The Canonisation of the Al Qaeda Regime in Syria Is a Global Disgrace

The Canonisation of the Al Qaeda Regime in Syria Is a Global Disgrace

World politics is rarely the realm of morality. As Christendom marks Holy Week, Syria’s new ruler and former Al Qaeda capo Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Germany, where the performatively ‘Christian Democratic’ government of Chancellor Merz gave him a hero’s welcome. He later flew to London, where Britain’s embattled Prime Minister Starmer shamefully welcomed him to Downing Street.  The rushed canonisation of Syria’s new ruler, of which his German v…