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Report: Syrian Rebels Behead Christian Man and Feed His Body to Dogs

Jan. 1, 2013 9:40am
Report: Syrian Rebels Behead Christian Man and Feed His Body to Dogs

Syrian Orthodox Christians attend Easter mass in Damascus, Syria in April. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

It seems there’s no lowest point to the depravity of those murdering the innocent in Syria, and that includes atrocities carried out by those whom the West has decided to support. With each new atrocity, one can’t help thinking “It couldn’t be worse.” Well, it just got worse.

A leading nun in Syria is reporting that a young Christian man in Syria was beheaded by jihadi rebels who then fed his mutilated body to dogs.

Speaking to Britain’s Sunday Times, Agnes-Mariam de la Croix – who is mother superior of the Monastery of St James the Mutilated located between Damascus and Homs – said of the incident which occurred in early December: “They beheaded him, cut him into pieces and fed him to the dogs.”

She says 38-year-old Andrei Arbashe was a newlywed whose wife was about to give birth.

Those who killed him apparently acted after Arbashe’s brother was overheard complaining the rebels were “behaving like bandits.”

The Sunday Times reports:

Sister Agnes-Mariam, who has been keeping a macabre scorecard of such atrocities, believes that his fault, in the eyes of his killers, was his Christian faith.

“The uprising has been hijacked by Islamist mercenaries who are more interested in fighting a holy war than in changing the government,” she told The Sunday Times on a recent visit to Paris. “It’s turned into a sectarian conflict,” she added. “One in which Christians are paying a high price.”

A highly educated Carmelite nun of Palestinian and Lebanese descent, Sister Agnes-Mariam fled Syria over the summer after being warned that she was on the rebels’ “blacklist” for abduction.

She has been on an international tour since then to warn the world about the uprising’s “extremist” drift as the conflict turns into a magnet for Islamist mercenaries from all over the world, including Britain.

No video or still photographs have emerged to document the atrocity, and TheBlaze cannot verify the nun’s account.

Just last month, a Syrian opposition group posted a graphic video which showed a child helping rebels behead a man with a machete.

President Bashar Assad – even while ruling with an iron fist – for the most part protected Syria’s minorities including Christians and Alawites of which Assad himself is a member.

As the bloodletting continues and the Sunni rebel forces have been hijacked by al-Qaeda supporting extremists, Christians fear they won’t be safe in a post-Assad era. They are also worried that if Al Qaeda-inspired Islamist rebels take control, they could establish Sharia law as the law of the land as occurred in Egypt.

The Associated Press reported last week that Syrian Christians were keeping a low profile, afraid to even put up Christmas trees in their homes lest they draw the attention of the jihadis.

“Christians, who make up about 10 percent of Syria’s population of more than 22 million, say they are particularly vulnerable to the violence that has been sweeping the country since March 2011. They are fearful that Syria will become another Iraq, with Christians caught in the crossfire between rival Islamic groups,” wrote the AP.

Since Saddam Hussein was ousted from power in 2003, hundreds of thousands of Christians fled Iraq as Islamic militants targeted them.

Sister Agnes-Mariam characterizes the Syrian Christians’ predicament as being caught between Assad’s Alawites – an offshoot of Shiite Islam – and the opposition Sunnis, like “filling in a sandwich.”

She is sharply critical of western nations for supporting the rebels even though the extremists among them are violating basic human rights. She tells the Sunday Times:

“They want to impose sharia,” said Agnes-Mariam, 60. “It’s a scandal that the free and democratic world is supporting extremists,” she added in a reference to western backing for the coalition.

Some have accused her of being a propagandist for the dictator Assad: her claim that rebel forces were responsible for the Houla massacre in which more than 100 civilians died, half of them children, has been challenged by a United Nations commission of inquiry, which blamed the regime.

The Daily Mail quoted the nun saying that militants wearing Al Qaeda black bandanas recently placed a two-day siege on her monastery to try to prevent Christians from celebrating the Christmas holiday.

She estimates that 300,000 Christians have been displaced since the conflict began in March 2011, including 80,000 forced out of the Homs region.

A new study released on Christmas Eve reported Christianity is in serious danger of being wiped out in the Middle East because of Islamic oppression. The report titled “Christianophobia” said Christians are suffering more persecution around the world than any other religious group mainly due to “Islamic oppression.”

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  • TrueColours
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 9:19pm

    No longer “standing down-Hillary”. . .I just heard that she will make a full recovery!!!! Get her on the schedule right away. Hey Hil, let’s talk about the illegal Benghazi CIA covert-op shipping weapons to the CIA sponsored Al Qaeda-”Syrian Freedom Fighters” (we usually don’t like but in Syria they’re Christian murdering good guys just murdering in the name of the Islamic cult and Soetoro-Obama) being financed by the Saudi’s and when Iran’s Benghazi spies (dressed up in red cresent costumes) got kidnapped the whole operation became compromised leading to Stevens, his security details violent death and a really BIG cover up. Let’s hear about that story and NOT the “sloppy intel” bulls**t.

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  • Bucky_1
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 8:56pm

    anyone that believes that the second coming is a joke needs to buy a book about the second coming and read it. or find a Bible Prophecy either one will give you the complete story and Bible Verses to back them up. It will be like reading a non-fiction story that you need to believe to be beyond all, that it’s true.

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 8:54pm

    Obama backed the Egyptian revolutionaries and the turned out to be Sharia loving, Israeli hating radical Muslim brotherhood types. Now he backs the Syrian rebels. THey are Christian hating, Sharia loving, American hating Muslim=brotherhood type rebels again. Kinda’ shows you the kind of Muslim loving trash our president really is. Christians getting killed does not bother him. He is not a Christian. He is not American.

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  • CatherineAnn
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 8:21pm

    And they want to take our guns!

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  • ghostsouls
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 8:03pm

    Ahhhh nothing like more news for the New Year, about the wonderful, beautiful, Peace Loving muslims /sarcasm off

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  • DonaldH
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 7:05pm

    Obama, regardless what religion he claims to be today, was raised a Muslim and he supports these rebels in Syria— and now he wants to take my gun? I don’t think I can trust him that much…. Time for Obama to admit who and what he is…..

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  • rangerrebew
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 6:47pm

    Obama was supporting the rebels by illegally running guns to them and as a result, four Americans died in Benghazi. There is a huge difference between supplying weapons openly and illegal gun running which includes the “most transparent administration ever.”

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  • HumbleCitizen
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 6:08pm

    Muslims can not, and will not, allow anyone not like them to live.

    http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
    http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/
    http://www.answeringmuslims.com/p/jihad.html

    One can not, nor should be expected to be friends with those that seek your death and yet that is exactly what this administration and the progressives are demanding Christians allow.

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  • NotPoliticallyCorrect
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 5:38pm

    We need to get out of that entire region. Obviously we don’t have decoder rings to figure out who the good guys are :/

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    • KidCharlemagne
      Posted on January 1, 2013 at 5:59pm

      We know for certain who the bad guys are though:

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      “According to Abu Khuder, his men are working closely with the military council that commands the Free Syrian Army brigades in the region. “We meet almost every day,” he said. “We have clear instructions from our [al-Qaida] leadership that if the FSA need our help we should give it. We help them with IEDs and car bombs. Our main talent is in the bombing operations.” Abu Khuder’s men had a lot of experience in bomb-making from Iraq and elsewhere, he added.”
      The Guardian (July 30, 2012): “Al-Qaida turns tide for rebels in battle for eastern Syria”

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  • thetrooper
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 5:16pm

    why is this allowed to happen? Christians have not always been so docile. how come our Christian brother have no support. there will never be peace as long as these stinking filthy Muslims are allowed to get by with this. for every Christian beheaded, ten Muslims lose their heads and are wrapped in bacon an buried in sewage. why will no one fight these pagan pigs? Islam is the devils right hand.

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    • PaxInVeritate
      Posted on January 1, 2013 at 6:51pm

      “for [sic] every Christian beheaded, ten Muslims lose their heads and are wrapped in bacon an buried in sewage.”

      The former statement is a reaction of hate not Love. One cannot hate their enemies and Love God, for all (even the most depraved, darkest sinner) are the children of God. All can ask for forgiveness while they are alive, even the Muslims. Fast and pray for their conversion.

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  • P4cooler
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 4:12pm

    Obama’s buddies are sure sick.

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  • TwoLazy
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 3:58pm

    It really doesn’t seem to matter in the middle east, no matter which side you choose, they are all bad guys.

    Yes we did arm the rebels, and the ambassador paid the price for that. I wonder what other bright ideas will be comming out of the State Department next? You have to wonder if this was Fast and Furious arab style. Obama sure likes to give guns to our enemies while taking ours.

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  • Flag-Man
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 3:40pm

    Such a peaseful people

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  • taintso
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 3:29pm

    I thought we had developed the neutron bomb, kill without destroying infrastructure? Are we saving it to use on ourselves?

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  • taintso
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 3:26pm

    Well we know where Obama’s next stimulus is going, Alpo Canned Christian.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 2:36pm

    All the violent attacks on Christians in Muslim nations, and President B. Hussein Obama is totally silent. That clearly tells us who’s side he is on.

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    • ArmedAndReallyPissed
      Posted on January 1, 2013 at 2:57pm

      Fuhrer Obama’s own Secretary of State, Hairy Rotten Cliton’s Assistant is connected to the Muslim DiaperHood. Fuhrer Obama invites the Muslim DiaperHood into OUR very own White House on a regular basis.
      AmeriKa hasn’t seen anything yet. What we have all watched on our TV’s happening in Iraq and Afghanistan will one day be happening on our very own Streets. We will be left to die just as the Benghazi four did. ( Compliments of The Project ).

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  • BHOHG2G
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 2:34pm

    Napalm. Tons and tons of napalm.

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  • SilentReader
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 2:31pm

    Thank you for reporting this horrific piece of news from Syria. No one in the egregious MSM is reporting it!

    This is who this criminal cabal in the White House is arming! These are the Islamist savages who will take over from Assad. Just as the al Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood thugs have taken over in Libya, Egypt and now Jordan. Armed by us!

    And just as the Clintonistas and NATO armed the al Qaeda and Mujahedeen terrorists in Bosnia, and brought them into Bosnia on NATO planes no less, and that came back to bite us when 13 of the 19 9/11 terrorists were trained in Bosnia, now a terrorist state under Bakir Izetbegovic son of Alijah Izetbegovic (Clinton’s buddy), so will this come back to bite us in the near future. Count on it.

    These corrupt politicians in Congress who will not hold these traitors accountable will go down in infamy as the destroyers of America. And they were given a raise to boot to continue their treachery! They have betrayed we the people, they are getting away with it, and they are being rewarded for it!

    Our Founders must be turning over in their graves!

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  • kapnkd
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 2:25pm

    Coming soon to an American town or city near you! First it will be the jihadists who come and go across our borders at will. Eventually Obozocommie and DEMONcRATS will keep demonizing Christianity to the point that the dumbed down 47% will do their bidding to take remaining Christians out.

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    • ArmedAndReallyPissed
      Posted on January 1, 2013 at 3:02pm

      They’ve been coming across our Borders for decades. They have infiltrated our Schools, Business’s and our Government. ( AKA The Project ). They are most Welcome in the White House. These are all verifiable facts.

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  • mrprof
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 2:22pm

    These animals are like fungi in a petri dish – they will grow and consume all within their sphere of influence. Can you imagine such a despicable enemy with access to nuclear weapons?

    When in finally becomes “them or us,” we need to be ready to glass the ME.

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  • mouseco
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 2:15pm

    why is it one person can cause so much termoil in the world and the masses cant seem to find away to stop the crazeness . if they arent here anymore then the problem will go away .We got to take back the power of good people and do away with these crazy arss sickos criminals . maybe when they do criminal things then a bounty is put on them . They lose the ability to publicly promote evil things while they are hideing from the bounty hunters Bad muslems dont seem to have any problems on putting out bountys on people lets put it back in thier face.

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  • liltexasgal
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 2:06pm

    Velcome to the new vorld order

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  • rochrealtor
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 2:02pm

    I recommend everyone read the book “The boy who met Jesus.” “[...] You will know that my return is near when you see wars erupt between different religions of the world. When you witness wars of religion, you will know that I am on the way. Once the of religion begin, nothing will stop the fighting.Toward the end there will be wars, and nations will fight against nation and religion will fight against religion. But families will also fight one another – parents will fight their children, and sons and daughters will fight against each other. Many miseries will follow because the world will continue to refuse to repent.” [...]

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  • KidCharlemagne
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 1:51pm

    I’ve got a great idea……

    Let’s provide the rebels with weapons and training:

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    “Rubio made the comments during a trip to New York where he is to address the Council on Foreign Relations. Rubio told the website that the United States needed to help the rebels organize, adding, “The world has benefited greatly from America’s power since the end of the Second World War. When America doesn’t lead, what ensues is chaos — which is what you have now in Syria.”

    Rubio said the United States should enlist allies such as Turkey to help arm and train rebel fighters in Syria, a country that is descending into chaos after 15 months of unrest.”
    May 31, 2012: “Rubio Calls for ‘Coalition of The Willing’ in Syria”

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  • What the Heck
    Posted on January 1, 2013 at 1:48pm

    You mean the kind, benevolent, tolerant Muslims that have been authorized to rape girls as young as 14 did such a thing. Say it ain’t so to Hillary, Obama and Biden.
    I can hardly believe it. ( Sarc)

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