📰 Syrian MP Incites Against Women, Druze and Kurds: Who Bears Responsibility?

Activists and local pages have circulated a video showing Abdullah Ghannoum, a newly appointed member of syria-discusses-benefiting-from-saudi-arabia-pioneering-housing-projects/" class="smart-internal-link" title="📰 Syria Discusses benefiting from Saudi Arabia Pioneering Housing Projects">syria/" class="auto-internal-link">syria’s People’s Assembly, delivering sermons in multiple mosques. In one segment, he urges young men to take up arms and to teach children how to handle weapons, preparing them for what he describes as “significant battles ahead” against the Druze in southern Syria and areas controlled by the syrian/" class="auto-internal-link">syrian Democratic troops. In another part of the same clip he tells women to observe modesty and criticises men who “allow their wives to smoke shisha”. The remarks have provoked widespread outrage and condemnation. numerous Syrians view them as overt and dangerous incitement targeting segments of society. Incendiary rhetoric During his mosque sermons, where he is referred to as “Sheikh”, Ghannoum, who is highly active on social media and has a significant following on Facebook, declares: “I must address the issue of weapons and the chaos of arms.

Why? Because we are a nation that will never part with its weapons from this day forward. Our youth must learn to handle weapons and carry a cartridge belt. The young men of our nation must treat weapons like a book, like a car. ” He adds: “Weapons must become an integral part of the youth, living with them, inseparable like a cartridge belt. We are a nation that will live in jihad for the sake of God and meet the Almighty on this path.

Additionally, do not distance yourself from weapons; do not set them aside. ” Ghannoum also calls for children to be taught to handle arms. “You must learn its rules and how to deal with this weapon. Bring your sons, the sons of your brothers, friends, and students, and teach them how to handle weapons. Don’t fear it; don’t hide it from them, because in a moment, they might grab the weapon and try to learn alone. Teach them yourself. ” In a particularly provocative passage he says: “I always remind you that we are heading into battles. By God the Almighty, if you think the battles will end with the remnants of HTS or the sdf or others, you are mistaken.

The significant battles are coming. ” Transitional administration’s duty Some observers note these calls predate Ghannoum’s selection by the electoral committee appointed by Syria’s transitional leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa. In fact, others argue the ideological content of his remarks reflects a mindset unlikely to change once he assumes his parliamentary…