Christians and Aleppo: A moral dilemma

Aleppo is home to a handful of venerable congregations, so you might expect Christian leaders to comment on the horrific events there and in Syria generally. But their reactions have been muffled and contradictory—with good reason. Syria’s church leaders look to Bashar al-Assad as their protector. By calling for his removal, their Western colleagues would risk sounding a death-knell for fellow Christians, writes our religion columnist