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ANCHOR JIM FLINK
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The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began Monday. It’s a month for family gatherings -- an opportunity for the Muslim faithful to connect closer with the Creator.
“…the month of Ramadan is the month that we need to have it to experience the life changing to take us after Ramadan, perfecting the acts of worship that we do in the month of Ramadan so that after Ramadan these acts of worship will take us to another level, to higher levels of faith.” (Video: YouTube/TheMujaheedeen)
Against that holy backdrop -- violence and bloodshed continues in Syria...
...where government security forces have launched new attacks on dissident outposts like Hama.
Al Jazeera reports, more than a hundred people were killed in 48 hours of protests.
“Soldiers and tanks and armed vehicles surround the city for several days. Before moving in they cut off roads and blocked any possible escape. Then with little warning they put shells and gunfire down on entire neighborhoods. A snif was pick of Mostly are unarmed civilians. Sunday in city Hama is one of the most bloodiest since the uprising began in March.”
According to Aleqt, Ramadan is traditionally a month of revolution and victory for Muslims. BBC says the protests are expected to get bigger during Ramadan, despite the government crackdown.
“Across the country, over 5000 people take to the street every Friday. That is a clear message the regime tolerate such things especially for Ramadan the protest is expected to be bigger. “
CNN explains why the authority is more worried now that Ramadan has arrived.
“The month, which brings more Muslims to mosques, has some governments worrying that the gatherings will provide more opportunities for such protests -- and demonstrators fearing that security forces will crack down forcefully to prevent them.”
An analyst tells The Huffington Post, that is why the Syrian government is cracking down especially hard recently.
"Ramadan provides a powerful symbolism of unique common purpose. It's even more important in Syria where the regime is threatening to massacre you. It gives people the kind of encouragement they need to go forward even in the face of such risk."
The Guardian reports Syrian forces have killed more than 1600 people in the course of their crackdown during four and a half months of protest. And almost three thousand people -- have simply disappeared.
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