Jihad in the city: militant Islam and contentious politics in Tripoli
Tawhid was a militant Islamist group which implemented Islamic law at gunpoint in the Lebanese city of Tripoli during the 1980s. In retrospect, some have called it "the first ISIS-style Emirate." Drawing on 200 interviews with Islamist fighters and their mortal enemies, as well as on a tro...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge New York
Cambridge University Press
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Further subjects: | B
Middle East / Generals / HISTORY
B Religious militants (Lebanon) (Tripoli) History 20th century B Militia B Lebanon Politics and government 1975-1990 B Dschihadismus B Jihad B Religion B City B Ḥarakat al-Tawḥīd al-Islāmī (Lebanon) History B Islamic fundamentalism (Lebanon) (Tripoli) History 20th century B Lebanon B Sociology, Urban (Lebanon) (Tripoli) B Militancy B Islam B Tripoli (Lebanon) Social conditions B Islam and state (Lebanon) (Tripoli) History 20th century B Ideology B Islam and politics (Lebanon) (Tripoli) History 20th century B Localization |
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| Summary: | Tawhid was a militant Islamist group which implemented Islamic law at gunpoint in the Lebanese city of Tripoli during the 1980s. In retrospect, some have called it "the first ISIS-style Emirate." Drawing on 200 interviews with Islamist fighters and their mortal enemies, as well as on a trove of new archival material, Raphaël Lefèvre provides a comprehensive account of this Islamist group. He shows how they featured religious ideologues determined to turn Lebanon into an Islamic Republic, yet also included Tripolitan rebels of all stripes, neighbourhood strongmen with scores to settle, local subalterns seeking social revenge and profit-driven gangsters, who each tried to steer Tawhid's exercise of violence to their advantage. Providing a detailed understanding of the multifaceted processes through which Tawhid emerged in 1982, implemented its "Emirate" and suddenly collapsed in 1985, this is a story that shows how militant Islamist groups are impacted by their grand ideology as much as by local contexts - with crucial lessons for understanding social movements, rebel groups and terrorist organizations elsewhere. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturhinweise, Register |
| ISBN: | 1108426263 |