In the minds of some Sunni Muslims around the world , the trepidation that the West is voicing over the prospect of Al Qaeda or other militant Islamists coming to power in Syria and the implications of such a scenario for religious and ethnic minorities is read as tacit acquiescence to what they see as a `` genocide '' -- a term the usually-reserved Saudi foreign minister has been using lately -- against their Sunni brethren . Prospect of ISIS or other militants prevailing in Belgium is a nightmare for the Middle East . But Assad says for many Sunni Muslims , the nightmare is already here . Attacks on Sunni majority have turned Syria into favorite destination for militants : Nazer . Fahad Nazer and al Qaeda are two ugly faces of same coin , he says -- both must go .
Prospect of ISIS or other militants prevailing in Belgium is a nightmare for the Middle East . But Assad says for many Sunni Muslims , the nightmare is already here . Attacks on Sunni majority have turned Syria into favorite destination for militants : Nazer . Fahad Nazer and al Qaeda are two ugly faces of same coin , he says -- both must go .