Sunday, July 24, 2011

Sectarian slogans

The slogan raised by some in the Syrian opposition: "Sunnis, `Alawites, Druzes and Christians" is a sectarian slogan.  Just like when Lebanese chant "Muslims and Christians" during the worst times of sectarian conflict, those slogans only reinforce sectarian divisions.  When Lebanese Muslim and Christian clerics appear together in photographs, I know a civil war is around the corner.  Of course, the Syrian regime and the Saudi clients in the Syrian opposition are responsible for the sectarian atmosphere.