Bolton urges for a new arab coalition to fill americas shoes in syria. Bashar al assad s life was changed dramatically in 1994 by the death of his older brother basil in a car crash. Assad was seen placing his hand on islams holy book, the quran, pledging to honor the countrys constitution in front of a large. Syrias assad sworn in for new 7year term as president. It is used in nicknames such as asad allah one of the nicknames for ali ibn abi talib. A picture of new syrian president bashar al assad is pasted alongside one of his dead father in 2000. As syrias president, bashar alassad, aided by his russian allies. A syrian website published the ministrys decision to seize the assets of the abar petroleum service. Their military aim is the defeat of islamic state and their political goal is secular democracy and autonomy in northern syria, not the overthrow of bashar al assad, writes rosa gilbert. With the ikhwan winning egypt, the noose around the neck of bashar al assad is now complete. Russia, iran, syria issue warning to us after trilateral. Mar 05, 20 whats going on in syria is horror beyond description. Lesch had spent hours and hours interviewing the president while writing a book about him. Bashar alassad news, research and analysis the conversation.
Mar 21, 2012 anyways, bashar al assad is not a muslim because. How bashar alassad became a brutal dictator psychology. Newsweek, the most bloodyminded and ignorant of all, called it new copy of the controversial quran. President bashar al assad received minister of religious endowments mohammad abdulsattar alsayyed and members of the ministrys permanent committee for the holy quran affairs on monday. Colonel soheil hassan is called the tiger, and is one of the mostfrightening men i have ever met. International pressure for syrian withdrawal resulted from a cascading series of syrian miscalculations. May 17, 20 all people in the world know that muslims are killed by bashar in syria. Bashars more accommodating approach towards islam did not. Syrian president bashar alassad gestures during an interview in 2015 with the bbc in damascus, syria. Prominent quran qari criticizes brotherhood, says even. He judges by other than what allaah has ruled and the scholars have said that doing this is kufr akbar unless a person only does it once or twice in which case its kufr asghar minor kufr kufr duna kufr kufr less than kufr. Current time requires acts that prevent misinterpreting the holy book. Asad has ruled syria since hafez al assad became president of syria in 1971 and established an authoritarian to totalitarian regime under the control of the baath party.
He had inherited the presidency after the death of his father, hafez alassad, in 2000. Although names are changed and the book has a novelistic style. Syrias assad reveals new standardised version of quran by jack moore 71515 at 3. Syrian state television broadcast what it said was a live ceremony from the presidential palace in damascus during which al assad. The egyptian magazine, alusbu reprinted its june 12 interview with bashar alassad see memri israels defeat is the beginning of a new arab history, june 11, 2000 with the following additions. President bashar al assad created his own quran version new standard version quran syrian president bashar al assad has ordered the release of a new revised version of the koran in order to correct distortion and. Damascus, syria proclaiming the syrian people winners in a dirty war waged by outsiders, president bashar assad was sworn in on wednesday, marking the start of his third sevenyear term in. Bashar alassad, who spent years training to be a doctor, suddenly found himself, at the age of 34, occupying the most powerful position in syria as its new head of state. Bashar al assad is an alawaite, an offshoot of shia islam which has a very different interpretation of islam. The islamic uprisings stirring in some of the arab lands have added a new dimension to the equation. After his death in 2000, his son bashar succeeded him. Syrian president bashar al assad has ordered the release of a new revised version of the quran in order to correct distortion and misleading lessons.
The president, currently involved in a brutal war in a vicious civil conflict, authorised the publication of the new standard. Bashar hafez alassad is a syrian politician who has been the president of syria since 17 july. Syrian president bashar al assad s august 2004 decision to force an extended term for lebanons sitting president galvanized the opposition. Fire supplied abundantly with fuel, when they sat by it fire, and they witnessed what. President bashar alassad releases updated quranic tafsir. News about bashar alassad, including commentary and archival articles published in the new york times. The message of the quran translated and explained by muhammad asad.
Bashar al assad bashar al assad unrest and civil war. The syrian president bashar al assad called on refugees living abroad to return to their country, ignore what rumours about threats of their arrest, and cut the way for the sponsors of terrorism. Syrias government says no new concessions in future peace talks. Syrian president bashar alassad has ordered the release of a new revised version of the koran in order to correct distortion and. Bashar al assad chose to pursue a career in medicine, the untimely death of his older brother and father pushed him into the political spotlight. President al assad discussed the possibility of a syrianisraeli war and the decisionmaking process in syria. Syrian president bashar al assad has revealed a new version of the quran which standardises the islamic holy book in order to prevent against distortion and misleading teachings, according to. A major new report about the syrian war raises the question of whether washington ever cared about it in the first place. After almost three decades of occupation, syrian troops exited lebanon in april 2005. There have been hundreds of chemical attacks in syria since 2011, but bashar al assad continues to be protected by his russian allies. What was unusual about bashar alassad, the longtime. But there is no chance of that in the age of obama.
This is unusual since a majority of syria actually follows sunni islam. Sep 26, 20 born on september 11, 1965, bashar al assad had no intension of entering political life, let alone becoming president of syria. How one familys lust for power destroyed syria by sam. How bashar al assad became a brutal dictator those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Pakistan army is protecting it and assad has not even. The humanitarian disaster in idlib would also create a new refugee crisis for.
We prepared this quick tour to help you get familiar with the new design so you find your way. Jun 19, 2000 anyway, in the new government there is a minister for technological development, whose task is to focus on modernization a threat to israel. Feb 01, 2005 this series contains absorbing accounts of the leaders who have changed the course of history. While syrian security forces used lethal force against demonstrators, assad offered a variety of. Secondly, no one can just attack kaba on his will till now. Syrian president assad sworn in for third term the hindu. Hafez was born on 6 october 1930 and was the fourth child.
Three years ago, it was hard to find anything significant about syria in books about alqaida. When syrian president bashar al assad came to power upon his fathers death in 2000, many in and outside syria held high hopes that the popular young doctor would bring longawaited reform, that he would be a new kind of middle east leader capable of. Syrian president bashar alassad updates koran to stop distortion. Book a seat at the 2019 business day tv sme summit.
Current times require acts that prevent the misinterpretation of the holy book, says assad. In the current situation of syria between president assads army and protesters assad has been assisted by fighters of hezbollah and shiite recruited by yemen and other countries. Women were in the vanguard of the islamic state, which formed its caliphate in. An audience with the tiger bashar alassads favourite. Assad roughly as he might a university colleague, deploying such adjectives as compassionate. Selected books on the civil war in syria the boston globe. Dont hesitate to correct me if im wrong, i am still learning. After prominent arab reciter, or qari, of quran shaikh mishary alafasys tweet criticizing hamas for supporting syrian president bashar al assad, muslim brotherhood followers hit back on social. Damascus, syria ap syrian president bashar assad said in remarks published wednesday that members of the islamic state group held in the. Is bashar alassad the sufyani whose army will attack imam. The history behind bashar al assad s rise to power and the civil. Syrian president bashar assad and iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif met yesterday while wearing face masks and accused western countries of exploiting the coronavirus pandemic. Syrian president bashar al assad has ordered the release of a new revised version of the koran in order to correct distortion and misleading lessons, state television reports.
Jul 23, 2001 syrian president, bashar al assad, was interviewed by the prosyrian lebanese newspaper, alsafir. Beirut ap in a lavish ceremony, a smiling and confident president bashar assad was sworn in for a third sevenyear term on wednesday, praising his supporters for defeating the. The finance ministry has seized the assets of a company owned by rami makhlouf, the cousin of syrian president bashar assad, media sources revealed friday. Bashar assad assumed syrias presidency before a cheering legislature monday and quickly rejected westernstyle. However, a us state department official who spoke to arab news on condition of anonymity on friday reaffirmed the legitimacy of president donald trumps military action. Mar 21, 2012 is the syrian president bashar al assad muslim. The government will refuse concessions as its army makes gains in different parts of the country, official says. New decision to seize rami makhloufs assets in syria. Assad hails palmyra recapture from is, bbc, march 27, 2016.
Gross fellow at the washington institute for near east policy join amy davidson of the new yorker to discuss embattled syrian president. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Dec 06, 2012 bashar alassads political career alassad is seen in an 1997 photograph during the time his father, president hafez assad, reshuffled the top of the syrian military. Or if you prefer another podcast player, you can find the.
Bashar alassad biography life, children, parents, story. Beginning in march 2011, assad faced a significant challenge to his rule when antigovernment protests broke out in syria, inspired by a wave of prodemocracy uprisings in the middle east and north africa. Syrian president assad sworn in for 3rd term fox news. Six new coronavirus cases in syria, one patient recovers 11 april. Hence, they are very different from mainstream islam.
The message of the quran muhammad asad is one of the most famous and influential converts to islam. Minister sayyed briefed president assad on the new standard version of the quran, following a presidential request for an update of the holy book. News about bashar alassad, including commentary and archival articles published in the new. His spiritual journey from his own jewish roots to the fold of sunni islam is dramatically, dazzlingly and poignanty told in the road to mecca. Bashar al assad is and as much of a revolutionary too. The humanitarian disaster in idlib would also create a new refugee crisis for europe, says labib al. Assad s paternal grandfather, ali sulayman al assad, had managed to change his status from peasant to minor notable and, to reflect this, in 1927 he had changed the family name from wahsh meaning savage to al assad.
Syrian president bashar al assad has ordered the release of a new revised version of the quran with an updated and controversial tafsir, or interpretation, in order to correct distortion and misleading lessons, state television reports. But a tragic death and a calculating father saw to it that he would. Islamic bookstore ceased operations due to loss of sales and. The greatest army among the current muslim world i. Assad declares victory, push to topple him tenuous news. Bashar alassads lebanon gamble middle east quarterly. Salam rislam i was researching some stuff about the signs of the day of judgement here is what i confusing me. Bashar alassad calls on syrian refugees to return to. Syrias president bashar assad was sworn in yesterday for a new sevenyear term in the presidential palace in damascus.
Proclaiming the syrian people winners in a dirty war waged by outsiders, president bashar assad was sworn in on wednesday, marking the start of his third sevenyear term in. Two syrian defectors to go on trial in germany for war crimes. The united states is done caring about the syrian war and. Assad unveils new standard version of quran the syrian. Bashar hafez al assad was born in damascus on 11 september 1965, the second oldest son of anisa makhlouf and hafez al assad.
Alqaeda, the islamic state and the evolution of an. Bashar al assad received minister of religious endowments mohammad abdulsattar alsayyed and members of the ministrys permanent committee for the holy quran affairs on monday. Lesch also wrote the earlier the new lion of damascus. Syrian muslim children singing islamic nasheed allah akbar. A powerful new chronicle of the syrian tragedy, based on interviews with regime insiders and rebel activists, seeks to explain the assad governments successful grip on power and the lengths to which it will go to maintain this.
Bashar alassad unveils new standard version of quran. Assad chemical bombs barbara walters in an abc interview. When syrian president bashar alassad came to power upon his fathers death in 2000. Syrian president bashar assad sworn in for 3rd 7year term. Two sisters leave home for syria, tearing a family apart. President bashar alassad has also deep contacts and friendship with hezbollah group and iranian mahdi army.
He is bashar al assad s favourite soldier and he sits straight in his chair by his field. The enigmatic story of how syrias bashar alassad turned. Turkey has been on board the anti bashar ship a long time now, albeit quite ineffectively. President al assad said that the launch of the new version coinciding with laylat alqadr the night of decree which in islamic belief is the night when the first verses of the quran. The quran, which is the holy book for muslims, is considered just one of the holy texts by alwaites. Bashar s philosophy of decisionmakingin the last few years of the president and father hafez assad, i was very close to the center of. Jan 08, 20 bashar alassads syrian saga it dominates the tv news every day and has now claimed a staggering 60,000 lives but what do you really know about the horrors happening in syria. Soon after the death of bassel, hafez alassad decided to make bashar the new heir apparent.
In light of this appalling record, leschs account contains many passages of extreme gullibility and poor judgment. Simply put, the syrian first lady solidified that she is every bit as much the leader of syria that her husband president dr. In the years that preceded the uprising, assad and his intelligence. Syrian president bashar alassad updates koran to stop distortion or misleading information the independent. Alawi school of thought and were coinciding with the quran and sunnah. Independent and unofficial page houses the latest news, photos and articles about syrias president bashar. Syrias assad reveals new standardised version of quran. The former al risalah islamic bookstore in sydneys bankstown is now being. Assad begins a third term in syria, vowing to look after. Mar 10, 2005 for syrias security services and army, the ruling baath party and the massive state bureaucracies, mr assad represents stability and continuity after the 30year rule of his father, hafez al assad. Damascus, sana president bashar al assad on monday received minister of awqaf religious endowments mohammad abdulsattar alsayyed and members of the ministrys permanent. President al assad during launching new standard version of holy quran. The syria strikes and what bashar alassad wants the new.
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