@article{887956,
      recid = {887956},
      author = {Pierret, Thomas.},
      title = {Religion and state in Syria the Sunni Ulama from coup to  revolution / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge ;},
      pages = {xiii, 276 p.},
      year = {2013},
      note = {First published in French as Baas et islam en Syrie : la  dynastie Assad face aux Oulémas by Presses universitaires  de France 2011.},
      abstract = {"While Syria has been dominated since the 1960s by a  determinedly secular regime, the uprising that began there  in 2011 has raised many questions about the role of Islam  in the country's politics. This book, which is based on the  author,©„sÌÆ extensive fieldwork in Syria,©„sÌÆ mosques and  schools and on interviews with local Muslim scholars, is  the first comprehensive study of the country,©„sÌÆ  little-known religious scene and its most influential  actors, the ulama. It demonstrates that with the  eradication of the Muslim Brothers after the failed  insurrection of 1982, Sunni men of religion became the only  voice of the Islamic trend in the country. Through  educational programs, the establishment of charitable  foundations, and their deft handling of tribal and merchant  networks, they took advantage of popular disaffection with  secular ideologies to increase their influence over  society. In recent years, with the Islamic resurgence, the  Alawi-dominated Ba,©„tÌĐhist regime was compelled to bring  the clergy into the political fold. This ambiguous  relationship was exposed in 2011 by the division of the  Sunni clergy between regime supporters, bystanders, and  opponents. This book affords an entirely new perspective on  Syrian society as it stands at the crossroads of political  and social fragmentation"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/887956},
}