Ashes of Hama : The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- PART I: POLITICIZING ISLAM (1860-1963) -- 1. The Emergence of a Politicized Islam in Syria (1860-1944) -- The "Damascus school": the Salafiyya movement in Syria -- Politicizing Islam: the rise of the "Islamic populists" -- 2. Islam and Democracy: The Muslim Brotherhood in Postindependence Syria (1946-1963) -- Egyptian roots -- The Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood -- Competing for power in Syria's parliamentary democracy -- Defending Islam with pragmatism -- "'Islamic socialism': a Muslim drink in a Marxist cup" -- Losing ground to the Ba'ath Party -- PART II: THE ISLAMIC OPPOSITION TO BA'ATHISM (1963-1982) -- 3. The Islamic Reaction to the Ba'athist Revolution -- A clash of ideologies -- A clash of constituencies -- The ideological failure of Ba'athism -- Urban uprisings -- 4. "A Minority Cannot Forever Rule a Majority" -- Sunnis and Alawis: a history of mistrust -- The "revenge of a minority"? -- The "Alawization" of the Syrian regime: myth or reality? -- Atmosphere of sectarian civil war -- PART III: THE RISE OF JIHADISM IN LATE 1970s SYRIA (1963-1982) -- 5. The Radicalization of the Islamic Movement (1963-1980) -- The moderation of the Damascus Ikhwan -- The split in the "Damascus wing" -- The radicalization of the Islamic movement -- Birth of an extremist organization: the Fighting Vanguard -- 6. Endorsing Jihad Against The Ba'ath (1980-1982) -- State repression -- The Muslim Brotherhood's jihad -- A last stand: the Hama uprising -- A "Camp David conspiracy"? -- PART IV: ASHES OF HAMA: THE SYRIAN ISLAMIST MOVEMENT SINCE 1982 -- 7. Militant Islam After Hama -- Al-Qaeda: the Syrian connection -- The Syrian mukhabarat and radical Islam: a blowback? -- Taming political Islam -- 8. Struggling for Relevance: The Muslim Brotherhood's Exile.

Divided between the "Hama clan" and the "Aleppo faction" -- Back to basics: the ideological evolution -- Engaging with the Syrian opposition -- 9. Uprisings in Syria: Revenge on History -- Fostering Islamic radicalization -- The Brotherhood's rebirth from ashes -- Back to Syria: opportunities and challenges -- Epilogue -- APPENDICES -- Appendix 1: List of the successive leaders of Syria's Muslim Brotherhood -- Appendix 2: Abdullah Azzam on the role of Marwan Hadid during the 1964 Hama riots -- Appendix 3: Abdullah Azzam on Marwan Hadid's death -- Appendix 4: Abu Mus'ab al-Suri on the training tactic of al-Talia al-Muqatila -- Appendix 5: Abu Mus'ab al-Suri on the Battle of Hama in February 1982 -- Appendix 6: The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood's most important statement regarding their evolution and their vision of Syria's future -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z.

An insight into Syria's most influential Islamist movement and how its rebirth from the ashes of history is shaping the conflict in Syria. The author draws on previously untapped sources, including interviews with the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood.

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