Syiah Muslims who are not accepting the second part of the Great Kalimah are non-Muslims, similar to the Jews and the Christians. In my opinion the Syiah Muslims who are reciting the same Great Kalimah as the Sunni Muslims are Muslims but are following the wrong path. Many practices of the Syiah Muslims are not following the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw and similarly there are many practices of the Sunni Muslims are also not following the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw. In my opinion, as compared to the Sunni Muslims, the Syiah Muslims are practicing more practices which are not the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw than the Sunni Muslims. When Muslims are not following the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw then they become Muslims who are deviated from the correct path. In my opinion both the Syiah and the Sunni Muslims who are not practicing the Great Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad saw are deviated Muslims. Many peoples who are Muslims and there are also many among Muslims who do not know the difference between Syiah Muslims and Sunni Muslims. The war in Syria has opened up the eyes of many peoples in the world that Sunni Muslims are different from the Syiah Muslims. The war in Syria has awakened many Muslims about the truth of Syiah Muslims. The war has made the Syiah Muslims to side with President Bashar Al-Assad because President Bashar Al-Assad is a Syiah Alawis and not because President Bashar Al-Assad is on the side of truth.

Now the war in Syria has become sectarian in nature. The war in Syria has become a war between the Muslims Sunni and the Muslims Syiah and the problems in Syria have become even more complicated than ever before. The revolution in Syria took place when there were many other revolutions in the Arab countries to overthrow their President. The aim of the revolution in Syria is the same as the aim of all the other revolutions in the other Arab countries i.e. to overthrow President Bashar Al-Assad. President Bashar Al Assad was not elected democratically to become the President of Syria but he has inherited the power to rule Syria from his father Hafiz Al-Assad. Hafiz Al-Assad was a dictator who was trying to create a dynasty of Al Assad to rule Syria. In order to maintain power to rule Syria, Hafiz Al-Assad, the father of Bashar Al-Assad had exterminated many Syrians whom he had believed to be his enemies. Who were the enemies of Hafiz Al-Assad? Whoever who were not in favour of him to become the President of Syria will become the enemies of Hafiz Al-Assad. During the time when Hafiz Al-Assad was the President of Syria, the cities of Hama and Homs in Syria with predominantly Sunni Muslims were completely destroyed by the armies of Hafiz Al-Assad.

Why these two cities were completely destroyed by the armies of Hafiz Al-Assad? These cities were completely destroyed by the armies of Hafiz Al-Assad because the Sunni Muslims of these two cities were not in favour of Hafiz Al-Assad to become the President of Syria. President Hafiz Al-Assad wanted to make Syria a secular state while the Muslims in Hama and Homs wanted Syria to become an Islamic state. Many Muslims in Hamas and Homs are the followers of Ikhwan Muslimin or Muslims Brotherhood of Syria. Hafiz Al-Assad was an army general and not a politician. He turned to become a politician only when he became the President of Syria. He was an army officer who was appointed to become the defense Minister of Syria. In order to overthrow the President of Syria at that time, he led a bloodless coup de tar. When he led the coup de tar he was the Defense Minister of Syria. With the coup de tar, he became the President of Syria. In my opinion both the thinking and belief of Hafiz Al-Assad were the same as the thinking and belief of all army generals in this world. It is a ‘rule of thumb’ that the mind and belief of a person is influenced by the words which the person often uttered and heard repetitively while the words which are often uttered and heard repetitively by the persons are influenced by the type of work or occupation of the person. As a general in the army, Hafiz Al-Assad demanded complete obedience of his followers and when he became the President of Syria, he also demanded complete obedience from the peoples of Syria.

Whoever from among the peoples of Syria who were not giving the complete obedience to him, will be treated by Hafiz Al-Assad as his enemies and the enemies of the Syrian peoples. What is the mindset of an army personal towards his enemies? The mindset of an army personal toward his enemies is to destroy the enemies. As the President of Syria, Hafiz Al-Assad regards those who were against him as his enemies. When the Sunni Muslims of Hama went against him, Hafiz Al-Assad went all out to destroy completely the Sunni Muslims of Hama. The Sunni Muslims of the city of Hama were not in favour of him to become the President of Syria because he wanted to make Syria a secular state. An army general who turn to become the President of a country will regard those who go against him as his enemies. How an army general who turn to become the President of a country will solve the problems of peoples uprising in a country? An army general who turn to become the President of a country will solve the problems of peoples uprising in a country only by killing those who are going against him. Hafiz Al Assad went out to kill even his own peoples whom he had regarded as his enemies. What is important to an army general who turn to become the President of a country is to eliminate completely any resistance to his regime.

Hafiz Al-Assad was a very good General of the Syrian armies. As a good general he never easily accept defeat and was determined to win by eliminating all of his enemies. Bashar Al-Assad who is now the President of Syria is the son of President Hafiz Al-Assad. Although Bashar Al Assad is not an army general but a doctor but in my opinion he has inherited many of the qualities of his father, President Hafiz Al-Assad. In my opinion, the way President Bashar Al-Assad is dealing with the current problems in Syria is very much the same as the way his father President Hafiz Al Assad had deal with the previous problem of peoples uprising in the city of Hama, Syria. I think Bashar Al Assad must have learned politics from his late father, Hafiz Al-Assad. Hafiz Al-Assad had destroyed completely the cities of Hama and Homs in Syria and he had killed hundreds of thousands of peoples whom he believes to be his enemies. The son of President Hafiz Al Assad, Bashar Al-Assad is a doctor. I believe as a doctor, Bashar Al-Assad should have the quality of a person who loves to become the means, upon which the lives of thousands of peoples are saved. Instead of becoming the mean upon which the lives of thousands of peoples are saved, unfortunately President Bashar Al-Assad has become the means upon which the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children in Syria were lost.

I think, Bashar Al-Assad has acquired more of the qualities his father than the qualities of a doctor. When the peoples of Syria were demanding Bashar Al-Assad to resign as the President of Syria, many were not expecting the peaceful demonstrations turn to become a war between the Syrian peoples who are demanding Bashar Al Assad to resign and the regime of Bashar Al Assad. When war broke out between the Syrians peoples who are demanding Bashar Al Assad to resign and the regime of Bashar Al Assad in 2011, many peoples were also not expecting that the war will last until today. A peaceful demonstration to overthrow Bashar Al-Assad started in 2011 but later it turn to become a war between the Free Syrian armies and the regime of President Bashar Al Assad. The war still continues until today in Syria but now the war which aims initially to overthrow President Bashar Al-Assad now has changed to a sectarian war between the Muslims Syiah and the Muslims Sunni of Syria. Why the war which aims initially to overthrow President Bashar Al-Assad now has changed to a sectarian war? The majority of the Muslims in Syria is the Sunni Muslims but there is about 15-20 % of the Muslims in Syria belong to the Syiah Muslims. In other words, Syiah Muslims in Syria is only a minority group in Syria.

Who is Bashar Al-Assad? Is Bashar Al Assad a Muslim? If Bashar Al Assad is a Muslims, which Muslims sect Bashar Al-Assad belongs to? Unfortunately President Bashar Al-Assad is not a Sunni Muslims but belongs to the minority group of Syiah Alawis. Whether Bashar Al-Assad is the Syiah who is a Muslim or the Syiah who is a non-Muslim only Allah and Bashar Al-Assad knows. Syiah Muslims in Syria is a minority group and is estimated to comprise only about 15-20 % of the Muslims in Syria. Although the majority of the Muslims in Syria are the Sunni Muslims but unfortunately the President of Syria belongs to the Syiah Alawis which is even a smaller group among the many groups of the Syiah Muslims. In my opinion, President Bashar Al Assad has the fear to have a democratic general election in Syria because he will lose the election in case a real democratic election is conducted in Syria. President Bashar Al-Assad wanted to remain the President of Syria and the only choice he had is to eliminate all his enemies. Is it possible for President Bashar Al Assad to eliminate all his enemies? Since the war has become sectarian the whole Sunni Muslims in Syria are the enemies of President Bashar Al Assad.

Is it possible for President Bashar Al Assad to eliminate all the Sunni Muslims in Syria? Will the world and the countries with the majority of Sunni Muslims allow President Bashar Al Assad to eliminate all the Sunni Muslims in Syria? There is mounting evidence to show that President Bashar Al Assad is trying to eliminate all the Sunni Muslims by using the chemical weapons. Will the world and particularly United State of America and the countries with the majority of Sunni Muslims allow President Bashar Al Assad to use chemical weapons in order to eliminate all the Sunni Muslims in Syria? Certainly the world particularly United State of America and the countries with the majority of Sunni Muslims will not allow President Bashar Al Assad to use chemical weapons in order to eliminate all the Sunni Muslims in Syria. United State of America is going to declare war against Syria in case President Bashar Al Assad is still using chemical weapons against the civilians in Syria. In my opinion, President Bashar Al Assad is very desperate to win the war. I think he really wanted to remain the President of Syria. President Bashar Al Assad knew that he will no longer be able to become the President of Syria, in case he allows a real democratic general election be conducted in Syria. In case, a real democratic general election is allowed to be conducted in Syria, President Bashar Al Assad knew that the majority Sunni Muslims in Syria who are now have become his enemies will not vote for him to become the President of Syria.

President Bashar Al Assad refused to conduct a fair and democratic general election in Syria, because he knew he will never be able to win the election, which means he will no longer be able to become the President of Syria. What choice does President Bashar Al Assad has in order to remain in power in Syria? In order to remain in power in Syria, in my opinion President Bashar has no choice but to declare war against the majority Sunni Muslims who are not in favour of him to become the President of Syria. Why President Bashar Al Assad really wanted to remain the President of Syria? What does President Bashar Al Assad gains from becoming the President of Syria when the majority of the peoples of Syria no longer want him to become the President of Syria? Is President Bashar Al Assad thinks that he is so indispensible to the progress and development of Syria and because of that, he wanted to remain as the President of Syria? Is President Bashar Al Assad thinks there is no one in Syria who is more qualified to replace him as the President of Syria? In my opinion, as an ophthalmologist who is supposed to be a very intelligent person, President Bashar Al Assad should know that he had caused more harm than good to the peoples of Syria by trying to remain as the President of Syria. President Bashar Al Assad will do more good to the peoples of Syria by resigning from becoming the President of Syria.

How long Bashar Al-Assad wanted to remain the President of Syria? Is it possible for President Bashar Al Assad to win the war against the majority Sunni Muslims? In case President Bashar Al Assad wins the war is it possible for Bashar Al-Assad to remain the President of Syria when he had killed hundreds of thousands of the Sunni Muslims who are actually the majority of the Muslims in Syria? When the war in Syria become a sectarian war which mean the war has become a war between the Muslims Syiah and the Muslims Sunni, in my opinion the chances of President Bashar Al Assad to become the President of Syria has become very uncertain. In my opinion in whatever situation in Syria the position of Bashar Al-Assad as the President of Syria is not stable. I think the days Bashar Al-Assad become the President of Syria are numbered.

The Syiah Muslims in Syria is on the minority and the Syiah Muslims who are now supporting Bashar Al-Assad will not be able to live peacefully in Syria, in case the Free Syrian Armies (FSA) is able to overthrow the armies of Bashar Al-Assad. When the war in Syria has become a sectarian, the war makes the whole Muslims Sunni of Syria to become united against President Bashar Al-Assad. When the war has become sectarian, the war has become a disadvantage to President Bashar Al-Assad. In my opinion, in whatever situations, President Bashar Al-Assad will never win the sectarian war in Syria. President Bashar Al-Assad has further tarnished his own name on the international communities when there are strong evidences to suggest that the armies of President Bashar Al-Assad were using chemical weapons against the civilians who are the majority the Muslims Sunni. Now, the conflict in Syria has turned out to become a war between Free Syrian Armies consisting mainly of the Muslims Sunni and the armies of President Bashar Al-Assad consisting of both Sunni and the Syiah Muslims.

Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
November 2013
Integrative Holistic Wellness Centre