ISBN:
9781788319775
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1786726300
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1786736365
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9781786726308
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9781786736369
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9781788314312
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9781788319768
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also published in print
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.484
Keywords:
Islam and politics
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Radicalism
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Preface Victor Kattan -- Foreword: Peter Sluglett and the Study of the Modern Middle East Toby Dodge -- 1. Introduction: Violent Non-State Actors in the Arab World: some General Considerations / Peter Sluglett -- 2. The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and Violence: Porous Boundaries and Context Khalid Hroub -- 3. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: Ideology vs. Context / Hassan A. Barari -- 4. Between Religion, Warfare and Politics: the Case of Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria / Mohamed-Ali Adraoui -- 5. The 2007 Hamas-Fatah Conflict in Gaza and the Israeli-American Demands / Victor Kattan -- 6. Hizbullah and the Lebanese State: Indispensable, Unpredictable - Destabilizing? / Peter Sluglett -- 7. When the State becomes a Non-State: Yemen in the Huthi/Ali Abdullah Salih Alliance / Daniel Martin Varisco -- 8. Violent Non-State Actors in Somalia: al-Shabab and the Pirates / Afyare A. Elmi and Ruqaya Mohamed -- 9. 'Being in Time': Kurdish Movement and Quests of Universal / Hamit Borzolan -- Afterword / Abdullah Baabood.
Abstract:
"Violent non-state actors have become almost endemic to political movements in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. This book examines why they play such a key role and the different ways in which they have developed. Placing them in the context of the region, separate chapters cover the organizations that are currently active, including: The Muslim Brotherhood, The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra, Hamas, Hizbullah, the PKK, al-Shabab and the Huthis. The book shows that while these groups are a new phenomenon, they also relate to other key factors including the 'unfinished business' of the colonial and postcolonial eras and tacit encouragement of the Wahhabi/Salafi/jihadi da'wa by some regional powers. Their diversity means violent non-state actors elude simple classification, ranging from 'national' and 'transnational' to religious and political movements. However, by examining their origins, their supporters and their motivations, this book helps explain their ubiquity in the region."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
DOI:
10.5040/9781788319775
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