The Sunni tragedy in the Middle East: Northern Lebanon from al-Qaeda to ISIS
Preface -- 1. North Lebanon in Bilad al-Sham -- 2. Defending an imagined Umma: the path to terrorism -- 3. The anti-Syrian movement: rebuilding a political scene -- 4. The Syrian response -- 5. Jihad and resistance in North Lebanon: the history of Fatah al-Islam -- 6. The failure to create a lasting...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton Oxford
Princeton University Press
[2015]
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | Princeton studies in Muslim politics
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lebanon
/ Sunnites
/ Civil war in Syria
/ Islamischer Staat
/ al-Qaida
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| Further subjects: | B
Lebanon
B al-Qaida B Sunnites B Islam and state (Lebanon) B Sunnites (Lebanon) B Islamischer Staat B Ummah (Islam) (Lebanon) B Civil war in Syria B Lebanon As-Samal (Lubnan) Sunnites Islam and politics Heiliger Krieg (Islam) Fatah al-Islam Syria Civil war |
| Summary: | Preface -- 1. North Lebanon in Bilad al-Sham -- 2. Defending an imagined Umma: the path to terrorism -- 3. The anti-Syrian movement: rebuilding a political scene -- 4. The Syrian response -- 5. Jihad and resistance in North Lebanon: the history of Fatah al-Islam -- 6. The failure to create a lasting support base for the Syrian insurrection -- Epilogue -- Conclusion -- Maps -- Glossary -- Index |
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| Item Description: | Literaturangaben. - Index |
| ISBN: | 0691170010 |