Syria's large Christian minority cowers in alarm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/17/syria-mediation-arab-league-assad

Like I said.

Everyone seem to be desperate to oust Assad but either don't care or don't know, or know and have a plan on increasing the Salafist influence just as happened in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morrocco.
The Christian and moderate Sunnis are very worried about this.

Today after Friday prayers the residents of where I live ousted an Imam and all the salafists who gathered there today arguing with the mainly leftist secular Muslim residents and there was a big fight with them outside on the steps. They are not welcome to preach their politics in our mosque. Hopefully they will not be back next week. Their targets are the poor and ignorant but I guess they tried to se if they could influence us with their rhetoric.

 

same article

 

The Arab League could yet appoint a group of eminent independent Arabs to listen to all sides in the Syrian crisis and seek a "new Taif". The team would have to include Shia as well as Sunni members. But first the Arab League needs to reject the anti-Iranian hysteria that the US, Israel and the Saudis are stirring up along the Gulf. The abyss of all-out civil war in Syria is far more real. And it is very close

Quote not working again!!!!!

(Admin done in exactly the same way as the previous quotes so makes no sense at all)

 

Its ALWAYS someone else's fault, isn't it ABU? The Arabs have NO mind of their own.. no ambitions of their own..

 

No idea what this means?

are you with the Syrian Christians and moderate Sunni or not?

 

why did I ask that question???

I know you wont be but still I have no idea what your reply means please explain

 

Abu Sina - I share your sentiments . Having visited Damascus (al-Sham) + Halab(Aleppo) some years ago - I feel some sort of connection .I'm saddened by the current unrest and sincerely hope religious extremists do NOT gain power and unsettle Syria's recent period of Alawite stability - before which chaos reign with a military coup /change of government , occurred every 4 to 6 month .


One can only wish -peace + stability soon return to Syria .

IN time we'll no doubt learn what evil machinations played a part in todays unrest.


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With a lot of the Middle East, you have two options:

1) religious fundie dictators

2) secular dictators

Neither option is very good.

 

We have seen that only a dictator can protect minorities, the ongoing genocide in Iraq on Christians and beginning Egyptian genocide on Christians just show this.

 

Or as elsewhere, , dictatorship of the majority, ignoring / over ruling minority rights + grievances . (wink )


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And why is it that in muslim countries we see minorities being so violently attacked in large numbers, but not in majority christian countries?

Why are arab muslims so hostile to and unable to protect non-muslims (egypt, lebanon, iran, iraq, syria, etc.)?

 

Lol..

 

The towering intellect one can expect here from the various islamic fascist defenders.

Clearly, the well-documented history of ethnic cleansing and mass slaughter of maronite christians by muslims in lebanon were not made available to this poster.

 

If you knew anything about Lebanese history, you would also know about the Christians who massacred both Christians and Muslims in the Civil War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabra_and_Shatila_massacre

 

If you could read your own link, you'd see that it was christians killing muslims there in retaliation for prior muslim-on-christian attacks and massacres.

The fact is, arab muslims do not treat non-muslim minorities well in their countries.

 

Did you not read that Forbes top 10 African billionaires has 3 Egyptian Christians in the top 10?

Plenty of successful Christian businessmen and tycoons in 95% Muslim Egypt

 

The Assad regime is sponsored by the Iranians. The revolutionaries are sponsored by Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Better that the revolutionaries win.

 

That does not justify in any way the killing of hundreds of innocent Muslims by Christian militias. Furthermore, the man who planted the bomb that killed Bachir Gemayel (which is what sparked the Sabira and Shatila massacre) was a Maronite!

You've also conveniently ignored my comment on intra-Christain violence.

 

You might want to read Moshe Dayan's memoirs.

The Israeli plan was to fund the phalangists with the goal being civil war in Lebanon... to install a Christian, military officer as leader who would be Israel friendly..

Fighting in Lebanon was not strictly along religious lines as any of your Lebanese friends will explain to you.

 

Do you have any proof of that?

 

Do the hundreds or thousands of murdered copts in egypt the past few years - by the egyptian army as well as the muslims there - not count because ONE PERSON or a few have succeeded?

Be real.

 

Violence is rarely justified, however it was done AFTER the christians were massacred again and again in lebanon before finally responding.

 

#1-you have a long, well-known habit of taking israeli leaders quotes out of context

#2-dayan did not run the country of israel

#3-there was internecine issues amongst christians, but overall the muslims were doing their best to ethnically cleanse the christians out of the country

 

Moshe Dayan was Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–5

He went on to become Defense Minister and later Foreign Minister of Israel.

Are you calling him a liar?

Lebanon has a 50-50 demographic until they were flooded with Palestinian refugees in 1948 and 1967..

How much time have you spent in Lebanon?

 

No, not him...

Nope...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census#Lebanon

No census has been conducted in Lebanon since 1932.[54] It indicated a population of 861,399 Lebanese.[55] Various estimates of the population have been taken since; in 1956 it was estimated a population of 1,411,416, with 54% Christian and 44% Muslim. Conducting a census since then has been complicated by various conflicts in the 1970s and 1980s,[56] as well as by the sensitivity of religious issues.[54]

Which is relevant how? Are you the official historian and census taker for lebanon?