The Byblos International Festival in Lebanon cancelled a concert by one of the country’s best known rock bands. Church leaders accused band Mashrou’ Leila of blasphemy, triggering an outcry on social media and eliciting death threats against the group. BBC Beirut correspondent Martin Patience reports.
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