✍️ By Ephraim Agbo
In the headlines, it’s framed as a "conflict." On the ground, it’s genocide. But the true war—more sinister and complex—is not just one of guns and bombs. It is a war of identities, religions, and sectarian revenge. Whether in Gaza or Sweida, people are not dying because of what they’ve done—but because of who they are.
From the charred buildings of southern Syria to the bombed-out remains of Gaza, one thing is clear: faith has been weaponized, and identity has been turned into a death sentence.
🔥 Sweida: A Sectarian Massacre Disguised as Peacekeeping
The UN has confirmed credible reports of summary executions and mass killings in Sweida, Syria. In just six days of violence, 400–600 people have been killed. The main hospital is overwhelmed, unable to handle the flood of corpses. The supposed ceasefire collapsed as government forces—initially withdrawing—were re-deployed under the guise of restoring peace.
But who is being "protected"? And who is being purged?
Sweida is home to a large population of Syrian Druze, a religious minority. Historically neutral in Syria’s civil war, their neutrality has now been interpreted as rebellion. Armed Bedouin tribes, allegedly with state backing, have attacked Druze communities. Women, children, the elderly—slaughtered in their homes.
A Druze survivor shared this haunting testimony:
"They said they came in peace. Our leaders believed them. We laid down our weapons. Then they entered, and the killing began."
"I hid inside a water tank to survive. I listened as they murdered my disabled father. I came out the next morning—my entire family dead. My home a grave."
"They burned shops. Slaughtered pregnant women. Slit the throats of children. This wasn’t war. This was extermination."
This is not just a military crackdown. It’s a sectarian purge. And it is fueled not by politics alone—but by religious distrust, tribal animosity, and centuries of theological division.
🩸 Gaza: Where Faith Dictates Who Deserves to Live
Meanwhile, Gaza remains under siege. Not just by bombs—but by global bias. Every civilian death is filtered through the lens of religion and identity. When Palestinians die, the world hesitates—wondering first: Are they Muslim? Are they militants?
Because in today’s political theatre, being Muslim makes you suspicious, and being Palestinian makes you expendable.
Global sympathy is now issued based on faith affiliation. A Christian child killed in war is a tragedy. A Muslim child killed is an unfortunate statistic. And so Gaza continues to burn—because its people belong to the wrong religion, wear the wrong flag, and speak the wrong language.
🕍 Faith as a Fault Line
Let’s be brutally honest: this isn’t about diplomacy. It’s about sectarianism masquerading as statecraft. Gaza is mostly Sunni. Iran supports it because it challenges Israel. But Syria’s Druze are being massacred because they refused to side with the Sunni-Islamist government. The hypocrisy is blatant.
In one corner of the Arab world, sectarianism is used as an excuse to "liberate." In another, it is the justification to annihilate.
🔥 Syria’s Internal Civil War Just Got More Dangerous
The attack on Sweida exposes a terrifying truth: even within Syria, not all Syrians are treated equally. If you’re not Sunni, or if your community has a history of autonomy, you are a threat.
President Ahmed al-Sharaa has pledged to form a special force to "restore peace." But locals say this force is just a new face of the same regime, now backed by Islamist zeal and ethnic vengeance. According to eyewitnesses and local journalists, the troops that entered Sweida burned homes, executed the disabled, and terrorized civilians.
“They weren’t soldiers—they were death squads,” said one local.
“They said they came to protect us. But what they brought was slaughter.”
Let that sink in: Syrians killing Syrians, not over land—but over identity.
💣 When Israel Bombs Syria… to Save Druze Lives?
In a twist stranger than fiction, Israeli airstrikes last week reportedly targeted Syrian government forces heading toward Druze areas. The message? Stay out of Sweida.
This is no humanitarian gesture. It’s geopolitical leverage. But some Druze privately admit: without those strikes, even more of them would be dead.
So here we are: Israel intervening to protect Druze, while Arab governments stand by—or worse, collaborate in their persecution.
💀 The Religion of Blood
What’s happening in Gaza and Sweida isn’t a conflict. It’s a ritual of blood fueled by identity-based hatred. People are not being bombed for what they believe—but because of the label assigned to them: Sunni, Shia, Druze, Jewish, Christian.
What unites both crises is not geography. It’s not politics.
It is the ancient, festering belief that certain identities are more expendable than others.
🧨 The Dangerous Illusion of Unity
Arab leaders speak of "unity"—but it’s a unity torn by sectarianism. When Sunni children die in Gaza, some leaders cry. When Druze children die in Sweida, they stay silent—or worse, justify the deaths as "political necessity."
This is the Middle East’s deepest wound: sectarian politics dressed up as nationalism. The religious divide is no longer theological. It is military. It is genocidal.
🕊️ Final Word: Not Every Victim Bleeds the Same
When a mosque is bombed, and you hesitate to mourn because it’s "the wrong sect"—you are part of the problem. When a Druze village is destroyed, and your first thought is "Well, they didn’t support the revolution"—you have lost your humanity.
And when you watch Gaza burn and still calculate sympathy based on religion—you are complicit in genocide.
If peace ever has a chance, it must begin with killing the idea that some blood is worth more than others.
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