Ashes of Hama
Subtitle: the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria
By: Raphaël Lefèvre
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780199330621
Subjects: Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Syria); History
Description: "Little has been published on militant Islam in Syria since Hafez Assad's regime destroyed the Islamist movement in its stronghold of Hama in February 1982. This book bridges that gap by providing readers with the first comprehensive account of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood's history to date. In this ground-breaking account of Syria's most prominent, yet highly secretive, Islamist organisation, the author draws on previously untapped sources: the memoirs of former Syrian jihadists; British and American archives; and also a series of wide-ranging interviews with the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood's historical leaders as well as those who battled against them--many speaking on the record for the first time. Ashes of Hama uncovers the major aspects of the Islamist struggle: from the Brotherhood's radicalisation and its "jihad" against the Ba'athist regime and subsequent exile, to a spectacular comeback at the forefront of the Syrian revolution in 2011--a remarkable turnaround for an Islamist movement which all analysts had pronounced dead amid the ruins of Hama in 1982." --
Notes: "Published in the United Kingdom in 2013 by C. Hurst & Co."-- T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue -- -- Part I:; title: Politicizing Islam (1860-1963).; title: The emergence of a politicized Islam in Syria (1860-1944) --; title: Islam and democracy : the Muslim Brotherhood in post-independence Syria (1946-1963) -- -- Part II:; title: The Islamic opposition to Ba'athism (1963-1982).; title: The Islamic reaction to the Ba'athist Revolution --; title: "A minority cannot forever rule a majority" -- -- Part III:; title: The rise of jihadism in late 1970s Syria (1963-1982).; title: The radicalization of the Islamic movement (1963-1980) --; title: Endorsing jihad against the Ba'ath (1980-1982) -- -- Part IV:; title: Ashes of Hama : the Syrian Islamist movement since 1982.; title: Militant Islam after Hama --; title: Struggling for relevance : the Muslim Brotherhood's exile --; title: Uprisings in Syria : revenge on history --; title: Epilogue -- -- Appendix 1.; title: List of the successive leaders of Syria's Muslim Brotherhood --; title: Appendix 2.; title: Abdullah Azzam on the role of Marwan Hadid during the 1964 Hama riots -- -- Appendix 3.; title: Abdullah Azzam on Marwan Hadid's death -- -- Appendix 5.; title: Abu Musʼab al-Suri on the training tactic of al-Talia al-Muqatila -- -- Appendix 5.; title: Abu Musʼab al-Suri on the Battle of Hama in February 1982 -- -- Appendix 6.; title: The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood's most important statement regarding their evolution and their vision of Syria's future.