Why did the Syrian Uprising Become a Sectarian Conflict? A Provisional Synthesis
When the Syrian uprising broke out in February 2011, protesters voiced a broad range of grievances. Prominent among these were complaints about pervasive corruption and the regime's failure to respect the rights of citizens. Even after the uprising took a turn toward violent contention, religio...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2020
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Politics, religion & ideology
Jahr: 2020, Band: 21, Heft: 2, Seiten: 216-231 |
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Sectarianization
B Muslim Brothers B uprising B contention B Syria |
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| Zusammenfassung: | When the Syrian uprising broke out in February 2011, protesters voiced a broad range of grievances. Prominent among these were complaints about pervasive corruption and the regime's failure to respect the rights of citizens. Even after the uprising took a turn toward violent contention, religious rhetoric and symbolism played only an instrumental role in mobilizing popular discontent. As the uprising persisted, however, anti-regime activism started to exhibit a distinctly sectarian character, and by the autumn of 2012 the revolt had become predominantly Islamist. Why this crucial transformation took place merits re-examination. Four factors provide a more compelling explanation for the eclipse of the non-sectarian opposition: the replacement of the principles of Ba'thi socialism by Islamic notions of social justice; rivalry between the extensive network of Islamic charitable associations and radical Islamists; alliance dynamics among anti-regime forces; and the peculiar circumstances in which peaceful protest transformed into armed struggle in Syria's north-central provinces. |
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| ISSN: | 2156-7697 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Politics, religion & ideology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/21567689.2020.1763318 |