Residents of Saydnaya are campaigning against the media's use of "Saydnaya Prison" to refer to a nearby military facility, arguing that it misrepresents their city's identity as a historic pilgrimage site and infringes on its legacy of peaceful coexistence, as the prison is geographically separate from the town itself. #Saydnaya #CulturalIdentity #ReligiousCoexistence #SY #JO #PS #IL
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Saydnaya residents demand links to notorious Syrian prison must end
Residents of Saidnaya reject linking the town to a nearby military prison, saying the label damages its identity as a city that is home to miracles and a sacred shrine and obscures its actual history of peaceful coexistence.
