Jihad in the city: militant Islam and contentious politics in Tripoli

Tawhid was a militant Islamist group which implemented Islamic law at gunpoint in the Lebanese city of Tripoli during the 1980s. In retrospect, some have called it "the first ISIS-style Emirate." Drawing on 200 interviews with Islamist fighters and their mortal enemies, as well as on a tro...

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Main Author: Lefèvre, Raphaël ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2021
In:Year: 2021
Further subjects:B Middle East / Generals / HISTORY
B Religious militants (Lebanon) (Tripoli) History 20th century
B Militia
B Lebanon Politics and government 1975-1990
B Dschihadismus
B Jihad
B Religion
B City
B Ḥarakat al-Tawḥīd al-Islāmī (Lebanon) History
B Islamic fundamentalism (Lebanon) (Tripoli) History 20th century
B Lebanon
B Sociology, Urban (Lebanon) (Tripoli)
B Militancy
B Islam
B Tripoli (Lebanon) Social conditions
B Islam and state (Lebanon) (Tripoli) History 20th century
B Ideology
B Islam and politics (Lebanon) (Tripoli) History 20th century
B Localization
Parallel Edition:Electronic