Faith Under Attack: Islamists Set Fire to Christmas Tree, Christians Respond With Powerful Symbol

On Christmas Eve, Christians in Damascus hit the streets.

They’re demanding justice after some real-life grinch characters torched a Christmas tree in the town of Suqaylabiyah.

Chants of “We demand the rights of Christians” filled the air.

And with a unified voice of defiance against their enemies, a cross was put in place of the tree.

Though an authority leader assured everyone the tree would be back by morning.

The pyromaniacs were said to be “not Syrian”.

Sounds like the Islamlists involved were in a hurry to make the naughty list before Santa took flight later that Christmas Eve.

Radical Muslims lit a Christmas tree on fire in Al-Suqaylabiyah to send an unwelcoming message to the few remaining Christians in Syria. pic.twitter.com/3cgF8Gz2Oi

— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) December 23, 2024

An Islamist group of foreign fighters affiliated with the HTS have set a Christmas tree on fire in Al-Sqailbiyyah in the Hama province of Syria.

The Christmas tree was put up just a day earlier by the Christians in the region

The Islamists hate Christmas pic.twitter.com/UTSw279TR8

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) December 23, 2024

Sky News reports:

Hundreds of people have protested in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus after a video emerged showing hooded fighters setting a Christmas tree on fire elsewhere in the country.

“We demand the rights of Christians,” demonstrators chanted as they marched through the city on Christmas Eve.

The protests erupted after a video spread on social media showing fighters torching a Christmas tree in the Christian-majority town of Suqaylabiyah, near the city of Hama.

A religious leader from HTS, the leading rebel group in the coalition that toppled Assad, claimed that those who set the tree on fire were “not Syrian” and promised they would be punished.

“The tree will be restored and lit up by tomorrow morning”, he said.

And where there once was a tree, a cross has been put in it’s place.

Rather symbolic. Since that’s the true reason for Christmas, not a tree.

SYRIA

THIS IS POWERFUL

Christians DEFIANTLY raise a Cross in place of their Christmas Tree which was set on fire by Western backed Jihadist THUGS this evening pic.twitter.com/MqAVYqy82C

— Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) December 23, 2024

Even though this was in Damascus, there needs to be a zero tolerance policy put in when President Donald Trump arrives.

Zero tolerance for those that are against our way of life.

Because if not, this ‘fire of tolerance’ will keep spreading.

🇸🇾 The Reality of HTS “Tolerance”

Additional footage shows the Christmas tree in Suqaylibiyah engulfed in flames, just days after it was lit in a public ceremony. Anti-Christian HTS militants set the tree on fire.

Pro-Free Syria accounts touted the tree-lighting as proof of… pic.twitter.com/JdJlGF6GEX

— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) December 23, 2024