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Damascus: Christians living in conflict-torn Syria are afraid their community would fall victim of religious extremism if President Bashar al-Assad's regime collapses and Islamists come to power.

"I am afraid that we will suffer bad times," a member of Damascus's Christian community, who identified himself as Jorge, told Russia's RIA Novosti news agency.

A full-fledged civil war will break out in Syria if Assad's enemies and their western supporters continue efforts to topple the President, he said.

"If the regime falls, Islamists will come to power," Jorge said.

Islamists "wrongly believe that we support the current regime", and for that reason they will complicate the life of Christians, he said.

"Sunni Muslims who predominate Syria think that if President Assad's regime representing the interests of the Alawi minority falls, they will live better. But I personally think that they are wrong. Syria is a secular state and its people, including Muslims, will not like it if the new power starts thrusting orthodox Islamic norms of moral and behaviour on them," he said.

According to Jorge, extremist forces rather than liberals would come to power in Syria.

Another Syrian, an engineer from Homs, said on condition of anonymity that he is sure that if Assad's regime falls, Christians will be "expelled from the country in one day".

Presently, the situation in Homs is quite complicated. Almost all of the local Christians have moved away. Their homes have been occupied by militants and their families, and the shops have been looted. Refugees are temporarily living in other regions of the country.

Jorge said Islamists are trying to show that if the regime changes, Christians would not come under attack.

"They do it to appease them (the Christians), attract them thus losing their support of the regime," he said.

Muslim leaders put messages on social networks saying that Christians and Muslims have for centuries lived together in Syria. They have also tried to distance themselves from the damage that has been inflicted on Christian homes and churches in Homs.

The engineer from Homs said that government forces could have "pushed out" Islamist militants from Homs if they continued shelling the city for at least three more days.

"But then they adopted (UN and League of Arab States ambassador) Kofi Annan's plan and gunfire was terminated. But this does not bring anything good to us. Our homes remain occupied by militants," he said.

He said the majority Christians do not consider emigration a possibility. "This is our homeland. Christians have been living in Syria long before the Muslims. Why should we move away?"

Christians make up about 10 percent of Syria's 23-million population. Approximately half of Syria's Christians belong to the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

Syrian Christians fear Islamist rule if Assad goes
 
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Yeah. What the heck are these fundamentalists people daring to threaten Syrian Christians, they have shared long history with....when did they become enemies... where's the puppet UN? where are the human rights organisations?
 
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no need for this thread the rebels in syria will soon be finished it is just a matter of time

I hope so, is that realistic do you think?

Yeah. What the heck are these fundamentalists people daring to threaten Syrian Christians, they have shared long history with....when did they become enemies... where's the puppet UN? where are the human rights organisations?

UN is not there to support human rights! It's a tool of western hegemony. When will you people understand?
 
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Syria Christians are good people they support a good Islamic Government like Assad

if they Radical come to power with the help of USA then no more Christine in Syria
 
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Syrian Christians have learnt well from what happened to Christians in Egypt & Iraq after the regime change. They must have decided that a dictator who ensures their safety is better than a democratically elected Islamists out to get them.
 
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when americans decide to screw you, not even conversion to their religion can exempt you from their ruthlessness (well, they never even bothered to help the blacks at home, the poorest among whom are often the most devout christians)
 
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you are not Christians if you support what assad is doing...

when americans decide to screw you, not even conversion to their religion can exempt you from their ruthlessness (well, they never even bothered to help the blacks at home, the poorest among whom are often the most devout christians)

funny to read a chinese espousing human rights when TODAY they have over 500,000 of their citizens in jail without any charges and have a blind man on his way to the US
 
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when americans decide to screw you, not even conversion to their religion can exempt you from their ruthlessness (well, they never even bothered to help the blacks at home, the poorest among whom are often the most devout christians)

What about you sir? Your country fought with both USSR and Vietnam who shared your ideology.
 
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What about you sir? Your country fought with both USSR and Vietnam who shared your ideology.

sino-soviet border clash was a direct outgrowth of ideological SPLIT between the two countries. i am not aware of any recent development of christian doctrinal positions being staked out by syrians that contradict orthodox bullshit american christians embraced at home that may otherwise justify such efficient betrayal by americans.

you are not Christians if you support what assad is doing...



funny to read a chinese espousing human rights when TODAY they have over 500,000 of their citizens in jail without any charges and have a blind man on his way to the US

which eyes of yours spotted my espousal of anglo-american bullcrap about human rights? i don't give a **** to that sort of things. i am a hard-nosed realist who believes the only crimes being committed by americans here are betrayal of trust and double-crossing and hypocrisy. wholesale slaughter of syrian christians distresses me but isn't necessarily my first concern - the cohesiveness and survival of the syrian state is and is precedent to the issue of syrian christians and is also the key to their safety.

your indian mind is so "conditioned" by anglo-american masters that you must read "human rights" into where the words didn't appear
 
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sino-soviet border clash was a direct outgrowth of ideological SPLIT between the two countries. i am not aware of any recent development of christian doctrinal positions being staked out by syrians that contradict orthodox bullshit american christians embraced at home that may otherwise justify such efficient betrayal by americans.

Americans like any world power fights for their interests. Religion is of no consequence to them, otherwise why would they fight Nazis in WW2 or Serbs in the 90s who are Christians.
 
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Americans like any world power fights for their interests. Religion is of no consequence to them, otherwise why would they fight Nazis in WW2 or Serbs in the 90s who are Christians.

naturally i agree with you. it simply means when evangelical lobbies cry about maltreatment of christians in countries opposed to american interests, they tend only to be used and other countries should feel justified in not giving a **** to american concerns about religious persecution
 
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naturally i agree with you. it simply means when evangelical lobbies cry about maltreatment of christians in countries opposed to american interests, they tend only to be used and other countries should feel justified in not giving a **** to american concerns about religious persecution

Favourite Targets are India, China and Russia. :lol:
 
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Well, they have a point. Syria's Christians are some of oldest in the world.

But nothing justified Assad's use of force against civilians. Even pales in comparison to Israel's use of force against Palestinians over the conflict's entire span. And those mongrels dared to criticize Israel for use of force? Height of hypocrisy.

We all know from experience of the consequences of such reckless use of force. Syria is screwed either way even if the situation becomes stable. The wounds will remain. I don't know just how Assad would sustain that for his whole life or extended family.

Iran has its own agenda.
 
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