Violent Radical Movements in the Arab World
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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

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Title Page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Preface
  9. Foreword: Peter Sluglett and the Study of the Modern Middle East
  10. Introduction: Violent Non-State Actors in the Arab World – Some General Considerations
  11. 1 The Muslim Brotherhood and Violence: Porous Boundaries and Context
  12. 2 Understanding ISIS: The Interplay between Ideology and Context
  13. 3 Between Religion, Warfare and Politics: The Case of Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria
  14. 4 The 2007 Hamas–Fatah Conflict in Gaza and the Israeli–American Demands
  15. 5 Hezbollah and the Lebanese State: Indispensable, Unpredictable – Destabilizing?
  16. 6 When the State Becomes a Non-State: Yemen between the Huthis, Hirak and Al-Qaeda
  17. 7 Violent Non-State Actors in Somalia: Al-Shabab and the Pirates
  18. 8 ‘Being in Time’: Kurdish Movement and Quests of Universal
  19. Afterword
  20. Notes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index
  23. Copyright