As Syria War Roils, Unrest among sects hits Turkey
New York Times, August 4, 2012 Jeffrey Gettleman
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/world/middleeast/turkish-alawites-fear-spillover-of-violence-from-syria.html
These are my notes from the above article
The Alevis and Alawites don’t follow some Islamic traditions and in Turkey they are a persecuted minority.
Syria’s government troops are predominately Alawites while the majority of Syria is Sunni.
The Alevis are mostly ethnic Turks between 15 or 20 million strong.
The Alawites in Turkey is less than a million.
Turkey’s government and most Sunnis support Syrian rebels.
The Alevis and Alawites support Bashar al-Assad of Syria.
Turkey is becoming more Sunni influenced and has teamed up with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, both Sunni, to oust Assad.
Assad has made Syria one of the most secular countries in the Middle East.
In Eastern Turkey, the Alawite women sport tank tops and tight jeans.
The Muslim Brotherhood is Sunni.
You missed the best line:
“both so afraid that they urinated through their clothes.”
“Assad has made Syria one of the most secular countries in the Middle East.”
I suppose that makes him ‘good’???
The man is league with terrorists...he IS a terrorist. The fact that he tolerates christians and lets women wear western clothing is not an excuse for his existence.