The Religious Roots of the Syrian Conflict [electronic resource] : The Remaking of the Fertile Crescent / by Mark Tomass.
Series: Twenty-First Century Perspectives on War, Peace, and Human ConflictPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016Description: XIII, 281 p. online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781137525710
- Political science
- Islam
- Religion and sociology
- Ethnology -- Middle East
- Middle East -- Politics and government
- International relations
- Area studies
- Political Science and International Relations
- International Relations
- Middle Eastern Politics
- Middle Eastern Culture
- Area Studies
- Social Aspects of Religion
- Islam
- 327 23
- JZ2-6530

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Explores the historical origins of Syria's religious sects and their dominance of the Syrian social scene. It identifies their distinct beliefs and relates how the actions of the religious authorities and political entrepreneurs acting on behalf of their sects expose them to sectarian violence, culminating in the dissolution of the nation-state.