Attacking the Shi’ite neighborhoods in the village of Hatla last week, Syrian rebels killed at least 60 people, chased a lot of others out of town, and burned a whole neighborhood of homes down for being Shi’ites.
This was the calling card of the al-Qaeda-backed Jabhat al-Nusra, who today decided to follow through on the killings of the past week with an encore, blowing up the village’s Shi’ite mosque.
Attacks on religious minorities have been a big part of why the Syrian Civil War has turned so polarizing, and so many sectarian militias have sprung up. The threats to Shi’ite mosques have also played a big role in getting regional Shi’ites to arm up and come to Syria to fight off the rebels’ most extreme elements.
The influx of (mostly religiously minded) Shi’ites in response to al-Qaeda has made it all the easier to recruit Sunni jihadists into the rebellion, which is why a growing chunk of the “civil war” is being fought on both sides by people from other countries.
I was born into a Sunni family and I am disgusted with these animals. Although I no longer practice religion of any sort I still have strong respect for people of other faiths including shiites muslims. Why isn't the west focused on these human rights violation by the so called rebels. If these intollerant, uneducated animals get their way and take over Syria and Iraq the United States and Europe will live with a thousand years of terrorist attacks focused back on them. Do the western leaders really think that once these animals are emboldened by victory they will simply pack up their arms and open up businesses and become productive members of the global community. These terrorists will spread the cancer of extremist islam at the tip of a sword. Lets be honest, as long as countries like Saudie Arabia are allowed to export their extreme visions of wahabism throughout the world without paying a price themselves there will be no peace in this region or probably anywhere. I mean how many Iraqis or Syrians were part of 9/11…. and how many Saudies where involved…. the whole war on terror is a joke if the source of the cancer is allowed to exist within the global body.
The Saudis have the west (and maybe the world) by the balls…they and a large majority of OPEC control a serious portion of the world oil production. As has been proven in the past, when the Sheiks turn off a spigot, the rest of the world pays dearly. If OPEC stopped production of oil for 3 months, the US military machine would come to a stop, as an example. Hmmm…might not be a bad thing…
That's why the US is not interested in bringing the Saudis to the docket for stuff like their active facilitation of the 9/11 terrorists. And you are correct that there will be no peace anywhere. Unfortunately, when religions get involved in war-making, reason and logic no longer apply. In that respect the Christian Evangelicals are no different from the Taliban and other extremist groups, IMO.