Tag Archives: Christian Winter
From Arab Spring to Christian Winter
In the Middle East and North Africa, the ongoing civil wars of an increasingly sectarian nature are reportedly putting more and more Christians in harm’s way.
Syria’s religious fault lines: the plight of Christians in the Middle East
Though the Syrian civil war continues to rage, it’s mostly defined as a Sunni versus Shiite conflict, where the plight and suffering of this country’s ancient Christian communities is increasingly becoming an influential factor.
Posted in Foreign Policy, Middle East-North Africa, Religious Freedom
Tagged Alawite Muslims, Arab League, Arab Spring, Bashar al-Assad, Christian Winter, EU, Free Syrian Army, FSA, Lijan militias, Organization of Islamic Cooperation, R2P, Responsibility to Protect Doctrine, Shiite Muslims, Sunni Muslims, Syria, Syrian Christian community, Syrian civil war, UN
