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VIDEOS: Syrian Christians stage demonstrations against Islamist gov’t

Muslims lit a Christmas tree on fire in Al-Suqaylabiyah to send an unwelcoming message to the few remaining Christians in Syria.

BREITBART -- Hundreds of Christians marched through the streets of Damascus on Tuesday to protest the burning of a Christmas tree in a village in central Syria.

Christians have been highly skeptical of promises to protect all religious minorities made by the Islamist rebel leaders who overthrew dictator Bashar Assad.

The protests were sparked by a social media video of hooded men setting fire to a Christmas tree in the Christian town of Suqaylabiyah, located near Hama in central Syria. 

The Islamist group that led the drive to overthrow dictator Bashar Assad earlier this month, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), told Suquaylabiyah residents the fighters who burned the Christmas tree were “not Syrians.” 

The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported the vandals were indeed foreigners, members of a minor Islamist rebel group called Ansar al-Tawhid. The group was formed in 2018 from the remnants of an ISIS-aligned group called Jund al-Aqsa that fought with HTS, itself the rebranded Syrian franchise of the Islamic State’s rivals in al-Qaeda. 

“If we’re not allowed to live our Christian faith in our country, as we used to, then we don’t belong here anymore,” one of the demonstrators told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

One group of protesters marching through the Kassa neighborhood of Damascus called on HTS to expel all foreign fighters from Syria. “Syria is free! Non-Syrians should leave!” they chanted.

 

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Selina 09:16 25.12.2024
IMO, Syrian Christians need to leave Syria.
[Anonymous] 06:42 25.12.2024
Islam is one evil and hateful religion. If you are a Muslim separates yourself from Islam and surrender to the one true living God of Christianity. Jesus is the only way to the Father in heaven 🙏🏻
[Anonymous] 05:22 25.12.2024
The new dictator in Syria should arrest the 3 Muslims who set the Xmas tree on fire. Make an example of them by prosecuting them for a hate crime! Now that would make a statement.
Karolina De 05:06 25.12.2024
HOW CAN ANY HUMAN WITH ONE BRAIN CELL COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT A JIHADIST WANTS PEACE WITH ANY RELIGION AND THE WHOLE WORLD
Didi Gift 04:12 25.12.2024
Lord, protect your people in this time of war. Give them favor in Your eyes and the eyes of man. Lord, You promised and your promises are true. So, I thank you and praise Your Name.
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