Philosopher and politician Antoun Saadeh died in 1949. Before he perished, he foretold of conflicts and wars that we are seeing today in Syria and the Middle East. He is best known for founding the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) in 1932, which would result in his arrest three years later. His 1935 arrest was the first of several but his imprisonments didn't stop him from expanding on the ideology he established with the SSNP. In fact, he wrote three books while in prison. His manuscript for the third book was taken by French authorities and now sits under lock and key in the Louvre. One of the cornerstones of his ideology was secularization. Antoun advocated the complete separation of religion and politics as a fundamental condition for real national unity. He valued diversity, saying "Every nation is made up of diverse racial groups, and none of them is the product of one race or one specific tribe." But since his death, his birthplace of Lebanon has become a highly sectarian nation and society. The nation is broken into pieces by religion and sect. The President must be Maronite Catholic, while the Prime Minister must be Sunni Muslim and the Speaker of the Parliament must be Druze. To learn more about how and why Antoun Saadeh's vision has been completely derailed by foreign powers hoping to create chaos in the Middle East, read and share the full article. In solidarity, MintPress News |
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