Over the past few years, Lebanese indie band Mashrou' Leila has grown ⁠— its music has evolved, its audience has expanded. Today, the band is one of the biggest music acts in the region, but their journey has not been easy.



The band has recently been faced with pressure to cancel its scheduled performance in Lebanon on Aug. 9. The threats are mainly coming from a number of fundamentalist Christian groups who have claimed the band's music insults the Bible.

"After looking at the goals of Mashrou' Leila and the content of the songs it performs, which affect religious and humanitarian values as well as Christian sanctities, the Maronite Archdiocese of Jbeil strongly condemns the concert," the archdiocese said in a statement on Monday, according to The Daily Star.

The group has since called for the "suspension of Mashrou' Leila on the land of holiness, civilization and history, and leaves it up to the Catholic Information Center to do what is necessary."

However, the band has also received threats from a Facebook page named "God's soldiers."