A Glimpse Of Post-Assad Syria: Inside Aleppo's New Islamic Justice Committees -- Florence Aubenas, Real Clear World
For nearly three months, a rumor has been spreading through Aleppo: whoever faces hardship, however small, can go to a hearing of the "Committee for the promotion of good deeds and support of the oppressed."
There, in this northern neighborhood of the country's largest city, members of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) are "enforcing justice" and "asserting the rights" of the ever growing number of people who are deeply distressed or simply disgruntled.
"It has become one of the town's most popular areas, everyone wants to be a part of it," says Abu Mustapha. It's not quite a courthouse, but almost. It's not quite social services either. It's not even a political space - the only thing it is is religious. It's an unprecedented glimpse, the people hope, of what an Assad-free Syria would look like.
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My Comment: With the death toll now approaching 80,000, hundreds of thousands wounded, millions of refugees .... it should not be a surprise that everyone is becoming radicalized.
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