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 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2021
In:Year: 2021
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Keywords:
Ḥarakat al-Tawḥīd al-Islāmī (Lebanon) > History
Religious militants > Lebanon > Tripoli > History > 20th century
Islamic fundamentalism > Lebanon > Tripoli > History > 20th century
Jihad
Islam and politics > Lebanon > Tripoli > History > 20th century
Islam and state > Lebanon > Tripoli > History > 20th century
Sociology, Urban > Lebanon > Tripoli
Miliz
Dschihadismus
Militanz
Islam
Djihad
Ideologie
Religion
Lokalisation
Stadt
HISTORY / Middle East / General
Tripoli (Lebanon) > Social conditions
Lebanon > Politics and government > 1975-1990
Libanon
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