The Assad regime in Syria collapsed on 8 December 2024, when opposition forces, led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (“HTS”) and supported by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army, captured Damascus. HTS is an Islamist militant group that repeatedly stated it would not discriminate against Syria’s minorities, including Alawites, Christians, Druze, Kurds and others, to reassure both Syrians and international observers. We now know that not to be true.
On the same day that the Assad regime fell, 8 December, Ralph Ellis tweeted the first of his warnings about the persecution of the Christians, Druze and Yazidi in Syria by the new Islamist regime. His warnings are based on the intolerance and brutal methods that Islamists have been using from the outset to impose their control over populations.
Islam has not been kind to unbelievers, since its very inception in the 6th century. Islam was created as a protection racket – enslaving entire populations for the benefit of Muslims, who lived off their industrious production. As my previous post describes, all unbelievers lived as dhimmi serfs, under the iron rod of the Covenant of Dhimmitude....<<<Read More>>>...
