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The rise of islamism in contemporary Syria: from Muslim Brotherhood to Salafi-Jihadi rebels
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Abstract The world is currently witnessing a horrendous war in Bilad ash-Sham , that caused more than 110.000 victims. Bashar al-Assad is still in power after more than 2 years from the beginning of Syrian unrest, while the international community is divided on the form and legal basis of a possible foreign ... view more
The world is currently witnessing a horrendous war in Bilad ash-Sham , that caused more than 110.000 victims. Bashar al-Assad is still in power after more than 2 years from the beginning of Syrian unrest, while the international community is divided on the form and legal basis of a possible foreign intervention. This paper is however focused on a different issue. Respectively, it deals with the rise of contemporary Islamism in Syria, as long as this country has become an attractive location for Salafists from different Muslim and non-Muslim countries. Besides, this paper aims to draw attention to the propagation's speed of a very dangerous radical Islam represented by Salafist groups, whose evolution and directions in post-Assad period are dificult to predict.... view less
Keywords
islamism; Syria; minority; radicalization
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Sociology of Religion
Free Keywords
Muslimbruderschaft; Salafismus; Alawiten
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 549-560
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 13 (2013) 3
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works