• acargitz@lemmy.ca
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    15 days ago

    We are not talking about “not secular enough” here, we are talking about Al-Quaeda, get a grip. The leader guy had made an oath of allegiance to al-Zawahiri. Al-Nusra at times collaborated then fought against ISIS. They were also responsible for war crimes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nusra_Front#War_crimes

    Regardless, like I also said they are putting on a moderate face and say they are different. But minority groups in Syria are rightly feeling threatened.

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      15 days ago

      Minority groups in Aleppo welcomed them and said they feels safe. Whether this will last has yet to manifest, but probably the main dividing line would be Sunni-Shia.

      Also protection of minorities is a fundamental islamic value. People like Daesh bastardize Islam.

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      15 days ago

      We are not talking about “not secular enough” here, we are talking about Al-Quaeda, get a grip.

      Again, we’re talking about Al-Qaeda in Iraq, and the now leader/founder of HTS joined them to fight against the US invasion of Iraq. Not saying they’re good guys or not, but in this context “they’re Al-Qaeda” isn’t saying much. This sort of bad word logic doesn’t really check out with reality.

      They were also responsible for war crimes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nusra_Front#War_crimes

      Okay fair enough that’s maniac material. That said, don’t they have a good enough track record as HTS starting 2017?

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        15 days ago

        Well, you know the movie reference: Illinois Nazis, I hate Illinois Nazis.

        Anyway, we’ll find out soon enough what these guys are.