Syrian scholar and theologian Shaykh Sayyid Muhammad al-Yaqoubi discusses the situation in Syria and the prospects for democracy there.
Shaykh al-Yaqoubi recently helped form 'The National Body' which held dialogue with the SNC in Bulgaria and signed a joint Statement in the wake of the Houla massacre. Shaykh al-Yaqoubi is also an executive member of 'The Union of the Syrian Youth for Freedom' and head of the Shar'a office in the 'Military Council of Damascus'.