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Country of the month - Syria

Syria remains one of the Middle Eastern countries in which religious freedom is guaranteed to a certain extent, thanks to the secularising ideology of the ruling Baath Party which, since 1970, has been largely dominated by the Alawite minority (a dissident Muslim Shi‘a sect). If one speaks of a secularising, rather than a secular, ideology it is because there is neither a separation nor a distinction between the temporal and spiritual spheres as happens in most western secular models. As far as religious freedom is concerned, there is effectively freedom of worship but not freedom of conscience. Just like Muslims, Christians have the right to build their own places of worship and to teach their children Catechism but the Churches are not permitted to proselytise among Muslims and Muslims are not permitted to abandon their own religion to choose another. If they are non-believers, they remain Muslims. - Read more

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How you can help

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) supports several projects in Syria. You can support these projects by donating via their national offices.

Below you can find one or more finished projects ACN supported in the past.

• A monastery for the Brothers of Saint Simeon in Aleppo
  

  "Once again we are knocking on your door; it is the only door that has been opened to us, since there is no other organisation that will help us", writes Father Jabra Mrad of the local congregation of the Brothers of Saint Simeon Stylites[1]. It was five years ago when the brothers turned to ACN for the first time for help to build a monastery. They had to wait a long time before they had secured all the necessary permits and sufficient funds to start the work. Read more >>

• Help for the pastoral work of the Good Shepherd Sisters in Homs
  

  In 70 countries around the world, the 5,000 religious sisters of the congregation of the Good Shepherd Sisters are caring for women and children who have undergone great suffering and are seeking shelter from oppression and exploitation. They set up convents, establish educational programmes, sponsor self-help groups and endeavour to gently influence the political climate. In Syria the Good Shepherd Sisters are very much concerned with the spiritual and material needs of young families, and particularly of lone mothers and their children. Read more >>

The Church in Syria and the Arab Spring


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Syria: The Cradle of Christianity