The Syrian Revolution and Future of Minorities – by Akram Al-Bunni
Father Paolo Dall'Oglio praying with volunteer doctors in northern Syria
Somewhere between civil citizenship and dangerous thoughts on sectarian and ethnic apportionment, divisions and isolation, minorities in Syria are trying to configure their political future. Syria’s minorities are beset by fears of the growing influence of lslamist currents in the Revolution and an eventual Islamist takeover of the country. These fears are motivated by the threat some Islamists trends pose to the civil nature of Syrian society and its diversity and the risk of alienation of the different other groups and repression of religious and political freedoms.
This paper analyzes the potential repercussions of the Syrian Revolution’s shift towards political Islam and all the challenges that might entail in terms of pushing other societal groups towards sectarian and ethnic entrenchment to the detriment of Syrian national identity.
source : http://www.arab-reform.net/syria-papers-syrian-revolution-and-future-minorities
date : April 2013