As bad as Assad was, it appears that the people there got along with their neighbors of different religions and experienced religious tolerance in the country and now are unhappy about losing it.
In Syria's capital, residents recall a sectarian tolerance gone by
Amid constrained Good Friday services, Damascus is full of dismay over the enmity that now governs Syrians' view of one another.
By Patrick J. McDonnell
April 18, 2014, 4:49 p.m.
DAMASCUS, Syria The thud of mortar shelling alternated with tolling church bells Friday as the Christians of this capital's ancient Bab Touma district marked Good Friday amid extremely tight security.
The Easter Week processions that once featured tens of thousands walking the cobblestoned streets of the Old City now are confined to the close vicinity of churches. Soldiers and militiamen checked everyone coming and going on Friday; vehicular traffic was largely closed off as a precaution against car bombs.
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In Syria's capital, residents recall a sectarian tolerance gone by
Amid constrained Good Friday services, Damascus is full of dismay over the enmity that now governs Syrians' view of one another.
By Patrick J. McDonnell
April 18, 2014, 4:49 p.m.
DAMASCUS, Syria The thud of mortar shelling alternated with tolling church bells Friday as the Christians of this capital's ancient Bab Touma district marked Good Friday amid extremely tight security.
The Easter Week processions that once featured tens of thousands walking the cobblestoned streets of the Old City now are confined to the close vicinity of churches. Soldiers and militiamen checked everyone coming and going on Friday; vehicular traffic was largely closed off as a precaution against car bombs.
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In Syria's capital, residents recall a sectarian tolerance gone by - latimes.com
