When Syria’s rebels take over a town, it means the imposition of Sharia law on the public. But what exactly Sharia law is differs wildly across the Sunni spectrum, and different Islamist rebel factions are imposing their own conflicting brands across the region.
The rebel Syrian National Council, itself dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood in no small measure, has announced that it intends to establish a more specific, more moderate version of Sharia backed by Syrian Islamic scholars, with an eye toward standardizing religious law in rebel-held Syria.
Details are scant, but while the hope seems to be that everyone will just default to the SNC’s version, al-Qaeda backed factions like Jabhat al-Nusra are likely to insist on their own particularly harsh religious interpretations, and will keep the law varied across rebel territory.
Nusra’s Taliban-style strict religious conservatism seems to be a tough sell in a lot of towns in the traditionally secular-driven nation, and is leading rebel fighters to violently enforce the laws, particularly as they relate to non-Sunnis and non-Muslims.
Cool, just what Washington wants, right? Wait. Do they even know what the are doing in DC or do they just take the word of Israeli/neocon "experts"?
Moderate shariah laws…, what is that.., shariah laws is against everything that called freedom.., so by having a moderate shariah law is half freedom half shariah laws.., and that's what Jason is advertising for…, or is it the new Trotskyist idea in social manifestation by Jason Ditz.
Look, people the idea behind USA and EU for Syrian war was and still is about those whom are against USA and EU colonialism, slavery, imperialism in one hand and those whom are for a functioning democracy in Middle East.., a united front against USA and EU hegemony that needs to be broken.., Saudi Arabia and Qatar's kingdoms don't like such idea.., so they will come up with all kind of ideas in being moderate and etc. to fool people as if shariah laws can be changed.., if that was the case Saudi Arabia would be in processes changing its social laws so as Qatar and Muslim brotherhood in Egypt acting more democratically…, so don't be fooled by the propaganda..,
"and that's what Jason is advertising for, in my imagination."
Fixed for ya.
Moderate sharia is like being partially pregnant. This is what the empire is supporting for some reason. Of course when sharia is implemented nation wide everyone will feign shock and concern.
No such thing as "moderate" Sharia law. Also, they are (Western-backed) terrorists, NOT "rebels."
"they are (Western-backed) terrorists, NOT 'rebels.'"
They're both.
Moderate? We are touched! And all they are doing as they teach ten year old how to chop off a head of an unfortunate victim — is enforcing law. Well, they are just VIOLENTLY enforcing the laws, especially aganist non-Sunis and non-Moslems. Now, we would call this genocide in a heart-beat if this is happening anywhere else. But since they are OUR darlings, and since they already killed tens of thousands of INNOCENTS throughout Syria — we cannot let them fail now. Should they fail, and should the truth ever come out about what these "moderates" have done to Syrians — it would shock us to the core. So, the "regime" has to go. And so will the EVIDENCE against our own complicity in some of the most hineous crimes in the history of warfare.