Al Qa'idah (AQ) - Tarbiyah Jihadiyah

An Islamic revolution:Many Syrians had not experienced following traditional Islam practically prior to the revolution out offear of the regime. Syria was like France in the Middle East, wine and vice was widespread for the elite,while the poor Sunnis' were striving for a living.At the beginning of the revolution, Syrians were simply wanting to remove the regime, they cried to theinternational community for humanitarian support. They got no response. No-one from Western powerswanted to remove Bashar al Assad because he was a good tool to protect their interests, with himguarding the Israeli border against Islamists (a benefit to the USA), and a gateway of influence into theMiddle East for Russia and China. The Arab puppet governments didn't want to face the strong militaryof Syria either. So who could help?So they turned to God alone: 'We have none but you O Allah!' (see Arabic below) was the slogan of theSyrians.^ Jabhat al Nusra’s facebook page cover photo, appealing to the youth of Syria.The USA saw that Jabhat al Nusra was getting more influential, receiving the most positive attentioncompared to all rebel groups, so they labelled it a 'terrorist group' - hoping that the Syrians wouldabandon it. The plan backfired, and the Syrians got angry, they began to protest: 'We are all Jabhat alNusra.' This increased al Nusra's popularity even more because no-one was helping the Syrians exceptthem. They would say that the USA classes the protectors of innocent Syrians as terrorists, while Basharal Assad who kills 10s of thousands of civilians is not a terrorist. (May 2013 : the Syrian conflict has killed21