--- title: "9 Al qaeda Quotes By Bashar al-Assad" description: "9 Al qaeda quotes by Bashar al-Assad. Plus more from Bashar al-Assad and more Al qaeda sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/bashar-al-assad-1027_al-qaeda_it-s-not-religious-war-but-al-qaeda-alwa_1160095.jpg" --- > [It's not religious war, but Al-Qaeda always use religions, Islam - actually, as a pretext and as a cover and as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/it-s-not-religious-war-but-al-qaeda-always-use-religions-islam/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/bashar-al-assad-1027_al-qaeda_it-s-not-religious-war-but-al-qaeda-alwa_1160095.jpg) > [ We didn't say that 80% \[of terrorists\], for example, or the majority or the vast majority, are foreigners. We said the vast… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/we-didn-t-say-that-80-of-terrorists-for-example-or-the-majority-or/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3d/bashar-al-assad-1027_al-qaeda_we-didn-t-say-that-80-of-terrorists-for_2494544.jpg) > [If the American administration want to support Al-Qaeda - go ahead. That's what we have to tell them, go ahead and support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/if-the-american-administration-want-to-support-al-qaeda-go-ahead-that/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/bashar-al-assad-1027_administration_if-the-american-administration-want-to-s_1264351.jpg) > [The majority of fighters now are Al-Qaeda. If you want to support them, you are supporting Al-Qaeda, you are creating havoc in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-majority-of-fighters-now-are-al-qaeda-if-you-want-to-support-them/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea9/bashar-al-assad-1027_al-qaeda_the-majority-of-fighters-now-are-al-qaed_1976258.jpg) > [When you talk about Al-Qaeda it doesn't matter if he's Syrian or American or from Europe or from Asia or Africa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/when-you-talk-about-al-qaeda-it-doesn-t-matter-if-he-s-syrian-or/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/bashar-al-assad-1027_al-qaeda_when-you-talk-about-al-qaeda-it-doesn-t_729044.jpg) > [Any strike will be as direct support to Al-Qaeda offshoot that's called Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/any-strike-will-be-as-direct-support-to-al-qaeda-offshoot-that-s/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/bashar-al-assad-1027_al-qaeda_any-strike-will-be-as-direct-support-to_2331251.jpg) > [ You look at \[terrorists\] faces, they look foreigners, but where are they coming from ? How precise this estimate is difficult to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/you-look-at-terrorists-faces-they-look-foreigners-but-where-are-they/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc6/bashar-al-assad-1027_al-qaeda_you-look-at-terrorists-faces-they-look-f_343514.jpg) > [ This war \[in Syria\] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September. The… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/this-war-in-syria-is-going-to-support-al-qaeda-and-the-same-people/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/bashar-al-assad-1027_administration_this-war-in-syria-is-going-to-support-al_74280.jpg) > [Al-Qaeda has one ideology and they go back to the same leadership in Afghanistan or in Syria or in Iraq. That's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/al-qaeda-has-one-ideology-and-they-go-back-to-the-same-leadership-in/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/bashar-al-assad-1027_afghanistan_al-qaeda-has-one-ideology-and-they-go-ba_1321106.jpg) ## Other authors on Al qaeda ## More by Bashar al-Assad > [Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/lebanon-was-under-israeli-occupation-up-to-its-capital-but-we-did-not/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) > [I never rejected any responsibility, but that depends on the decision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/i-never-rejected-any-responsibility-but-that-depends-on-the-decision/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) > [If you are going to be a mediator or arbitrator you have to be in the middle between the two sides; you cannot take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/if-you-are-going-to-be-a-mediator-or-arbitrator-you-have-to-be-in-the/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) > [ The other thing we did as government is to open gates for the civilians to leave that \[ eastern part\] area \[in Aleppo\], and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-other-thing-we-did-as-government-is-to-open-gates-for-the/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) > [ This war \[in Syria\] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September. The second thing… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/this-war-in-syria-is-going-to-support-al-qaeda-and-the-same-people/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) > [Freedom and democracy are nothing but instruments, just like stability. The goal is called progress and growth. Anyone who puts freedom ahead of stability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/freedom-and-democracy-are-nothing-but-instruments-just-like-stability/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) > [ I will tell \[Barack Obama\] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/i-will-tell-barack-obama-very-simply-present-what-you-have-as/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) > [ \[Enemies of Syria\] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/enemies-of-syria-are-the-enemies-of-the-people-and-the-enemies-of-god/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) > [The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-problem-is-not-the-occupation-but-how-people-deal-with-it/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) > [The first question that I ask : do I have public support or not. That is the first question that I asked as President.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-first-question-that-i-ask-do-i-have-public-support-or-not-that-is/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) > [The criteria or the paradigm for us is not the West, not the Western paradigm, because the West has its own culture, we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-criteria-or-the-paradigm-for-us-is-not-the-west-not-the-western/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) > [ \[It is important\] to have stability and to have security, which means humanitarian equals fighting terrorists. You cannot talk about humanitarian aid and supporting… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/it-is-important-to-have-stability-and-to-have-security-which-means/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) > [Iran doesn't have any soldier in Syria, so how could Iran help me ?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/iran-doesn-t-have-any-soldier-in-syria-so-how-could-iran-help-me/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) > [Conversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/conversely-it-is-correct-to-say-that-bringing-about-peace-would-be/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) > [The hope for an American is different from the hope of a Syrian. For me, I should be the hope of the Syrian, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/the-hope-for-an-american-is-different-from-the-hope-of-a-syrian-for/) [Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bashar-al-assad/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/al-qaeda/bashar-al-assad/#itemlist", "name": "9 Al qaeda Quotes By Bashar al-Assad", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's not religious war, but Al-Qaeda always use religions, Islam - actually, as a pretext and as a cover and as a mantle for their war and for their terrorism and for their killing and beheading and so on.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bashar al-Assad" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bashar-al-assad/it-s-not-religious-war-but-al-qaeda-always-use-religions-islam/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/bashar-al-assad-1027_al-qaeda_it-s-not-religious-war-but-al-qaeda-alwa_1160095.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/bashar-al-assad-1027_al-qaeda_it-s-not-religious-war-but-al-qaeda-alwa_1160095.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/bashar-al-assad-1027_al-qaeda_it-s-not-religious-war-but-al-qaeda-alwa_1160095.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's not religious war, but Al-Qaeda always use religions, Islam - actually, as a pretext and as a cover and…” — Bashar al-Assad", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We didn't say that 80% [of terrorists], for example, or the majority or the vast majority, are foreigners. 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That's the question. You have tens of thousands of foreigners, that's definitely correct. 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