And as someone who has spent decades warning of the rising threat of Islamism, I am sounding the alarm: a new tyranny is taking root in Syria, cloaked in religious language, but every bit as dangerous and destructive as the last. Where the Assads sowed sectarianism in order to then crush dissent in the name of national unity, the Islamists now do the same in the name of their version of "divine truth." We believe in the dignity of every person, the equality of all before the law and the essential truth that no government has the right to tell you what to believe.
Author: Zuhdi Jasser
Published at: 2025-07-20 21:30:56
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