{"id":81917,"date":"2026-04-02T08:13:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81917"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:24:20","slug":"christians-in-jihadi-led-syria-cancel-holy-week-events-after-muslim-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/christians-in-jihadi-led-syria-cancel-holy-week-events-after-muslim-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Christians In Jihadi-Led Syria Cancel Holy Week Events After Muslim Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Breitbart<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/03\/AP25051654407501-640x480.png\" alt=\"Father Fadi Bargeel prays at the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus in the town of Maalo\" width=\"253\" height=\"190\" \/><\/p>\n<header>\n<div id=\"PollyC\" data-mp3u=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/03\/christians-in-jihadi-led-syria-cancel-holy-week-events-after-muslim-attacks-32477511.mp3\" data-mp3l=\"6:27\" data-mp3d=\"PT6M27S\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Christian communities throughout Syria limited or canceled Holy Week festivities, including Palm Sunday observances, after mobs of Muslim attackers targeted Christian communities this weekend, destroying Christian symbols and looting shops.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-mp3u=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/03\/christians-in-jihadi-led-syria-cancel-holy-week-events-after-muslim-attacks-32477511.mp3\" data-mp3l=\"6:27\" data-mp3d=\"PT6M27S\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">+<\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div data-mp3u=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/03\/christians-in-jihadi-led-syria-cancel-holy-week-events-after-muslim-attacks-32477511.mp3\" data-mp3l=\"6:27\" data-mp3d=\"PT6M27S\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Reports from human rights advocates on the ground indicate that many Christians do not trust the government\u2019s assurances that they will crack down on Muslim anti-Christian violence, however, and are instead choosing to avoid large prayer gatherings. The situation recalls similar violence and misgivings in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/faith\/2025\/12\/24\/christians-fear-attacks-in-syria-even-as-islamist-regime-touts-christmas-celebrations-nationwide\/\">December<\/a>, when the government in Damascus advertised large Christmas events in Damascus while human rights groups reported targeted violence against Christians elsewhere in the country.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1775117625\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Christians In Jihadi-Led Syria Cancel Holy Week Events After Muslim Attacks\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Breitbart: Christian communities throughout Syria limited or canceled Holy Week festivities, including Palm Sunday observances, after mobs of Muslim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}