This is bizarre. A religion/culture that treats women like crap, barely acknowledges their existence except when having fits about them for some reason or other - has no problem trusting them to defend their men. I can’t wrap my brain around this at the moment.
“This is bizarre. A religion/culture that treats women like crap, barely acknowledges their existence except when having fits about them for some reason or other - has no problem trusting them to defend their men.”
Syria under the Assad’s has been largely secular. Better that the Christian/Yazidi/secular muslem women (Before Obama, “Secular Muslems were called “Moderates”)fight, than be sold as sex slaves.
Assad’s regime is semi-secular.
It depends on the loyalty of the Alawite sect.
Which isn’t at all strict, religiously. Its a bit difficult to pin down exactly what they believe in. They don’t prosletyze and keep to themselves.
They count as honorary Shiites as far as Iran is concerned, but I don’t think they have much in common with them.
Assad is running out of soldiers, so this is not surprising.
That’s because what the other side will do to them is far worse than what their side does to them.
Article in 2010, just before the Syrian Civil War started.
I think ISIS types believe getting killed by a female sends them to hell or something like that...so it makes some sense to use females to defend against them.
They’re running out of men?
You need to increase your understanding of the Mid-east if your want to actually understand what is going on.