Posted on 12/24/2024 3:57:18 AM PST by McGruff
Protests have broken out in Syria over the burning of a Christmas tree near the city of Hama.
A video posted on social media showed masked gunmen setting fire to the tree on display in the main square of the Suqaylabiyah, a Christian-majority town in central Syria.
The main Islamist faction which led the uprising that toppled President Bashar al-Assad said the men responsible for the arson were foreign fighters and had been detained.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across the country - through Damascus, Suqaylabiyah and Hama - demanding the new Islamist rulers protect religious minorities.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
First test of tolerance has failed...
Muslim majority.
Christian minority.
Smells of Jihad.
Why the outrage? It’s a pagan symbol and has nothing to do with the real meaning of Christmas.
The exact quote that ran through my head when I read the headline.
Hey, muslims: what’s the difference between burning a Christmas tree and burning a Koran?
It’s not hard to predict where the religion of peace is headed next. They haven’t changed once in 1,400 years.
If the government isn’t behind it, there’s no way of stopping rogue groups from anarchy.
“Protests erupt in Syria over Christmas tree burning”
Typical of the Neocons and Globalists. They simply HATE CHRISTIANS, as they proved when they attacked Serbia, Russia, and many, many other times.
There will always be troublemakers or rogue groups but it is up to the new (Islamic) government to enforce the “new” concept of tolerance by finding the perps and arresting them. If they let this one slip, there will be more and then we slide down the slippery slope of chaos.
There is no possibility of a peaceful coexistence with Islam.
Muslims are out of control and the jihad has just begun in their efforts to control the world. England’s muslims have just set up 81 sharia courts in England as a start for a total jihad in England.
Seems we learned nothing from Iraq.
Muslims will be Muslims. And anyone that supports them is as guilty of crimes against humanity. They haven’t and will never change.
Originally a pagan symbol, absorbed into Christian culture if not theology, and clearly the universal symbol of Christmas to everyone in every culture around the world. The action clearly says, “Destroy Christians”. That’s why we’re upset. Not really that hard to understand.
Yep, this is how Iran moved to the dark side in 1978.
“Israel will just have to ... kill more Christians” - FR’s own “nitzy”
Hey, muslims: what’s the difference between burning a Christmas tree and burning a Koran?
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The Christmas tree smells good before it burns.
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