Christmas is not safe in northern Syria, particularly in the rebel-held areas around the outskirts of Aleppo. Not much is safe in northern Syria these days, but with rebels setting up Saudi-style religious police, anything conspicuously non-Sunni is dangerous.
That means celebrations are non-existent, as are public displays of Christmas decorations. Christmas is as low-key as possible, and local Christians wonder if this is going to be the new “normal” as the rebels gain ground in the region.
In Damascus things were a little more official, with Christians in the center of the capital putting up decorations and attending mass. With the whole nation torn apart by civil war, most of the focus was on praying for peace instead of celebrating the holiday.
Syria has a significant and ancient Christian minority which has tried to stay out of the war, but increasingly many have expressed concern that the Islamist leadership of the rebel forces would be a serious threat to remaining in the country.
Is there any christians left in rebel held are…, Jason..,
Rather than seeing which direction the wind blows, Christians should take up arms to defend their way of living. If the Jihadist take power, Christians will be the first to go and the f****** US and their lackeys won't move a finger to protect them.
Knowing how much Uncle Scam supports Islamists aggressors across the globe, while talking out of both sides of its mouth, if the Christians ever did take up arms to defend themselves you can bet that fact would be twisted against them by American media outlets.
Oh, and another thing, the Christian communities in Iraq were destroyed and nary a peep about that from good ole bible-thumpers here. Seems once the modern day Crusaders had arrived and brought death and destruction to everyone it was just one more inconvenient "fact" not to be mentioned.