Rumours are circulating regarding either a cancellation or lessening of tarawih prayers during the month of Ramadhan, per the demands of the Syrian ministry of religious affairs. Coordinating Facebook pages [...]
The current uprising has revived parts of Syria’s collective memory that was largely taboo under the Assad family dictatorship. Part of this re-awakening, ironically, was in the regime’s own attempt to vilify the current leadership [...]
It goes without saying that the Syrian regime does not control religious discourse but it definitely seeks to manipulate both Islamic scholars and Christian clergy, for their own purposes. In [...]
In an interview with Al-Jazeera, Burhan Ghalioun (a prominent Syrian opposition figure), claims that the regime bears responsibility for the rise of a ‘Salafist’ trend in Syria; thus to blame ‘Salafists’ for [...]
The Syrian regime has identified armed Salafi fighters as responsible for the death of many military and security personnel. However, the point of this post is not to critique these [...]
Muhammad Said Ramdhan Al-Buti has provided, for many decades, a religious legitimization for the Syrian regime. Al-Buti , in his book ‘Jihad: How to understand and practice it’, declares the [...]
