Thursday 7 February 2013

Abdulrahman Al-Rashed

A war of jihadists and Free Syrian Army


"The overwhelming majority of the Syrian rebels are defectors from the Syrian army and are young men who revolted against injustice. They are neither jihadists nor Arabs or foreigners from “Qaeda.” If Nusra is really affiliated with “Qaeda,” it will end like all Qaeda organizations did; it will fail. But if it is a Syrian revolutionary group, it will find a place for it among the others. 
What we have to understand is that the FSA is the overwhelming power. It is real and patriotic, and its religious chants must be understood in their context and not considered as ones that agree with “Qaeda’s” mentality. Their chants are like what Christian fighters do in their armies; they draw the cross sign, and like what Jews do; they carry the Torah. It is piety not extremism, and it is normal that most people are pious and expressive of their religion."

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