Samir Sadiq, Syriano:
Everything in this country is sectarian. Even the secular, communist, or leftist intellectual has reverted to his sectarian religious affiliation and foundations,This is evident across all sects. The liberal Sunni has become a devout Sunni, sometimes a fundamentalist, and has drawn closer to the Muslim Brotherhood. The leftist Alawite has returned to his Alawite faith and his Brotherhood ,The situation of the remaining groups is no different from that of the Sunni, Alawite, or Shiite, The Alawite intellectual, who in the recent past had distanced his intellectual horizons from narrow sectarian boundaries, has re-engaged in them, reactively and for reasons often related to the element of fear, which has become the guide for every future behavior.
This future is terrifying for the Alawite who was killed based on his identity, It is also terrifying for the Sunni, who was also killed based on his identity, It is terrifying for the Christian, who saw what had happened and is happening to the Christians of Iraq, Egypt, and other Arab countries, So he packed his bags and emigrated, not wanting to remain in the jungle of predatory beasts.
What should the Alawite intellectual do when he returns to his sectarian base? He cannot become a Muslim Brotherhood member, nor can he join the ranks of power, Therefore, he becomes an Alawite Brotherhood member, This intellectual has followed two paths, The first path was one of bitter criticism of the regime or the authorities, holding them responsible for the deterioration that has befallen the nation,He never fails to accuse them of practicing murder, torture, imprisonment, exclusion, and other justified accusations,The other path is old-new… confusing, and walking on it is sometimes confusing and difficult,Those who walk on this path practice admiration and appreciation for the regime’s figures, such as saying, for example, that the first President Assad was unique and brilliant, but the results of his policies, which we see now, were disastrous. The difficulty lies in reconciling the brilliance of the actor with the disastrous outcome, How can the actor be brilliant, and the outcome disastrous?
We can conclude the following: Removing fear among Alawite intellectuals was not achieved through verbal guarantees, but rather through actual, practical guarantees, One of these guarantees was the president’s continued rule, while the regime could depart!! The “brilliant” actor remains, and the disastrous effect is nullified, i.e., the fall of power and the retention of the president,, Personally, we find some logic in this position,When verbal guarantees are not sufficient, functional guarantees must be provided, i.e., those linked to a “job,” position,,The president’s position as a lawyer, The protector is not a theoretical matter. The president also heads the army, and the president must remain neutral and protective of every minority or majority, relying on a neutral army that protects every minority or majority,. After a transitional period, the nation will be able to develop the concept of majority-minority from its sectarian framework to a political framework, which shifts citizens’ affiliation from religious sect to political conviction, For this to happen, the president and his status must be elevated and promoted as a capable and powerful figure, At the same time, any opposition to him must be marginalized, as must any figure who could assume his position,These individuals include, for example, Hassan Abdel Azim, Haitham al-Maleh, and others,This methodology is also characterized by a dual approach to the regime and the opposition, whereby the field opposition (violence) is described as brutal, the civilian opposition as incapable and fragmented, and the regime as incompetent.
The only capable figure is the president, and peace be upon the regime!! Alawite websites like Phoenix practiced vulgarity par excellence, such as attacking the late May Skaf for her two divorces, or Haitham al-Maleh, whom the site gloated over in a very crude manner,, Among his shortcomings, for example, was the founding of the Syrian Association for Human Rights and his receipt of numerous awards from foreign bodies,,The same pattern was then applied to Suhair al-Atassi, Razan Zaitouneh, and even to all 39 educated female activists who demonstrated in the al-Midan neighborhood,Each of the aforementioned individuals had their own unique method of defamation, which, for women, targeted the area under the belt.
There’s nothing new in the events of March of this year. Years ago, we encountered sectarian literature asking questions like, “Why don’t we bear arms and defend ourselves, given that the target is the Alawite sect, not the regime, as events and facts have demonstrated since day one?” Thus, the sense of need for arms was present, and the intellectual background to justify the use of weapons was strongly present,The goals of using weapons against others were sectarian, not political, We also want to say that the revolutionaries’ aims were not political, but sectarian,Thus, the 2011 revolution lost its existence with its death,Those who assassinated it and continued to call themselves revolutionaries did not deserve this name, and deserve nothing but rejection,.
What we are experiencing now is a continuation of what happened in Syria after 2012, which can be described with the term “savagery.” The savagery has shifted from the Assad regime to the Golan regime, and the victims have shifted primarily from Sunnis to Alawites, Therefore, there is nothing new in Syria except the name of the savages and their sectarian affiliation within the same religion. Furthermore, the current Syrian situation is nothing more than a continuation of Karbala, Siffin, and other wars, in which the most heinous forms of savagery were practiced. It seems as if savagery is an inherent characteristic that is resistant to humanization in the best nation!