From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics
The Syrian regime unleashed unprecedented violence to suppress large-scale non-violent protests amid the Arab uprisings. Hundreds of armed groups formed throughout the country to defend the protesters and fight back. However, in contrast to other conflicts previously dominated by al-Qaeda and Islami...
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Oxford University Press
2024
Oxford University Press, Incorporated University of Oxford |
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- Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Arabic Transliteration -- Major Armed Groups and Coalitions -- 1 Introduction -- Jihadi Internal and External Institutionalisation -- Institutional Trajectories in Syria: Jihadi Politicisation and Radicalisation -- The Main Arguments -- The Politicisation of Jihad: Rationale, Scope, and Methodology -- Armed Conflicts, Jihadi Insurgencies, and Syria -- Overview of the Chapters -- 2 Creating an Insurgency -- Syrian Islamists under the Baathist Regime before 2011 -- The Militarisation of a Popular Uprising(s) -- Mobilising a Network of Islamist Entrepreneurs -- The Emergence of the Brigades that Formed Ahrar al-Sham -- The Early Geography of the Conflict -- Comparing Armed Groups' Specificities -- Ahrar al-Sham Takes the Initiative -- Conclusion -- 3 Expanding the Rebellion -- The Evolution of the Front Lines and Its Consequences -- Armed Groups and Jihadis Outside Northwest Syria -- Armed Groups' Strategies in the Northwest -- Ahrar al-Sham's Unique Strategy of Alliance -- Ahrar al-Sham's Internal and External Characteristics -- Conclusion -- 4 Uniting the Armed Opposition -- Synchronising the Rebellion Outside and Inside Syria -- The Bi-Polarisation of the Armed Opposition around Ahrar al-Sham and Jabhat al-Nusra -- The External Subjugation of the Armed Opposition -- Merging Remaining Opposition Forces in Political-Military Statelets -- Conclusion -- 5 Politicising Jihad -- The Pre-War Roots of Jihadi Revisionism -- The Structure of the War -- Competition between Jihadi Groups -- Ahrar al-Sham's Institutional Impediments to Politicisation -- The Dual Deadlocks of Power Politics and HTS's Ultimate Ascent -- Conclusion -- 6 Syria and the Future of Jihad -- The Lessons from Armed Groups' Trajectories in Syria
- The Future of Jihad -- Revisiting the So-Called Global War on Terror and Its Lasting Consequences -- Appendix Annex Methodology and Sources -- Sources -- Methodological Choices -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Annex: Methodology and Sources -- Bibliography -- Index