The usual saying is “Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you.” – which is the opposite of what it says in the Cow.

It derives from the “Sermon on the Mount”, found in Matthew Chaper 5. The whole sermon is a good summary of the Jesus teachings. (Assuming Jesus existed as a real person, it is hardly likely to be a word-for-word report of an actual speech.)

The relevant passage goes:

“these is of the evil one.

Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.  And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.  And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him twain.  Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

 Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: 44 but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you; 45 that ye may be sons of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust. For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?  Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

Basically, the Gospels are the source of the idea of peaceful protest, which perhaps reached the Arabs via Ghandi.

and syria is 1 of 2 arab country that is secularized !!