What would a splintered Syria mean for the country’s minority groups?
ByWhat would a splintered Syria mean for the country’s minority groups?
ByThe battle raging inside Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, continued today with claims by the government that it had taken back areas that were under rebel control. Amidst the news reports there’s been growing concern and speculation over what might happen inside Syria if the Assad regime collapses. Some have suggested the country would divide along ethnic and religious lines.
Sunni Muslims make up a majority of the population but exact figures on the size and make up of other religious and ethnic groups are hard to come by. The government doesn’t do a regular census. But we thought we’d try to get a basic understanding today.
Christina Abraham is here to help us do that. She’s the civil rights director at CAIR-Chicago. She’s a Syrian American, her family are Assyrian Christians from the country’s northeast, and she’s working on a project to develop radio programming inside Syria that would highlight the voices of the country’s minority groups.