The rise of islamism in contemporary Syria: from Muslim Brotherhood to Salafi-Jihadi rebels

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

The world is currently witnessing a horrendous war in Bilad ash-Sham , that caused more than 110.000 victims. Bashar al-Assad is still in power after more than 2 years from the beginning of Syrian unrest, while the international community is divided on the form and legal basis of a possible foreign intervention. This paper is however focused on a different issue. Respectively, it deals with the rise of contemporary Islamism in Syria, as long as this country has become an attractive location for Salafists from different Muslim and non-Muslim countries. Besides, this paper aims to draw attention to the propagation's speed of a very dangerous radical Islam represented by Salafist groups, whose evolution and directions in post-Assad period are dificult to predict.

Object Details

• ISSN: 1582-4551
• Extent: Seite(n): 549-560
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 13(3)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Politikwissenschaft ; Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Religionssoziologie ; politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur ; Islamismus ; Syrien ; Minderheit ; Radikalisierung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cepoi, Ecaterina
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2013

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-447331
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST