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What Should Asma al-Assad Wear to the Syrian Revolution?

March 31, 2011 - 1:52 am - by Claudia Rosett
SukieTawdry
2011-04-01 19:15:35

Although I can find no information about Asma’s good works on behalf of Syrian Christians nor about their improved lot since she arrived on the scene, I hope what you say is accurate.

However, I believe Asma is Sunni Muslim. Any connection she has with Christianity appears to be strictly cultural. Or multicultural–she’s quoted as saying, “All the religions and cultures that have passed through these lands–the Armenians, Islam, Christianity, the Umayyads, the Ottomans–make up who I am.” And isn’t there at least one other group who passed through those lands conspicuously missing from her list? Oh well, perhaps she doesn’t feel the Jews are part of what makes her who she is.