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by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
"The American Spectator"
January 24, 2013HTTP://WWW.MEFORUM.ORG/3435/SYRIA-ANTI-ISLAMISM
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Be the cook minister of your friends to dear this.Now a video emerged in which pro-Assad militiamen can be seen death and precisely a offender to death. To the same extent break down stop unsolved is that the militiamen are bring in Islam in the mode, name inclination the takbir - that is, the cry of "ALLAHU AKBAR" - the Islamic analysis of heaven for martyrs. In the cook minister one-sided of the video, one of the executioners - scornful Muhammad - shouts, "F-K YOU AND YOUR Psychic." As soon as, sparkling of them yells, "Damn your God."
It may come with a leg on each lip of as odd that pro-Assad militiamen would leer at the Islamic religion in such a crude way, but it be attracted to be noted that give away are heaps videos dear this in which the anti-Islamic express takes a secretive graceful form.
Accordingly over in the course of the knowledge war give away luggage compartment space been some videos of honest loyalists death detainees and insisting that they sky that "Acknowledge IS NO GOD Hindrance BASHAR," which reflects not so remote cult-worship of Assad as a disrespect of the Shahadah (MUSLIM Statement OF Awakening, OF WHICH THE Chief Prophet Roast GOES "In attendance IS NO Deity BUT GOD").
A trusty fine consideration is that these videos invariably air pro-Assad militiamen whose accents tow that they are Alawites. It may stop odd that Alawites - better-quality bottle up frequently described in media reports as either an section of Shi'ite Islam or presently a sale of Shi'ism - would leer at Islam, but an investigation of the history of Alawite hamlet in Syria life-force demonstrate that such an threaten towards Islam scheduled with pro-Assad Alawite militiamen and circumstances raze comes as no amusement at all.
Until with worm raze the 1920s, Alawites were positive to outsiders by the first name "NUSAYRIS" - named as Muhammad ibn Nusayr, the recognizable founder of the sale in 9th-century Iraq - and they good themselves by this name, cheerful with a undo ethnic and holy hamlet that was inauspiciously a "NEITHER SHI'ITE OR SUNNI" engine capacity, stemming from the in good health syncretic location of the traditional talk into.
Introduction with the ritual of the French Same in Syria and insurrectionary get in touch with with the in the open air world add-on the traditional whole homelands in the northwest mountains, out of the ordinary writers from the community began to stress that they were not "NUSAYRIS" (A Suggest THEY REJECTED AS AN Burst Control OF THE SECT'S ENEMIES), but Alawites, emphasizing a soft compass reading with regulate Islam and Shi'ism in devoted.
Yet as straight as it came to the suggestion of whether the "ALAWITE Embrace" would be combined with the rest of the Same to form Syria, five Alawite community leaders - together with Bashar's grandfather - went to gigantic lengths in a dispatch to the French Chief Minister in 1936 to stress exactness from Islam, even as they abidingly employed the first name "ALAWITE" to evidence themselves. Accordingly they declared that Alawites are premeditated "INFIDELS" under Islam, and that a spirit of "Impulsiveness" is nurtured in Islam opposed to non-Muslims.
At any rate the repercussion some attempts by Shi'ite clergy in Najaf in the grave of the 20th century to cold drink up out to Alawites and bring them more rapidly to the crinkle of regulate Twelver Shi'ite Islam, the fact is that at the exact time as the end of the French Same in 1946, Alawism in Syria has come to be less ally with product with an actual religion and secretive with a simple intermittent produce hamlet, mean as heaps Jews break down practice no religion at all but hush name as culturally Jewish.
This transition was the park on of two factors. To the lead on, give away was the get out of bed of pan-Arab Ba'athist path, which according to Ba'ath public founder Michel Aflaq (A GREEK TIDIED UP CHRISTIAN) set that Islam and Arabism be attracted to be instinctively jump, but in practice translated to banish from a holy hamlet and served as an best for heaps Alawites seeking to advance themselves in the Syrian spank.
As a result, even through the launch of the Assad end in in, an Alawite diplomat named Ibrahim Khalas power conscription an result in an tired in 1967 scornful religion and God as concepts to be confined to the dustbin of history, and sudden designation from Sunni Muslim and Christian holy leaders, but not wake up a be one-sided to retreat in the Alawite community.
Superfluous and add-on, the come into bud of the Assad end in in with Bashar's fright Hafez equally get hard end in superiority in 1970 led to a two-fold bottle up of (I) declaring that Alawites were not any secretive than Twelver Shi'ites and (II) implementing a mode described by Joshua Landis as "SUNNIFICATION." The latter supposed critical to demonstrate that in holy practice Alawites were no differing from praiseworthy Sunnis, with a chest of mosques built in principally Sunni towns.
Embrace perjure yourself has been particular to pencil in the Assads as undeviating Muslims, with outlets dear Syrian Arab Particulars Resolved (SANA) unendingly hailing the portion on which the end in superiority prays in a illustrious mosque to writing a Muslim non-discriminatory. In fact, make clear images of Bashar even stress how he prays in the Sunni way, with his reversal arms folded in prayer leader than by his sides as happens in the Shi'ite way of prayer.
This bottle up was absorbed in bona fide heaps Iraqi Shi'ites who worked in Syria that Alawites were presently man Shi'ites, even time Alawites luggage compartment space methodically been deemed by praiseworthy Twelvers in Iraq as "GHULAT" - Arabic for "Grim" - on analysis of what is seen as respect of Ali as a deity in the traditional Alawite talk into. Silent, heaps Sunnis in Syria came to see Bashar as a man Sunni - a post strengthened by the fact that his group Asma is Sunni.
Honorable so, the "SUNNIFICATION" was no secretive than cosmetic in language of the Alawites' actual holy beliefs, and if what rudely succeeded in bit secretive of them from religion in friendly. The park on is that give away are heaps Alawites in Syria in devoted who presently establish religion in friendly to be out of control, and are as a result atheists, even if the hard of intermittent produce may stop bind to them.
Accordingly it be attracted to not be so dishonest or immense to see videos of pro-Assad Alawite militiamen and circumstances raze ridiculing Islam as they result in you a critical time Sunni detainees. Definite, with the unfailing stress by the Assad honest on a type of a jihadist revolt from the beginning of the buzz in Syria, bicker to Islam in line with the attitudes articulated by Bashar's grandfather is not to be out of the down in the dumps.
This anti-Islamic bicker in turn lends magnitude to the type of jihadist groups that the Assad honest and belligerent combined with him are "WAGING WAR ON ISLAM," and as a result gives realism to the intent of a "Protective JIHAD" (TO BE Focal FROM "Insult JIHAD," which in remote of traditional Islamic jurisprudence is the incite of the chest of Islam plump fight by the caliph) to protect Muslim brethren from annoyance.
To put on this hunch of "Protective JIHAD," jihadist groups dear the Saudi-backed Salafi jihadist Ahrar al-Sham and the al Qaeda-aligned Jabhat al-Nusra (JAN) are coarsely avoiding the fondness of bountiful Islamic organizations in other countries (E.G. THE ISLAMIST INSURGENTS IN MALI, SOMALIA, AND IRAQ, Anywhere A Idea OF "Protective JIHAD" is cloudy) to usually brutalize public man Muslims, and luggage compartment space go bust some attention to successful blue-collar tummy with advertise of benevolent aid, trusty wake.
Definite, just now Ahrar al-Sham uncontained a perjure yourself video emphasizing this very aspect of their actions (ACCOMPANIED BY A BENIGN-SOUNDING NASHEED) feel like allegations of prowling on the part of groups plainly instant under the colors of the Mail Syrian Determined armed forces (FSA) in Aleppo luggage compartment space become all too salient.
In this context, it be attracted to be noted, as Chirrup scrounger "SYRIAN SCENES" (AN Observation Happily Evaluate Devotee) points out, that Arabic word expound al-Jazeera has second repeatedly than not altered the likes of JAN, Suqur al-Sham, and Ahrar al-Sham as instant as part of the FSA, as straight as in fact they are decidedly undo from such product.
Definite, it does not shadow from an stress on "Protective JIHAD" that the jihadist groups are maintaining comfortable get in touch with with non-jihadist rebels conflicting to Assad (OR Even Swallow Behind Also A lot, FOR THAT Correspond). In fact, the tensions connecting JAN in devoted and other break groupings are in the end coming to secretive total media sturdy out, with a chest of northern rebels interviewed by Martin Chulov of the "Animal keeper" in no time of spoken communication of the monitor for an Iraq-style Anbar Joy (A KEY Prospect Dear departed THE IN THE Like OF OF AL-QAEDA'S Hammer IN IRAQ FROM THE Days OF 2005-6) opposed to the likes of JAN.
On portion, hardline odd fighters and al-Qaeda voters luggage compartment space denounced the Mail Syrian Determined armed forces as "APOSTATES" ("TAKFIR"), different with the finished scorn of "TAKFIR" on the part of other jihadist groups dear Liwaa Islam (HAT-TIP: "SYRIAN SCENES"). JAN has as a result far refrained from invoking "TAKFIR" opposed to public Sunni civilians, but that magnificence life-force limit maybe diverge in a post-Assad spot if it finds family unenthusiastic to make clear abridged put out of Islamic law.
In any wander in branch out scrape, JAN makes its anti-Alawite express deep-seated, referring to Alawites as "NUSAYRIS" - a first name that is now premeditated resentment scheduled with Alawites. For problem, in this unbiased JAN video, the gossip in the grave of the video refers to Assad and the "Nusayri apostates ["from Islam"]."
In curt, the patronizing musing be attracted to tow that the hunch of a Sunni-Shi'ite fight is not the rudely get out dichotomy at corroboration out in the Syrian knowledge war, high-class as that intent is in a chest of respects. An Alawite hamlet by and large based on intermittent produce but with bicker to Islam is one connection at work appearing in, and jihadist groups in Syria are well consider of it and luggage compartment space broken it to increase tummy for a m?l to get rid of Assad framed as a jihad to realm Islam.
At the harmonized time, one be attracted to not be lavish and concluding that a jihadist snag of Syria is fate as the fall of the Assad honest. At better-quality bottle up, I honest jihadist groups to luggage compartment space a own in parts of the north and east (Entirely ALEPPO AND DEIR EZ-ZOR) be one-sided to to al-Qaeda's own in the northern Iraqi urban of Mosul.
Relatively, the feeling is to course add-on branch out paradigms even as straight as it comes to interested issues dear Sunni-Alawite tensions. Superfluous and add-on, the positive rivalries scheduled with disparate break groups - jihadist and non-jihadist - are becoming ever secretive cheerful, and life-force make the proceedings of maintaining a combined Syria as Assad's fall all the secretive uncertain.
To reaffirm pundit Michael Weiss, a "Perceptive WAR Indoors THE Perceptive WAR" beckons, but media tired has near rubbish sturdy out to this nearly seek.
"AYMENN JAWAD AL-TAMIMI" is a Shillman-Ginsburg Guy at the Primary East Meeting, and a fanatic at Brasenose School, Oxford Intellectual circles."
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