Posted on 06/09/2012 8:54:16 PM PDT by Milagros
Syria's ultimatum to Christians: "Leave Qusayr"
06/9/2012
The message sent out by the military chief of the armed opposition has spread panic and lead to a Christian exodus
vatican insider staff
rome
An exodus of Christians is taking place in Western Syria: the Christian population has fled the city of Qusayr, near Homs, following an ultimatum issued by the military chief of the armed opposition, Abdel Salam Harba.
This is what local sources told Vatican news agency Fides, pointing out that since the conflict broke out, only a thousand of the city's ten thousand faithful, were left and they are now being forced to flee immediately. Some of the city's mosques have issued the message again, announcing from the minarets: "Christians must leave Qusayr within six days, ending Friday." The ultimatum therefore expired on 8 June and spread fear among the Christian population which had started to regain hope as a result of the presence of the Jesuit Fr. Paolo Dall'Oglio, who stopped off in Qusayr for a week to "pray and fast in the name of peace, right in the midst of conflict."
The reasons for this ultimatum remain a mystery. Some say it is necessary in order to protect faithful from further suffering; other sources reveal "a continuity in discrimination and selective repression." Others still claim that Christians have openly expressed their loyalty to the state and this is why the opposition army is chasing them away. Now Christian families in Qusayr have begun their exodus as displaced persons, towards the surrounding valleys and rural areas. Some have taken refuge in parents' and friends' homes in Damascus. Very few families have courageously decided to stay behind in their birth city but who knows what fate will meet. Fides sources have reiterated that groups of Salafi Islamic extremists within the armed opposition consider Christians as "infidels"; they confiscate their belongings, carry out mass executions and are ready to declare a "denominational war".
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/world-news/detail/articolo/siria-syria-15868/
The Christians are paying the price for taking the side of the Alawites, the butchers now in power. Understandably, there is no good side to pick from there. If they sat on the sidelines there would be less feeling for revenge by the revolutionaries.
Darkness must to destroyed first. The only way to destroy darkness is by light.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
Even so, come Lord Jesus.
Now you see why Obama wants to replace Assad.
Obama has been against Christians from the start.
I agree - this whole “Arab Spring” was encouraged by Obama as his way of doing a little ethnic - or religious - cleansing of what he no doubt considers the lands of Islam.
Yes, displacing Christian populations, many of which predate Mohammad, is simply Spring cleansing.
Sunni Arabs don't need an excuse to slaughter Christians - they do it for pleasure, as long as it goes unpunished. The persecution of non-Sunni Arabs in Qusayr is merely an example of what happens when Sunni Arabs are free to do as they please, instead of being hobbled by an apostate Alawite regime that protects non-Sunni minorities. Ultimately, the cure for what ails the Christians in Qusayr is the mass deportation of its Sunni Arabs to a more like-minded country, like Egypt or Saudi Arabia.
My view is that the conventional wisdom among Democrats and Republicans in power, cheerled by think tanks on both sides, is democracy will cure all warts. The problem is that democracy in Syria entrenches our sworn enemies, the Sunni Arabs, in power. When was the last time you'd ever heard of an Alawite suicide bomber? Democracy doesn't make the Sunni Arab masses our friends - it just makes it easier for these troglodytes to act on their preferred policy of making war on us until we submit.
Hardly. Look at Iraq, Egypt, Afghanistan. It doesn’t matter. They are not mohammadens so they must leave or die. It’s as simple as that.
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