AL-KADIRIYE SCHOOL IN SYRIA

By: Issam Khoury, Feb.03.2009 The Qadiriyya is one of the most important religious schools, and where many religious young men in Syria graduate from. With the absence of a clear highlight over this school, one might realize the advantages it presents for the flourishing and increase of the Salafi movements in the area. This is…

AL-Salafiya and its penetration to the association of Al-Fatih Al-Islami

By: Issam Khoury Feb.28.2009 That most of those who executed the explosion of Palestine branch on the airport road was students in Fatih al-Islam Institute, All the while, the Syrian Authority was embracing and encouraging the activities of the Institute. They took into consideration the requests of its Sheikhs who were well known as being…

La Enta Habibi

This party to support Umm El-Fahem Museum, Jan 12. 2017

Research: Religion in the Nusayri “Alawi” sect

By: Issam Khoury June 28.2008 Al-Nusayris are no different from Muslims in their analysis of the concept of doctrine and jurisprudence, as they admit it publicly. But the Alawite sect( Nusayri) is a far cry from Islamic thought. Being described as a branch of the Shiites is farfetched despite the common large portion of Shiite…

Research: Al-Nuseyriyeen “Alawites”:Between politics and clan life

By: Issam Khoury July. 09/2008 The Syrian government adopted the Arabic National method as a basis in establishment building. This resulted in the beginning of the religious classification, which we witness in some neighboring countries. This made it difficult to determine the population enumeration of these clans, especially since all of them were regarded under…

Don’t leave the revolution

أكثر من ٤٠٠ ناشط أميركي وعربي اجتمعوا معا امام القنصلية الروسية في منهاتن محتجيين ضد المذابح اليومية التي تنال الشعب السوري، وجميعهم نادوا بضرورة استمرار الثورة. Protest in front of the Russian consulate in New York, Des.13.2016 The shooting by iPhone 5 “Sorry if the photos not so good

The Wait

Amro was 25 when he fled Latakia, Syria, four years ago. Once a quiet coastal city that sits along the azure coast of the Mediterranean, Latakia is now home to a Russian air base where the sound of fighter jets reverberates above the city amidst the country’s ongoing civil war. When Amro left Syria, he traded…