[One of Syria’s strengths is it is Secular Syria. Asma Assad is a Sunni Muslim, married to an Alawite.]
A secular Sunni Arab is a contradiction in terms. Sunni Arabs are secular in the sense of using Western technology. In that respect, Osama bin Laden was a secularist. In reality, only atheists with Sunni Arab parents are secular in *any* Western sense of the word. I’m gonna bet she is now an Alawite and her kids are being brought up Alawite, in stark opposition to Sunni Arab dogma.
[One of Syria’s strengths is it is Secular Syria. Asma Assad is a Sunni Muslim, married to an Alawite.]
“Syria” isn’t secular. No Sunni Muslim is, let alone a country with an overwhelming Sunni majority. Malaysia, a country with a slight majority of Sunnis, run by Sunnis, isn’t secular. The Alawites have imposed secularism over the Sunni majority. The moment that majority gains power, and a legitimate (i.e. representing the majority) government comes into place, Syria will stop being secular.