What are the implications the jihadist takeover of Syria will have for Syrian Christians? How should the western governments think about these Christians’ fate before removing the terrorist designation from HTS?
The British ambassador reported that “the greatest revolution that we know anything of has been effected…with the loss of very few lives” and that we can now consider this “a free country”. In response, the Prime Minister expressed his hopes for friendly relations with the new rulers.
Actually, that wasn’t in response to the takeover of Syria by the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), but the initial British reaction to the 1789 French revolution before it developed into its ugly bloodletting phase of guillotining those perceived to be opponents and its specifically anti-Christian character.
However, it could equally be said of more recent events in the Middle East, such as the 1979 Iranian revolution. There a movement of those who wanted freedom and democracy after the overthrow of the Shah was hijacked by supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini who wanted to create the first Islamic state in the modern world. Initially, the new regime spoke words of peace to Iranian Christians. Ayatollah Khomeini actually wrote to them seeking their support for the revolution, which he promised would bring freedom, equality, and justice for all, especially religious minorities.
Sound familiar? […]
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