Opponents of Dr Hassoun, the former Grand Mufti of Syria, have repeatedly accused him of using incendiary rhetoric and of incitement during the years of resistance in Syria, beginning in 2012.
Dr Hassoun explained to me privately that he had been misunderstood when, after the murder of his son in 2011, he warned Europe and the US of suicide bomb attacks should they attack Syria. It has been a warning and not a threat. Similarly, The rumour that he had issued a fatwa against the people of Aleppo was erroneous.
Given the persistence of the Aleppo rumours and claims that he had called for Aleppo’s ‘annihilation’, I thought it worthwhile to record a discussion with him specifically on that issue. The interview took place in his home in Damascus – May 20, 2016.
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