Islam's Rising Star - Syria

September 2006
War in Lebanon has dramatically altered the political spectrum in Syria. Support for Hezbollah is strong, and many now call for the re-capture of the Golan Heights.
In a nationally televised address to the Syrian Journalist Union, President Bashar al Assad issued a stark warning to Israel; "Your weapons, warplanes, rockets and even your atomic bombs will not protect you". He is playing a dangerous game. Syria's secularism is under attack. Posters of Nasrallah are selling on the streets like hotcakes; "we keep running out of them". And 90% of women wear the veil. As economist Ayman Abdel Nour points out, "the biggest danger for Assad's regime is radical Islam", so why does he allow and encourage it now? Is Bashar Assad pursuing this policy to increase his political strength and refocus the nation back to; "our one cause -- the Golan Heights"? Yet, as Nour admits; "Syria cannot open a direct war with Israel. We cannot win". Instead Assad hopes to force the US into talks, offering himself as the only moderate voice, whilst at the same time "supporting Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas, and jihad in Israel." If Assad plays his cards wrong, the worry is that sunni Sheik Mohammad Hasbah's prediction of "more violence and bloodshed in the Middle East" could come true.
Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

[@BLEIKO666]

I love you Syria ♥♥♥

[@user-uh8ro8iv2z]

5 years later......boooom Syria destroyed it's self and now the country is finished. Rest in pieces Syria the world's capital of freedom of speech 😂😂😂😂😂

[@BLEIKO666]

@@user-uh8ro8iv2z Syria was destroyed by western power's like they did to Yugoslavia, Iraq, Somalia, Libya, Yemen etc..., but nothing to laugh about, I would be more worry about my self if I were you, I recommend you to watch "kingdom of heaven", who laugh's at the end, laugh's better ;)

[@aguywithabeard2338]

wow....this video is 15 years old...damn im currently living syria and I want to genuinely cry my eyes out...we could have lived the best life possible

[@user-uh8ro8iv2z]

5 years later......boooom Syria destroyed it's self and now the country is finished. Rest in pieces Syria the world's capital of freedom of speech 😂😂😂😂😂

[@AbaAslam]

You should have helped your Caliphate.

[@shamtradtam3769]

Things are very different in 2019

[@derauserwahlte8004]

Its good that Assad is against islamism

[@user-uh8ro8iv2z]

5 years later......boooom Syria destroyed it's self and now the country is finished. Rest in pieces Syria the world's capital of freedom of speech 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Malazoov]

great video ... it can show the world what we r really facing

[@peteralachi3888]

Thank you for posting this video. Under International Legitimacy, Syria has the full right for the Golan Heights. The Golan remains a Syrian territory despite years of Israeli occupation and attempts to alter the lands topography. Syria has been trying to gain it back by peaceful means and I hope their diplomatic diligence and persistence (as opposed to Israel's intransigence and delay tactics) will pay off for the sake of peace in the region and the world.

[@user-uh8ro8iv2z]

5 years later......boooom Syria destroyed it's self and now the country is finished. Rest in pieces Syria the world's capital of freedom of speech 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MITISLAM]

inshaAllah ...

[@azmosa]

Beautiful Azan sang by this boy.....Azan mentioned in the Bible. "Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles,(of indonesia) and the inhabitants thereof." (Isaiah 42:10)

[@Readmit]

@@Utilisateur8855 alawite aka alevi bektashi crypto jew, no one believes your lies.

[@user-uh8ro8iv2z]

5 years later......boooom Syria destroyed it's self and now the country is finished. Rest in pieces Syria the world's capital of freedom of speech 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ahmshabibi]

Good point Likabledesi!

[@mett.1234]

mashallah . ☝

[@meitasari]

I love this video .. I will go there, someday

[@AOTanoos22]

Who would have thought in 2007, what would happen to Syria today...

[@OooArabicStylezooO]

I love Syria :D Fuck all haters (Y)

[@blackspc75]

That’s painful fact about Syria, and I’m afraid this transformation of the society into Islamic one is really happening, now it’s just the reverse situation during the days of the former president Hafez Al-Assad who defended the secularism in Syria till his last breath, All I can say is “Rest In Peace Mr. President” many Syrians are still missing you.

[@Schwyndfst]

I like these journalists' approach, I have just subscribed to their journal. Best line: "a modern-day Krak des Chevaliers" Go Israel!!!

[@James-th7wb]

This aged well

[@SH7861WeezyBabyy]

@celloswiss If you were smart, you would have first looked at the date and year that this video was uploaded on.

[@hiccup2965]

those are shia not muslims

[@AbaAslam]

Allah’s decree truly is not the same as ours. Shām, how beloved you are to us.

[@hamzah938]

Feel free to "check out" at any time.

[@sajidalisaqib]

u r the good

[@dors.sc1]

6 years later....

[@shjh69fgx]

this report is old the situation now in Syria is different

[@Delta4ms]

Things have certainly changed in Syria since this was made.

[@kaisersoze508]

Excellent short film I wonder what date it origami aired. I am not pro or anti Israeli neither am I pro or anti Syria - however the wars in Syria, iraw, Libya and the region in general appear to me to be a larger scale power move carried out by the United States and Israel - it appears that these countries who had sworn to never make peace with Israel are being carved up into either smaller countries to be approached individually to make peace with Israel or remain in a state of chaos , and in that chaos they are never able to achieve any semblance of collaboration that would threaten the tiny Jewish state. I don't think it's a coincidence that isis made it a point to attack and kill the people in the Palestinian camps such as Yarmouk in 2014 further burying the Palestinian people as a people and turning them into a myth to new western generations.

[@jokerXXXrom]

@iyadnibrahim I think u had forgotten the most important one ... Victory to Islam and to the real muslims applying it 100 %

[@ahmedw5]

Hahaha lol i bet you got him confused there XD

[@y571]

was i the only one who noticed that ayman al nour claimed that hamas was in israel, while in fact its in palestine ?

[@carlosandresgomezreyes9846]

Wow how change thinks

[@chriss179]

I'm waiting........

[@mzleveli]

This Film is so important! A key in understanding what is happening there now! Like a prophecy! - the Islamism, that the Baathist regime used, got out of their control and wants to get in charge!! Now I understand more, why the US isn't backing the uprising in Syria like it did in Lybia - because this new force is potentially much more irrational and mad, then the Baathist rule is, so they wish that uprising never happened and the good old Assad had been as he was..

[@chriss179]

Sura 4:74, 4:89 4:89 They long that ye should disbelieve even as they disbelieve, that ye may be upon a level (with them). So choose not friends from them till they forsake their homes in the way of Allah; if they turn back (to enmity) then take them and kill them wherever ye find them, and choose no friend nor helper from among them, What part of kill them is unclear to you????

[@razaa09]

@cryfreeedom actually, if you read the Quran in context the verse says, marry two, three, or four but if you can not do justice among them and treat them all equally then marry only one. And we all know not every man is capable of doing justice among the four wives. Plus you can not marry again if your wife does not agree. Brother, this is the reason I encourage you to read the Quran before criticizing it. May the mercy, peace and blessing of Allah be upon you.

[@chriss179]

An Eye for an Eye 38"You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.'[g] 39But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 41If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

[@squidwardx2]

For the most part you right. But as far as extremists, there are people who are very devoted but not violent. Sure theres always a bunch that is over reactive and "extreme", but no way all of them. As far as the "terrorist" attacks go, if find it strange taht so many people wanna blow them selves up. Really, how can you prove it was a suicide bomber? If the he blew himself up other around him are dead too so how do you now?

[@00Eregos00]

LMAO So much for that 'rising star' status! They look pretty screwed to me!

[@chriss179]

Love for Enemies 43"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor[h] and hate your enemy.' 44But I tell you: Love your enemies[i] and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

[@chriss179]

Tho i like you to keep on showing the bible. It is a good book full of loving truths like the judgements of the nations!

[@Loagun]

Ruling a country, a family business??? Oh, like in the G7?

[@stanleytrapman2275]

that place is paradise im going to move out there straight to there tomorrow, i would be so proud of my son if he was in that march at 4;17 lol just like there deluded parents ha ha syria here i come!!

[@ADZ01982]

We chased the Muslims out of Spain, so who ultimately prevailed.

[@doll786]

I feel sorry for those who misunderstand islam, you feel threatened by islam and therefore are only self conscious. Allahu Akbar May Islam touch your hearts before death touches you.

[@chriss179]

it seems that there were 3 factors which prevented the Muslim military expansions into Imperial China. 1. Internal factionalism within the Islamic world. There were major rivalries among the Islamic states. 2. Crusades from the west diverted the attention of the Muslim rulers from the east. 3. Strengths of the nomadic/semi-nomadic states in Central Asia - Uyghurs & Khitans, acting as barriers. Not because islam does not want to conquer the world!

[@nageese]

Journeyman Pictures rules!

[@pulakification]

the documentary maker was incredibly biased with pre-concieved notion, instead of trying to understand things he wants to potray it in his own way of what he thinks.. that lady gave him right answers and shut him up.. but still he never understood.. i hope one day he learns to learn from people..

[@obaidCarkey]

@SuperAmsterdamWest Westside spangaz!

[@chriss179]

Believe me it's hard when you see people who really love you. Who cry when you cry and who suffer when they see you suffer. It's hard to see such loving people all perish. Knowing my sorrow is as real as theirs. They feel the same feelings i do. When in hell there will never be any comfort... If i could die a thousand time to save them i would. But jesus died and i carry my cross with him. And god is just. He doesn't love my family more than yours.

[@Vedioviswritingservice]

The Son is not nearly as strong as the Father and has isolated himself by booting out many of the Father's old cronies. Trouble ahead for Syria.

[@MozALoser]

Isa 17:1 ¶ The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

[@israelmaven1]

the fact that nasrallah is considered a hero in syria by some is sad. the middle east map needs to be reshuffled since it's not stable at all.

[@chriss179]

I stand corrected. 84000 letters and testimonies from the early church fathers and 24000 early manuscripts. reaching as far back as only few years after the crucifixion! Now that is horror for islam isn't it!?!?! Just watch that and forever hold your silence!

[@Suryoyoyoyo]

May the Syrian Arab Golan be liberated! inshallah!

[@SuperMadKREW]

salaam alaikum, just imagine Umar bin Ghataab was to live today the state of the world would be much better

[@megatron0357]

Islam Forever!!!!

[@akhan62]

jihad doesnt mean holy war it means fight against injustices

[@HKNajjar]

If Israel, or every powerful nation for that matter, realized that losing its power is an absolute imperative, all the bloodshed would be avoided. But no, that's what power does to people, blinds them, makes em forget justice, fairness, respect, & peace. Replaces all that with injustice, prejudice, subjugation of other people's lands & resources. But one day they'll regret all this.

[@chriss179]

But then you could repeat the comment and we could taste it as we could taste food to see if it is disrespectfull. Like in a court one would say: OBJECTION YOUR HONNOR! And then the judge would say: Overruled or Abstained! Be relevant! And bring evidence. Don't just say i accuse you.. but bring evidence..

[@hadoolaalsadeq2902]

I not like any side, I was support peacefull demonstration, but secular opposition forces in Syria are now more close to regime than opposition, because they not wanna go in same front with extemists opposition ... Opposition now is islamic state, al qaida, al nusra..

[@olahhalo]

Well if they consider Harazt Ali to be God then how can they be considered muslims?

[@Sh0SUPERMAN]

^ Distorts and perverts the truth. When the Arab cleric was speaking around 9:17, they only translated the part when he was talking about "spiritual jihaad, and jihaad with the sword." The rest of the sentence, in arabic, which they didn't translate, guy was saying: "even more than that, there is jihaad with words, jihaad with the pen." Jihaad doesn't mean war, or holy war, it means struggle, endurance and overcoming toil. Eg. Jihaad with math.

[@urdulove]

الجهاد لا يعني الحرب المقدسة مثل الحروب الصليبية وإنما لمحاربة الظلم

[@chriss179]

I cannot possibly tell the thinking process that jephtah had, but since the law states that you cannot do human sacrifice there is no question about it. Read genesis 24 What would the servant of abraham have done if the first coming out of the city was a pig?? Would he have asked the pig for a drink? (verse 14) No, ofcourse not! That servant was even as smart as to say: That is the way i will know you had mercy on my lord! Because who will tell you you had an answer from god?

[@khalaf2007]

i fall in love with young boy Adhan.. mashalah very very attracting..

[@olahhalo]

Do not all Shias believe that?

[@squidwardx2]

Um not really. If a muslim does one wrong thing to anyone else, God will stand beside the person that muslim did a wrong to and will ask the muslim why did he/she violate the right of this person. Regardless of belief or race.

[@ishaymae]

@omerkhan678 but Allah is different from Christ? and you don' t call Christ God? am i correct? just like Allah's prophet?? LOL pretty complicated! can't understand what i am saying

[@ishaymae]

@ReneqtR @ReneqtR so you are an atheist? i think religion is not a good debate thing, because it's something supernatural. you will lose nothing if you believe in God, that's how faith works, believing even without seeing, however, we don't really know what lies after death,if we will meet GOd or just disappear like that, we haven't been there. it's your choice, and yeah i agree we are the master of our own lives, at some chances

[@chriss179]

You can accuse people without a shred of evidence???? I was waiting for you to bring evidence but yet you took your broken authority. That is fine. Peace brother.

[@samin62]

for the last time... JIHAD does not mean "Holy War"...

[@razaa09]

@cryfreeedom Brother,There is black sheep in every religion. If read the Quran, you will notice the only verses on war you will find will be to defend yourselves. What these extremists do is take the verse out of context and use it for their own purposes. And as far as stealing and lying is concerned they are forbidden in every way. In fact punishment in Islam for stealing is to cutting off your hand. Do not judge the religion by its followers instead judge it by the book.

[@groeneduim]

@mikedavidtheman lol it doesn't sound like a real disease. but Xenophobia sounds like a latin name of a disease, don't you agree?

[@Chege007]

Lets hope that Islamic extremists dont take the power in Syria, Egypt Lybia etc. Freedom in Damascus will contribute to the recovery of freedom in Beirut, the end of Syrian domination of Lebanon. When the Assad regime falls, Hezbollah too will suffer a blow and the collapse of Iranian corrupt hegemony across the region may not be far behind.

[@GodsSeer]

Much suspicion and fear in that country. Cursed people, lost pagans. Their prayers are an abomination. Great darkness, determination against the Living Yahweh.

[@celloswiss]

Syria? Rising Star? Are you following the news? Which planet do you live on?

[@chriss179]

Exactly the reason jesus pray for his assailants. He loved those who murdered him unto the last breath. Because he saw what was coming to them. That was far worse then dieing for day. That is dieing for all eternity and not being able to die at all!

[@chriss179]

26 I said I would scatter them and blot out their memory from mankind, 27 but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest the adversary misunderstand and say, 'Our hand has triumphed; the LORD has not done all this.' " 28 They are a nation without sense, there is no discernment in them. God is talking about you with the no discernment. He is talking about blotting out the memory of israel because they are a stiff necked people.

[@chriss179]

Do whatever you want. But don't accuse me of hatred, because that is an accusation without fundament. Your probably the one that hates because you have told me like 10 times already that i should not return. Can you not have a conversation without hating???

[@chriss179]

Now you come up with a nice example in the bible of jephtah. That man made his own rules. We all have an image of who god is. And Jephtah had the untainted faith that god would let something walk out his door which he deemed a worthy sacrifice. Because god asked abraham to give back that son. What would you do if you make such a vow to god?? Question if it was his answer?? Then god should have intervened, even when he was about to kill her, god could have intervened. He did so with abraham.

[@chriss179]

And the last thing i'll tell you. If you act as if something is stupid and back that thought up with as much mental and physicall power as you can you could ridicule the concept. But hell what will you do when you stand before the big man and he asks of you: Have you ever given me counsel or have i ever asked you advise that you might have corrected me for crushing my son for all mankinds sin that they might be redeemed thru him? Who has know the thoughts of the almighty or given him counsil!

[@chriss179]

The fact that jesus said: I HAVE TO DIE FOR THE COUNSELOR TO COME! This proves that jesus meant exactly what christians say... Namely that jesus would take the sin of the world down in his death. And that by this people can attain the holy spirit of god. Which the angels have but the demons don't. Jesus even reveals some of the invisible (even to angels) part of god. Namely that the holy spirit is a person. Now you can do what satan did, and share in his doom!

[@Chege007]

Democracy in the Arab World Now We can support the arab people by pushing for sustainable democracies and reform throughout their regions, Lets support the processes of reforms in the region so that arab governments better represent all the peoples' in their borders, from the country's natives, to refugees and guest workers. Lets help them organise across all lines to topple their repressive governments. Democracy in the Arab World Now!!!!

[@chriss179]

What would god mean with i will establish a covenant with him as an everlasting covenant?? I say he meant: I WILL ESTABLISH A COVENANT WITH HIM AS AN EVERLASTING COVENANT. Later in deuteronomium god even tells moses that there would be no prophets from among the genitles! Deuteronomy 18:18 (New International Version) 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among !!!!their brothers!!!; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

[@Sh0SUPERMAN]

@GTCism, Evil? Do you think a religion that commands kindness to parents, humbleness with the meak, charity for the poor, love for the orphans, forgiveness, prayer to God 5 times a day, is evil? Most people are smart enough to think for themselves. That's why they research about Islam, they listen to the Quran, and judge by themselves. ^ And that my friend, is why Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, despite you telling people to "get away from it"

[@ishaymae]

@omerkhan678 @DeWise4 ahh! haha so you mean Allah is not a name? now things gets clear, all this time i thought Allah is the name of Muslim's God.. i will buy a Q'ran and try to read it maybe i can understand thing better if i do.. is that a bad idea? thanks for explaining anyway..

[@squidwardx2]

How are they discriminating and killing anyone who is not brainwashed?

[@chriss179]

1 john 2. Deny the son and you deny the father.

[@curiouscub2052]

12:40 brave women

[@sandy1211]

Chechan fighter u call india a HINDU nation ..i am a christian frm india & we are here frm AD 52 onwards & muslims are here frm 5th century without facing any problems till now... and u still call us a HINDU nation ... may god forgive u for ur ignorance .... i am frm an ancient christian community proud to be called as an INDIAN

[@chriss179]

But i don't really need to tell you this. Hollowed be thy name. Matthew 7:21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. So if you think they will enter heaven or that they have done the will of the father please tell me so.. If not then do know god will hollow his name!

[@hotlauwtje]

OMG

[@chriss179]

If god told abraham to stop sacrificing his child and he did not do so with jephtah.. Well.. That is a good point. I will know what god wanted there.. Wether he tested jephtah to the law which states that no human sacrifice can be made. Because god cannot break his own laws! If prophets do miracles and tell the people to follow unknown gods they have to negate those prophets and listen to their own god. So nice example of where the laws explain the impossibility of that being gods answer

[@chriss179]

May you be with muhammad soon!

[@chriss179]

'The smallest reward for the people of Heaven is an abode where there are eighty thousand servants and seventy-two houri, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine and ruby, as wide as the distance from al-Jabiyyah to San'a."[1] The scriptures call a blessing for all people in abraham. So they'r all the promised seed? No dude. Your the ignorant one. Yes, israel were slaves in egypt and pulled thru the sea not ishmael. When was ishmael in egypt as a slave pulled thru the sea?

[@tmoooooor]

what do you mean????

[@chriss179]

Yes, don't fool yourself. God will judge and i am on his side. Yes, i pray and i weep for those who are lost. But i am also ready to do his will and let them go. Don't think i will let you betray god all your life and let you insult god all your life and i pray with god for you all my life and in the end i with god will be without any charge for your destruction. No, destruction will come! And it will be resolute!

[@chriss179]

Talk about Joel 3:7-8 Joel 3:7 "See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them, and I will return on your own heads what you have done. 8 I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away." The LORD has spoken. The lord has brought his people back to israel and now he has given you into their power. You've been sold to sabeans indeed! And it has come to pass in our lives! Face your sins! Face god!

[@urdulove]

وسائط الإعلام أقوى كيان على الأرض. لديهم القدرة على جعل البريء والمذنب مذنب والمذنب مذنب لجعل الأبرياء ، وهذا الحكم. لأنها تسيطر على عقول الجماهير

[@user-uh8ro8iv2z]

5 years later......boooom Syria destroyed it's self and now the country is finished. Rest in pieces Syria the world's capital of freedom of speech 😂😂😂😂😂

[@razaa09]

@cryfreeedom Brother, all those things are forbidden in Islam. Stop spreading hatred.

[@groeneduim]

@nationofdominacion ha, you wish. how about getting an education instead of insulting other peoples believes

[@Husnamiah]

look i dont think you know enough about my religion to be hating it. and if you havent got anything good 2 say about it den dont say anything yeah? lets just leave it there.

[@JusticeVSpropaganda]

There are several missing date in this film: the first issue is why Israel conquered the Golan heights in 1967: the reason is because during 19 years since it's establishment - Syrian soldiers were shelling the Israeli kibbutzim (farms)and towns in Hulas valley, and Syrian snipers were shooting at Israeli civilians who were working in the fields and into their houses. Israeli children were living in undergraound shelters during 19 years due to Syrian aggression. Talking about barbarism.. -->