Mira Al-Bitar, Samir Sadek October 3, 2026 The first public appearance of secularism in this region, and officially as a concept, was nearly three decades ago, in the context of a discussion that took place at Dar…
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The overwhelming advantage and the necessity of feigning weakness before gaining power
Mira Al-Bitar, Osman Ly: September 21, 2026 The muslim Brotherhood is inflated by the concept of overwhelming majority, meaning 80% of the country’s population! What are the implications of this 80%? And who are these 80%? Undoubtedly, they…
The complex issue of sectarianism, between participation and monopoly of power
Ma Bitar, Syriano: August 17, 2026 Realistically, no sect can dominate another in the long term, whether the dominant sect is large or small, The drive for dominance may have alternatives, such as genocide, as Saddam Hussein’s…
The complexities of sectarianism, both new and old
Osman Ly, Moufid Bitar: August 14, 2026 Complex sectarianism is a socio-political phenomenon that combines religious affiliation with the interests of power, wealth, and fear of the other, Here, religious groups turn into quasi-political entities that struggle for influence,…
When God puts His hand on the parties
Ruba Mansour, Samir Sadek: The fact that most chronic dictatorships are concentrated in Muslim societies indicates a relationship between history shaped by religion and dictatorship. Caliph Uthman was astonished about 1440 years ago when…
Sectarian injustice and sectarian justice
Ruba Mansour, Ma Bitar: It seems as though the Syrian sectarian pandemic is much older, more deadly, and more widespread than the viral coronavirus, which we encountered some years ago and which has almost stopped, while the spread of…
The human slaughterhouse of religious colonialism
M. Bitar, Samir Sadik The sect in general, represents a parasitic structure that has no rights over the individual or the stateو The subject of mutual rights is limited to the individual and the state, and…
Citizenship: Between Rights and Duties
Samir Sadiq, Othman Ly What is the relationship between the citizen and the homeland? The relationship is most material and less moral, The practical form of this relationship is the formula of rights and duties, Most of…
No solution!, only dissolution with nationalism and sectarianism
George Banna, M. Bitar: How the fundamentalist movement rise? And how did the nationalist movement decline? Knowing that there is no thought in the mind of the fundamentalist movement, nor is there thought in the mind…
Lack of electoral legitimacy and compensation with ideological excess
George Banna, Mufid Bitar: Compensating for the lack of electoral legitimacy an ideological flood is a well-known and possible matter, and the cunning Hafez al-Assad knew that, so as they say, he “handed over”…