Another bit from “The Price of Loyalty in Syria,” by Robert F. Worth in the New York Times, June 19 (thanks to Ron): In 1936, when the French were poised to merge the newly formed Alawite coastal state into a larger Syrian republic, six Alawite notables sent a petition begging them to reconsider. “The spirit … Continue reading “The spirit of hatred and fanaticism embedded in the hearts of the Arab Muslims against everything that is non-Muslim has been perpetually nurtured by the Islamic religion”