tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post112264829323354673..comments2023-12-28T14:51:34.281-05:00Comments on Notes on Arab Orthodoxy: Fr Georges Massouh on Syrian RefugeesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-21793741714278270092014-04-06T11:42:26.295-04:002014-04-06T11:42:26.295-04:00Sorry on the delay. The context is that the refuge...Sorry on the delay. The context is that the refugees in Lebanon are overwhelmingly Sunni (Christians and Alawites mostly internally displace within Syria and if they go to Lebanon don't officially register as refugees), which worries the Shiites and their allies and has kind of turned the issue of care for the refugees into a very divisive sectarian-political issue. The idea of the paragraph you cited is that if the refugees were non-Sunnis, the discourse about them in Lebanon would be switched, just with the parties exchanging roles.Samn!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14142811721903345946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-79005643933085279802014-04-05T11:31:53.548-04:002014-04-05T11:31:53.548-04:00I guess not.I guess not.The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7687886961771238263.post-7749040521451366342014-04-03T11:41:08.751-04:002014-04-03T11:41:08.751-04:00It is shameful and embarrassing that politicians a...<i>It is shameful and embarrassing that politicians are exploiting a humanitarian issue, the issue of Syrian refugees and practicing their racism and their repulsive sectarianism in order to create excuses for their refusal to give shelter and aid to the refugees. As for those who support welcoming the Syrians, they also do so on the basis of sectarian bigotry when they make their arguments. But if most of the refugees belonged to a different sect than the one that predominates now, then perhaps we would find those opposed in the position of those in favor and those in favor in the position of those opposed!</i><br /><br />Can you supply the context for this?The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.com