Talk:Sectarianism in the Syrian Conflict

There is now a discussion page. Much on the front page at the moment would better fit here, getting only short mentions on a detailed front page. Maybe I'll move it all, I don't know. Anyone else with something to add and not inclined to work it in up front, can drop it here. --Caustic Logic (talk) 10:00, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Lavrov and UN envoy Saffan de Mistura will meet in Moscow
 * Action Group for Syria Final Communiqué 30.06.2012 --Resup (talk) 03:31, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

White House web page on Syria, as it stands, now one year old... --Resup (talk) 20:10, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Damascus, Syria, 11 November 2014 by Staffan de Mistura, the UN Special Envoy for Syria "...UN came up with a proposal of a UN initiative which is a freeze, which in Arabic is “Tajmeed”. This is a new way to see and achieve what we hope to bring a de-escalation of violence. It is different from previous ceasefires. It is a new way for approaching the de-escalation of violence, in particular in one place to start with-Aleppo. That means stop fighting, stop fighting, no one moves from where they are, that means facilitating the implementation in that location of (Security Council) resolutions 2178, 2170 and the resolutions for humanitarian aid. Through that, a hope, to bring a sign of hope and bring some form of stability and therefore a process towards stability. This means, if that freeze works in one place, we can replicate it elsewhere. If that "freeze" works, and we hope it will, then this could be a building block for a political process and certainly this is not a substitute to what is a political solution but it certainly is an incentive in that direction. Meanwhile, we continue regionally, nationally and internationally to push for a political solution." (by Staffan de Mistura, UN envoy, Syria) --Resup (talk) 21:20, 11 November 2014 (UTC)


 * All good material, but what does any of that have to do with "sectarianism?" (that is, fighting between / abuse of / threats against different religious groups / different sects of Islam?) --Caustic Logic (talk) 23:06, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Not sure where it belongs. This is not exactly "peace," sectarianism may be closest fit of an existing page with actual situation, but please feel free to move it wherever it belongs (if anywhere at all). --Resup (talk) 23:39, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
 * No big rush. But on this "freeze" idea, sounded unrealistic to me. Now Edward Dark tweets "nothing "freezing" in Aleppo except maybe for the coming winter. sounds of explosions and gunfire all over the place tonight #Syria"

Al-Qaeda on Facebook
I have long wondered about the Jihadist networks on Facebook. If you use bin Laden's face on Facebook and have hundreds of friends with similar profiles, you would at least en up on the US no-fly list. Yet people do seem to be ashamed of showing their al-Qaeda sympathies on Facebook. Some of the Islamist profiles are pseudonymous, but what's the point in social networking if no one knows who you are.

Today I came across this; Rise Up Ya Ahlul Sunnah – an English language fan page for Jabhat Al-Nusra. The level of propaganda is horrifying, especially considering that the Western media seems to take their "facts" from these pages. The theme of the day seems to be killing shia. This post glorifying the Aleppo prisoner massacres has received 37 likes. In total the page has over 7000 followers.

Here is a related "kill all the Shia" page; Al-Farooq Media. The real point of the page seems to be to recruit European and other English speaking Muslims for jihad in Syria.

One must wonder how all these hate pages are allowed to operate on Facebook? Makes me think that the whole thing is a CIA operation. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 06:04, 28 May 2013 (UTC)