms.
I can't tell if this is sarcasm, but the fact is: they probably won't.

Lebanon was set up to be Catholic (Maronite), not Christian. Maronites in Lebanon don't really get along particularly well with Orthodox churches in the country.

Maronite forces in Lebanon might welcome allies from other Christian sects, but they're not going to be hailing them as brothers-in-religion or anything.
 
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