Not that al-Sharaa has the slightest intention of relinquishing power or establishing a secular state in five years’ time.
“Syria’s interim president signs constitution enshrining Islamist rule for 5 years,” by Ghaith Alsayed and Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press, March 14, 2025:
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule while promising to protect the rights of all Syrians for five years during a transitional phase.
The nation’s interim rulers have struggled to exert their authority across much of Syria since the Islamist former insurgent group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, led a lightning insurgency that overthrew longtime President Bashar Assad in December.
Former HTS leader Ahmad al-Sharaa is now the country’s interim president — a decision that was announced after a meeting of the armed groups that took part in the offensive against Assad. At the same meeting, the groups agreed to repeal the country’s old constitution and said a new one would be drafted.
While many were happy to see an end to the Assad family’s dictatorial rule of more than 50 years in the war-torn country, religious and ethnic minorities have been skeptical of the new Islamist leaders and reluctant to allow Damascus under its new authorities to assert control of their areas.
Abdulhamid Al-Awak, one of the seven members of the committee al-Sharaa tasked to draft the temporary constitution, told a news conference Thursday that it would maintain some previsions from the previous one, including the stipulation that the head of state has to be a Muslim and Islamic law is the main source of jurisprudence.
But Al-Awak, a constitutional law expert who teaches at Mardin Artuklu University in Turkey, also said that the temporary constitution includes provisions that enshrine freedom of expression and the media….
࿗Infidel࿘ says
If that constitution simply says “Shariah shall be the law of the land for 5 years starting from today”, but conveniently avoids mentioning what “today” is, they can pretty much make it last forever. Maybe they should do that. Then the EU can embrace them for following a constitutional path, and everything should be hunky dory b/w Brussels and Damascus
Walter Sieruk says
Syria’s new President signed and enacted an Islamic constitution thus putting Sharia into effect for that country. Sharia is brutal cruel unfair oppressive and full of harsh misogyny.
Therefore, it should be made known that the actual origin of Sharia had been revealed in a Time –Life book with the title MESOPOTAMIA: THE MIGHTY KINGS copyright 1995 ” For that future history book about the ancient pagan world of Mesopotamia informs the reader that “many Islamic laws resemble the Babylon and Assyrian forebears.” .page 150.
Therefore, Sharia is of pagan origin and therefore has no value or worth.
James Lincoln says
So, after five years of sharia, what are the chances that Syria becomes a Jeffersonian Democracy?
࿗Infidel࿘ says
James
I’d rather put my money on European countries becoming shariah states
࿗Infidel࿘ says
James
I’d rather put my money on European countries becoming shariah states
Dave says
‘Temporary’.
We’ll check in five years and see if any who oppose Sharia are still around or among the living.
WPM says
They figure that sharia law could be the law in all western lands, Canada ,most of western Europe and if the democrats get control again in America in 5 years .They could extended in for the next 400 years like in Spain from 1000 to around 1480 ?Syria will be another shithole like Afghanistan ,I do not think the rest of the western world or anyone should join the misery of sharia law ,but if we in the west do not get a handle on this we will ! End “refugee” immigration sharia law promotion threw the letting in of unvetted violent jihadist who set up terror cells ,unlimited welfare for people who will not assimilate and openly say they hate us ,time for nations to protect their culture languages ,customs ,laws ,women , freedom to worship ,freedom of speech ,freedom from Bill Gates ,Soros ,Devos ,and others who want to erase them from the face of the earth.
bill says
So chopping off limbs and stoning to death is in their future, not to mention other barbarities. Another Taliban on Israel’s border. Sometimes the cure is worse than the disiease. Not that I have any sympathy for Ass head.
OLD GUY says
This is the plan of Islam. Sharia law ruling the world, or should I say dictators ruling the world. Islam is spreading like the California wild fires. And our leaders are not prepared for it any better than California’s governor was.