AHC: Christian "Al-Qaeda"

Incognito

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I hope that this thread doesn't get moved to chat because of the following scenario, so here goes nothing:

During Yugoslav Wars US sided with Muslim Albanians & Bosnians over Orthodox Serbs despite all sides committing atrocities. I also read that after the US-backed independence of Kosovo 50% of the Serbs living there left the region.

In Iraq despite American presence Iraqi Christian population dropped from 2 million to something like 100 000 or less (many fleeing to Syria).

Assuming Assad's regime in Syria falls and assuming the victorious rebels decide to engage in some good ol' fashioned ethnic cleansing (let's not get into a flame war on this thread of whether or not this will happen - lets just discuss this as a "WI" scenario), could a radical international Orthodox Christian organization arise with the aim of "getting back" at America for its "Shadow War with the Orthodox faith"?
 
It's certainly possible to have a terrorist organization with strong Christian/Clerical overtones - just look at the Croatian Ustaše, for example. (Remember them? They're the guys who terrorized Serbs, Jews, and Roma during WWII and bombed Grand Central Terminal in the 70's.) As for having it be a carbon copy of Al Qaeda, I'm not so sure.
 
In Iraq despite American presence Iraqi Christian population dropped from 2 million to something like 100 000 or less (many fleeing to Syria).

Assuming Assad's regime in Syria falls and assuming the victorious rebels decide to engage in some good ol' fashioned ethnic cleansing (let's not get into a flame war on this thread of whether or not this will happen - lets just discuss this as a "WI" scenario), could a radical international Orthodox Christian organization arise with the aim of "getting back" at America for its "Shadow War with the Orthodox faith"?[/QUOTE] Originally posted by Incognito.

As the aftermath of "Arab Spring", a Muslim Brotherhood supported President has been elected in Egypt. What policy will the future rulers adopt towards the Coptic Christians there? If the Assad regime falls in Syria, quite likely outcome at present, radical Islamists could come to power there also. How will they treat the Christian minority there?
The Arab Spring and the fall of despots appear to have delivered a fatal blow to the secularism in Arab lands. Saddam, Mubarak, Ben Ali, Saleh and Assad were all despots, but were also secular in outlook. But the future leaders to come up in Arab countries are likely to have Islamic and fundamentalist leanings in varying degrees. Hence their policy towards Christian and other minorities remain unpredictable.
If they follow a policy of suppression and persecution, how will the minorities react? Could it lead to the rise of Christian variations of terrorism and Christian models of "Al-Qaeda"? They are all questions that future should answer.
 
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