The bulk of the FSA is made up of Sunnis, including Islamists, but the official government body is at least nominally pro-religious freedom. Many Islamists even left the FSA and joined Al-Qaeda affiliate Jahbat al-Nusra, and the Islamic State, when the groups came into open conflict..<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/08/free-syrian-army-rebels-defect-islamist-group</ref> | The bulk of the FSA is made up of Sunnis, including Islamists, but the official government body is at least nominally pro-religious freedom. Many Islamists even left the FSA and joined Al-Qaeda affiliate Jahbat al-Nusra, and the Islamic State, when the groups came into open conflict..<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/08/free-syrian-army-rebels-defect-islamist-group</ref> |