Lebanon's position on the project of the Islamic alliance in 1966 and its impact on the course of its relations with Egypt and Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Saudi Arabia adopted the idea of the Islamic alliance under the cover of Islamic solidarity during the reign of King Faisal bin Abdulaziz in 1965, with the support of the United States, which announced its support for this idea, and found in King Faisal the qualified man to lead the campaign to combat atheism and communism in the Arab countries, and this idea was rejected by the majority of The Arab countries considered this a colonial project directed against Arab nationalism, and Lebanon was among the Arab countries that opposed the alliance based on its policy of neutrality towards Arab issues and rejection of the policy of alliances. The position rejecting the alliance contributed to its failure, and it remained an idea that hasn't appeared yet.