After rock group Mashrou' Leila cut from top festival for alleged blasphemy, activists and academics hold replacement event in Beirut titled 'Music is Always Louder'

Within Temptation joins other activists in protest after festival organizers pull Mashrou' Leila, whose lead singer is gay, from program over fears of 'bloodshed'

Local clerics claim that Mashrou' Leila offensive to Christians after lead singer posts article containing image in which Virgin Mary's face replaced by that of Madonna's