Maher Akraa @maherakraa.com · Jan 15

(2/10) The new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Muhammad al-Jolani), aims for a more tolerant stance: • He halted seizing an Ottoman palace by NYE, despite a local jihadist calling female artists “sinful.” • Allowed Xmas decorations, church crosses & mixed dancing—angering Salafists.

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Maher Akraa · Jan 15

(3/10) The Economist contrasts Idlib’s strict past with “New Syria” in Damascus: • Xmas, lights, mixed dancing now permitted. • In Idlib, such acts meant execution or expulsion. Jihadists steeped in harsh “morality codes” ⚖️ find this shift baffling.