From Jihad to Politics : How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drevon, Jerome.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jabhat al-Nuṣrah (Organization).

Ahrar al-Sham (Organization).

Jihad--Political aspects--Syria.

Jihad.

Islam and politics--Syria.

Islam and politics.

Islamic fundamentalism--Syria.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Syria--Politics and government--2000-.

Syria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2024.

Summary:

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.In From Jihad to Politics, Jerome Drevon offers a comprehensive examination of the Syrian armed opposition, tracing the emergence of Jihadi groups in the conflict, their increasing dominance, and their political transformation. Drawing upon extensive field research and interviews with Syrian insurgents in northwestern Syria and Turkey, Drevon demonstrates how the context of a local conflict can shape combatants groups' behavior in unexpected ways. Further, he marshals unique evidence from the Arab world's most intense conflict of this century to explain why the trajectory of the broader transnational Jihadi movement has altered course in recent years.

Contents:

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

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

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

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-776518-1

0-19-776519-X

0-19-776517-3

OCLC:

1432155580