The Plight of the Syrian Christian
Christianity's roots run deep in Syria, but so do the memories of Islamic terrorism including kidnappings, suicide bombings, torture, and murder. It is estimated that 11 million Syrians have been displaced and few of them are going to be returning home.
The brutality of Isis has ensured that even when they have been pushed back, few in opposition want to return to the region. The Assyrian Christian town on Tal Tamir and nearby villages were overtaken by Isis earlier in the year. The atrocities were so terrible that even when Isis was pushed out by the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) nobody dared risk return. The town and villages are ghost towns even though they are relatively undamaged. …show more content…
It is said that most Assyrian Christians support President Bashar al-Assad, but much of that support may be forced as leaders of other groups, such as Gabriel Gawriya, have been arrested by the government. President Assad is said to have bombed and even gassed his own people which makes him as dangerous as Isis.
The only things that are forcing some to return are the horrible conditions in the refugee camps. Many of the Assyrian Christians have been displaced many times and have simply stopped trusting. According to The Independent, one Assyrian leader, Daoud Daoud, "confirmed that most of his community would never return to Syria. The insecurity is so great that normal life has become impossible. Even where there has been little destruction, the fear and sense of threat is so high that few refugees or displaced people can go home."
In a land filled with Biblical antiquities, a people that have served Jehovah God for thousands of years may be called out of their homeland much as their ancestor Abraham. I am not trying to make light of a very horrible situation, and nobody wants to wander forever, but if you are a Christian sojourner in a foreign land, you are in some pretty good Biblical
Christianity's roots run deep in Syria, but so do the memories of Islamic terrorism including kidnappings, suicide bombings, torture, and murder. It is estimated that 11 million Syrians have been displaced and few of them are going to be returning home.
The brutality of Isis has ensured that even when they have been pushed back, few in opposition want to return to the region. The Assyrian Christian town on Tal Tamir and nearby villages were overtaken by Isis earlier in the year. The atrocities were so terrible that even when Isis was pushed out by the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) nobody dared risk return. The town and villages are ghost towns even though they are relatively undamaged. …show more content…
It is said that most Assyrian Christians support President Bashar al-Assad, but much of that support may be forced as leaders of other groups, such as Gabriel Gawriya, have been arrested by the government. President Assad is said to have bombed and even gassed his own people which makes him as dangerous as Isis.
The only things that are forcing some to return are the horrible conditions in the refugee camps. Many of the Assyrian Christians have been displaced many times and have simply stopped trusting. According to The Independent, one Assyrian leader, Daoud Daoud, "confirmed that most of his community would never return to Syria. The insecurity is so great that normal life has become impossible. Even where there has been little destruction, the fear and sense of threat is so high that few refugees or displaced people can go home."
In a land filled with Biblical antiquities, a people that have served Jehovah God for thousands of years may be called out of their homeland much as their ancestor Abraham. I am not trying to make light of a very horrible situation, and nobody wants to wander forever, but if you are a Christian sojourner in a foreign land, you are in some pretty good Biblical