27 August 2012 By Dr. Hamad Al-Majid The countdown to the end of the
Bashar al-Assad regime seems to have begun during the
holy month of Ramadan, and this coincided with the
escalation of massacres committed against the grieving
people of Syria. It seems as if the Syrian regime has
taken the decision to break its fast during Ramadan,
with Syria's cities being its preferred dish! Whilst
if it is true to say that the Syrian people's favoured
drink, particularly during the month of Ramadan, is
Qamardeen juice [made from dried apricot], then the
al-Assad regime seems to prefer the Syrian people's
blood, shedding this without mercy! The regime carried
out massacres in Aleppo and Damascus, as well as other
parts of the country, as a warning that it intended to
still be in power at the end of the month, when it
will celebrate Eid in its own style! The regime showed
that those who are indifferent to the sanctity of
blood do not care about the sanctity of the holy month
of Ramadan. For the regime, the beginning of the month
of Ramadan was characterized by clashes, whilst the
middle of the month saw massacres, and we are now
ending the holy month with people being thrown into
the fire! The Syrian regime's month of massacres was not
preceded by the rising of a new moon; rather we have
25 million moons shining brightly, namely the Syrian
people. Whenever a Syrian rises to demand his human
dignity and freedom, the regime's thugs would come out
to say: welcome to tyranny and injustice! Whilst when
the regime is breaking its fast with Syrian blood,
killing the brave Syrian people, each executioner
would murmur: O leader, we have broken our fast with
your blessing and quenched our thirst for blood;
therefore our reward and pay are all deserved! It is
said that the devils are chained up during Ramadan,
however this is with the exception of Syria, where al-Assad's
devils and demons have been unleashed to wreak havoc.
Indeed, this is their favourite time, for in other
months, the regime was only able to confront and kill
the people on a large-scale on Fridays, however during
Ramadan the people come together in this manner every
day to pray Taraweeh prayers and this is an
irresistible opportunity to make sacrificial offerings
to Maher al-Assad and the Syrian bloodsuckers! All Muslims recite the Quran during the holy month,
whereas the al-Assad regime thugs read the Baathist
party's holy book day and night, filling their hearts
with fear of the regime, which in terns impels them to
seek forgiveness and dread its torture! Excuse me, did
I say Baathist party? What Baathist party? The Syrian
Baathist party is nothing more than the greatest and
most cunning deception on the world at large. This
"Baathism" is nothing but a cover that the al-Assad
regime is using to conceal its sectarianism. How else
can we explain a supposedly "secular" regime building
such strong alliances with the mullahs of Iran? How
can this regime function as the official sponsor of
Iran's deputy in Lebanon, namely Hezbollah and Hassan
Nasrallah? Nasrallah may dress in a robe and turban,
but the fact of the matter is that the Syrian popular
uprising has exposed him and his disgraceful stance
towards a nation that is suffering the most barbaric
forms of torture and killing. The Syrian people have carried out brave and
courageous deeds on Syrian soil, particularly as their
uprising has been prolonged and they have faced the
regime's unparalleled tyranny, torture and violence!
The Syrian people are well aware that retreat at this
point would only mean even more violence, and
therefore they can only continue to go forward.
However this is not enough, for the Syrian people
today are in dire need of funding and weapons and now
that the Syrian regime's grip on the country is
weakening, there is no excuse not to arm the Syrian
rebels. As the fighting intensifies across Syria
during the holy month of Ramadan, the Syrian rebels
are running out of ammunition. I read one tweet from
the Free Syrian Army, which said "when we announce our
withdrawal from any location after we have run out of
ammunition, the Arabs who are standing idly by should
know that they have run out of morality!" The chant,
"your silence is killing us" has reverberated across
Syria; however it has failed to find an echo in the
Arab world. Now is the time for serious action to stop
the regime shedding the Syrian people's blood, as well
as to shackle all its devils and demons, particularly
the top devil himself, as he has taught them all this
evil!
Dr. Hamad Al-Majid is a journalist and former
member of the official Saudi National Organization for
Human Rights. Al-Majid is a graduate of Imam Muhammad
Bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh and holds an
M.A. from California and a Doctorate from the
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