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ICC is a global charity working to offer humanitarian aid and advocate for the rights of persecuted Christians around the world. Christian persecution experts estimated this year that over 365 million Christians around the world live in areas where they face intense discrimination because they are Christians, including the threat of kidnapping, torture, and death, among other atrocities. Syria, suffering a civil war for over a decade, was among those places as a result of the establishment of the Islamic State (ISIS) “caliphate” and the prevalence of jihadist terrorist groups in the country – including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that won the civil war on Saturday.
The fallen dictator of Syria, Assad, is an Alawite Shiite Muslim and ran a regime allied with the world’s premier state sponsor of terrorism, Iran. Despite Iran funding some of the most harrowing jihadist atrocities in the world, Assad himself did not persecute Christians due to their faith – his regime only targeted Christian political dissidents, as it did anyone who challenged his regime in any way.
HTS is an offshoot of al-Qaeda run by a terrorist who once worked directly under Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the late ISIS “caliph.” While that leader – Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, now wanting to be referred to by his real name, Ahmed al-Sharaa – has insisted in recent interviews he does not intend to persecute any minority groups in Syria, his history has left many doubters to that promise and recalled similar assurances by the bloodthirsty Taliban of Afghanistan that they would form an “inclusive” government that, three years later, has failed to materialize.
The Taliban congratulated HTS on their deposing of Assad this weekend.
King, a religious persecution expert and author of several books on the subject, told Breitbart News that he is among the doubters.
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The fallen dictator of Syria, Assad, is an Alawite Shiite Muslim and ran a regime allied with the world’s premier state sponsor of terrorism, Iran. Despite Iran funding some of the most harrowing jihadist atrocities in the world, Assad himself did not persecute Christians due to their faith – his regime only targeted Christian political dissidents, as it did anyone who challenged his regime in any way.
HTS is an offshoot of al-Qaeda run by a terrorist who once worked directly under Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the late ISIS “caliph.” While that leader – Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, now wanting to be referred to by his real name, Ahmed al-Sharaa – has insisted in recent interviews he does not intend to persecute any minority groups in Syria, his history has left many doubters to that promise and recalled similar assurances by the bloodthirsty Taliban of Afghanistan that they would form an “inclusive” government that, three years later, has failed to materialize.
The Taliban congratulated HTS on their deposing of Assad this weekend.
King, a religious persecution expert and author of several books on the subject, told Breitbart News that he is among the doubters.
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Exclusive -- Christian Persecution Expert: Jihadis Taking Syria a 'Disaster for Christians'
Jihadist rule in Syria "will be a disaster for Christians," predicted Jeff King, the president of International Christian Concern (ICC).
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