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020			_a9781139207720 (ebook)
020			_z9781107026414 (hardback)
020			_z9781107609907 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aDS95.5 _b.P5413 2013
082	0	0	_a322/.1095691 _223
100	1		_aPierret, Thomas, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aReligion and State in Syria : _bThe Sunni Ulama from Coup to Revolution / _cThomas Pierret.
246	3		_aReligion & State in Syria
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (296 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCambridge Middle East Studies ; _v41
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aWhile Syria has been dominated since the 1960s by a determinedly secular regime, the 2011 uprising has raised many questions about the role of Islam in the country's politics. This book demonstrates that with the eradication of the Muslim Brothers after the failed insurrection of 1982, Sunni men of religion became the only voice of the Islamic trend in the country. Through educational programs, charitable foundations and their deft handling of tribal and merchant networks, they took advantage of popular disaffection with secular ideologies to increase their influence over society. In recent years, with the Islamic resurgence, the Alawi-dominated Ba'thist regime was compelled to bring the clergy into the political fold. This relationship was exposed in 2011 by the division of the Sunni clergy between regime supporters, bystanders and opponents. This book affords a new perspective on Syrian society as it stands at the crossroads of political and social fragmentation.
650		0	_aḤizb al-Baʻth al-ʻArabī al-Ishtirākī (Syria)
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107026414
830		0	_aCambridge Middle East Studies ; _v41.
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139207720
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37109 _d37109