How many times were the Czechoslovaks forced to flee their homeland? How many times did people look, for what they feared was the last time, at the forests of Šumava or the banks of the Danube? Some managed to return. Some could not. Millions of people alive today still carry the price of that agonizing moment when they were forced to leave home.

Repression and persecution have taken many forms throughout history, even as the flags and slogans behind them changed. Everywhere, there have been resentful or opportunistic people, greedy for power, or simply conscienceless. And everywhere, dreamers have appeared who tried to change that — though rarely have they succeeded in realizing their vision.

According to the author of this appeal, one man in Syria came close.

The claim at the center of the appeal

The man she describes is not Jewish, but a committed Sunni Muslim — a figure who, in her account, decided that cooperation, peace, law, and equality were not merely useful diplomatic language but could serve as the foundation for genuine societal transformation. She writes that many people in his homeland embraced this idea.

The West, she argues, did not fully grasp it. Syria felt too distant — until the arrival of refugees on European shores made the crisis impossible to ignore. By then, in her telling, the first opportunity had already been lost. As the political field cleared, the man was forced to leave the country he had hoped to transform — a man, she says, behind whom many stood, some even taking up arms, beginning in their own regions to lay the foundations of what they hoped would become a new Syria.

He is now, in her words, a refugee — and the president of a Syrian government in exile.

The author’s appeal, in her words

The author writes that as some Western politicians began engaging with al-Sharaa’s government, Syria continued to collapse from within — securitywise and economically. In that vacuum, she says, the older dream of Abrahamic-style peace, development, and freedom resurfaced through the exile movement she supports, becoming, in her description, “a symbol of hope for Syrians and a nightmare for the terrorists in power.”

She writes that the man she calls “the bearer of goodness,” Jamal Sabbagh, has remained misunderstood by Western governments even in exile, yet continues — in her account — to confront adversity and speak for the aspirations of millions of Syrians.

“If he is handed over to Syria, he will not merely be killed by bullets, but tortured to death. All his secret contacts will be investigated, and all supporters of cooperation with the West will be executed. The hopes for Syrian democracy and cooperation with Europe will be assassinated with him.” Jud Alhasan, citing a conversation with Sheikh Nabil Saad

She warns that such an outcome would make the return of Syrian refugees even harder to achieve, or could trigger an entirely new wave of displacement. And she argues that no party — whoever it may be — should even entertain handing this man to those she describes as the terrorists reaching for him, warning that doing so would itself raise questions about whose interests were truly being served.

Her call to action

The appeal closes as a direct plea, addressed to anyone willing to listen:

“I ask you to spread this message. Everyone who can, I urge to reach out to journalists and other politicians, and to the German side. Help me build a dam to prevent this crime from happening. Suggest, act, think, move, and do not remain silent.” Jud Alhasan

Faith & Freedom News was unable to independently confirm the extradition proceedings, the identity of “Sheikh Nabil Saad,” or the operational status of the “Syrian government in exile” referenced in this appeal. We are publishing the author’s statement, translated from Arabic, because it reflects a documented and widely shared expression of concern within Syrian diaspora communities about the safety of political dissidents abroad — a subject of legitimate public interest regardless of whether every underlying claim can yet be verified.