The recent killing of a 14-year old
boy (shot to death in the middle
of a square in the presence of
many) for Blasphemy in Syria for
saying ”Not even if the Prophet
himself returns” in response to
someone’s request of him for a
free cup of coffee (which he
hawked by the wayside from his
cart), by elements of the Syrian
rebels currently fighting
government forces loyal to
Bashar Al-Assad, has once again
cast a shadow on the intentions
of those seeking to oust Assad.

Just recently, President Putin (a
staunch supporter of the Assad
government along with Iran)
questioned the rationale behind
the backing of Syrian rebels who
did not find anything wrong with
‘eating the heart of a dead
Syrian soldier’ by Western
Nations and their allies in the
middle east, referring to the
video that went viral a few weeks
before the G8 meeting in Ireland
where he made the statement.

The United States of America
under the leadership of Barack
Obama as well as her European
partners, have been quite
reluctant, until recently in aiding
the rebels militarily for fear of
arms getting into the wrong
hands (extremist groups like the
Al-Nusra front) to avert a similar
scenario to that of Afghanistan in
future, but unfortunately there’s
no guarantee that such would
not happen. They must have
presumed the impossiblity of
ascertaining who was extremist
or not, in eventually deciding to
aid the rebels, allowing their
desire to see the end of Assad
override whatever reservations
they may have towards the
extremist arm of the rebels,
whose activities have been
deadlier and more effective
against the army loyal to Assad,
than the widely recognized and
secular Free Syrian Army, FSA.

Areas now controlled by the
rebel groups are now governed
under strict forms of Shari’a law,
and most unfortunately as each
group execute the law as they
deem fit according to the wildest
interpretation that their ‘minds’
can fathom.

This has led to several cases of
‘floggings’ and ‘beatings’ of those
suspected to have committed
one crime or the other. They
(the Sharia enforcement arm of
the rebel army) claim that these
are just temporary sentences
because of the present situation
of ‘war’, while final sentences are
deferred till after the war, as
present efforts are lent to the
cause (of war).

We can glean from these events
the mode rulership will take
under these rebels should they
eventually topple Assad. It will
appear that the West may have
just once again propped up
(overtly or covertly) another
extremist group, that may still
come back to hunt them
tomorrow.

Some people may now begin to
believe President Assad’s claim
(despite evidence of his own
human rights abuses) that the
fighters have extremists leanings
and his overthrow will mean
severe consequences against
minorities in the fragile combust
that’s the amalgam called Syria.

The recent killing of a catholic
priest (he was thought to have
been beheaded, but was later
confirmed to have been shot) in
the Northern part of Syria
amongst other ethnic and
religious based killings targeting
mainly minorities lay credence to
this assertion.

Incidentally, this 14 year old boy,
that was gruesomely murdered
by these gun totting rebels for
blaspheming the name of the
prophet went by the name
MOHAMMED!

‘kovich

*Pic. A: Lively 14 year old Mohammed
*Pic. B: 14 year old Mohammed after he was shot.



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