Recently
Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly al-Julani) met with David Petraeus at the
UN General Assembly. It was a unique moment that quite a few news
outlets found worthy of note. And while some saw it has symbolic, few
reflected on its actual meaning.
They tended to focus on how far
al-Sharaa had come, how he had once been a prisoner of the US, and a
member of al Qaeda. And yet (supposedly) he has renounced his
previous Salafism and is now being put forward as a leader that will
turn Syria toward Western Liberalism, democracy, and the rule of law
- or so they hope.
Calling for a Return to the Doctrinal Ideals and Kingdom Ethics of the First Reformation
06 October 2025
Al-Sharaa, Petraeus, and the End of the War on Terror: A Most Revealing Episode at the UN General Assembly
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