Middle East Christians support Hizbollah

Middle East Christians support Hizbollah


Syria's Christians rally behind Hizbollah

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Seventy-seven-year-old Mona Muzaber lights a candle for
Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah at the Orthodox Church of the Cross
in the center of Damascus.

"I love him. I never felt Nasrallah was a religious zealot. He is a patriot
who doesn't seek personal gain," she said. "I light a candle daily for him
to remain under God's protection."

Israel's offensive against Lebanon has brought Christians in neighboring
Syria closer to Nasrallah, a Shi'ite Muslim, reviving Arab nationalist
feelings and blurring sectarian divisions.

Bishops and priests say Syria's Christians, a devout community of around
three million out of a population of 18 million, identify strongly with
Nasrallah's battle with Israel, which has occupied Syria's Golan Heights
since 1967.

"Pray for the resistance, pray for Hassan Nasrallah. He is defending
justice," Father Elias Zahlawi told the congregation at special mass held at
the Lady of Damascus, a Catholic church.

Across Damascus Christians, like Muslims, sit glued to Nasrallah's al-Manar
television, receptive to his portrayal of the war as one in defense of all
Arabs, as well as Muslims.

At the biblical-era Straight Street, Khaldoun Uzrai hung the yellow flags of
Hizbollah all over his liquor and grocery shop.

"We are Arabs at the end of the day. Nasrallah is one of our own. He is
realizing our dreams," Uzrai said.


SOURCE

Reuters, "Syria's Christians rally behind Hizbollah", 4 August 2006.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-08-04T144759Z_01_L0319542_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml&pageNumber=0&imageid=?=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage2





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