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Salafi-jihadists in Syria: A Social Movement Theory Analysis. [PDF]
, 2014 This study seeks to analyse the Salafi-jihadist movements Jabhat al- Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s presence, role and organisation in the current war afflicted Syria. By using theoretical and analytical pointers from social movement theory, this thesis will analyse material about the social movements, and the Syrian war in ...
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Egyptian Revolution: The Music of Reform [PDF]
, 2013 Overview: On January 31, 2013 National Public Radio (NPR) reporter Leila Fadel broadcasted an interview with Omar Kamal, devout Salafi turned beat boxer in Cairo, Egypt. Kamal was a drug addict and a drummer who decided he wanted more out of his life and
Herman, Clair
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Middle Powers and Limited Balancing: Syria and the Post‐October 7 Wars
Middle East Policy, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 120-133, Summer 2025.Abstract This article contends that to explain the grand strategies of states in the Middle East, we must employ the concept of middle powers. Analyzing the case of Syria between 2011 and 2021, it finds that these actors preferred a strategy of limited balancing against direct threats to their national security.
Chen Kertcher, Gadi Hitman
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Persepsi Masyarakat Terhadap Jemaah Salafi (Studi Tentang Tipologi dan Relasi Sosial Jemaah Salafi)
Jurnal Humanitas: Katalisator Perubahan dan Inovator PendidikanThe emergence of the Salafi movement in Indonesia, carrying the mission of purifying Islamic teachings, is always an interesting subject to study due to its teachings often conflicting with those of mainstream Islamic groups adhering to Ahlussunnah Wal ...
Abdurrohman Abdurrohman +3 more
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Between social contention and takfirism: the evolution of the Salafi-jihadi movement in Tunisia
Islamism and Social Movements in North Africa, the Sahel and Beyond, 2017 This article analyses the evolution of the international jihadi movement during the Arab uprisings. It is based on the case study of Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia, which emerged in 2011 and disappeared in 2013, after it went through a process of failed ...
F. Merone
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Iran's Annus Horribilis in 2024: Beaten, but Not Defeated
Middle East Policy, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 3-17, Summer 2025.Abstract Iran and the Axis of Resistance—the armed nonstate actors that it supports, plus the Assad regime in Syria—had a horrible 2024. Hamas and Hezbollah suffered heavy blows at the hands of Israel. Bashar al‐Assad's Syria, the only state among the Islamic Republic's regional partners, collapsed in December.
Thomas Juneau
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Gerakan Salafi Radikal dalam Konteks Islam Indonesia: Tinjauan Sejarah
Islamica: Jurnal Studi Keislaman, 2014 This paper is aimed at describing the advent and development of the radical Salafi movement in Indonesia. Historically speaking, such movement was originated in the Middle East especially in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria.
Zuly Qodir
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The Slavic-Orthodox community in Azerbaijan: the identity and social position of a once-dominant minority [PDF]
, 2016 Based on recent empirical findings and field observations, this article examines the Slavic-Orthodox community in Azerbaijan. Nowadays numbering about one and a half percent of the population, the main threat to its continuity is not persecution nor ...
De Cordier, Bruno
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Religious authority in the urban mosque
American Ethnologist, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 159-170, May 2025.Abstract In Eastern Indonesia, young male Islamic activists articulate a notion of religious authority that reorients community life toward neighborhood mosques. By providing local communities with Qur'anic classes and religious services, these activists—affiliated with Indonesia's largest Salafi organization—have created a network of spaces in which ...
Chris Chaplin
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Salafism, State Recognition and Local Tension: New Trends in Islamic Education in Lombok
Ulumuna, 2017 This paper explores the role of Salafi formal schools in the increasing influence and proliferation of Salafism in Lombok, East Indonesia, alongside the impacts of this process on educational culture and broader social contexts.
Saparudin Saparudin
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