The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the video tape attributed to the Syrian “Ansar Brigade” threatening to storm the Christian Mahrada and Sqailbiyeh towns in northern Hama. The General Secretariat strongly denounced threats against Syrian Christian citizens who have equal rights to security, welfare and decent life like other compatriots of theirs regardless of their religion of race. This threat of attack is against the teachings of Islam which call for tolerance, brotherhood and peace and shun violence. The General Secretariat also warns against a slide towards a sectarian dimension in the Syrian crisis because the Syrian people are one and their country is a place where all sects and races have coexisted for ages.