Violent radical movements in the Arab world : the ideology and politics of non-state actors
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Violent radical movements in the Arab world : the ideology and politics of non-state actors
(Library of modern Middle East studies)
I.B. Tauris, 2019
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-235) and index
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Description
Violent non-state actors have become almost endemic to political movements in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. This book examines why they play such a key role and the different ways in which they have developed. Placing them in the context of the region, separate chapters cover the organizations that are currently active, including: The Muslim Brotherhood, The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra, Hamas, Hizbullah, the PKK, al-Shabab and the Huthis.
The book shows that while these groups are a new phenomenon, they also relate to other key factors including the 'unfinished business' of the colonial and postcolonial eras and tacit encouragement of the Wahhabi/Salafi/jihadi da'wa by some regional powers. Their diversity means violent non-state actors elude simple classification, ranging from 'national' and 'transnational' to religious and political movements. However, by examining their origins, their supporters and their motivations, this book helps explain their ubiquity in the region.
Table of Contents
Preface
Victor Kattan
Foreword: Peter Sluglett and the Study of the Modern Middle East
Toby Dodge
1. Introduction: Violent Non-State Actors in the Arab World: some General Considerations
Peter Sluglett
2. The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and Violence: Porous Boundaries and Context
Khalid Hroub
3. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: Ideology vs. Context
Hassan A. Barari
4. Between Religion, Warfare and Politics: the Case of Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria
Mohamed-Ali Adraoui
5. The 2007 Hamas-Fatah Conflict in Gaza and the Israeli-American Demands
Victor Kattan
6. Hizbullah and the Lebanese State: Indispensable, Unpredictable - Destabilizing?
Peter Sluglett
7. When the State becomes a Non-State: Yemen in the Huthi/Ali Abdullah Salih Alliance
Daniel Martin Varisco
8. Violent Non-State Actors in Somalia: al-Shabab and the Pirates
Afyare A. Elmi and Ruqaya Mohamed
9. "Being in Time": Kurdish Movement and Quests of Universal
Hamit Borzolan
Afterword
Abdullah Baabood
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