Radical Dreams
An in-depth investigation of the key actors in the Syrian revolution and jihad, featuring interviews with Syrian revolutionaries and Europeans who joined the jihad. Following the Syrian population’s uprising against the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad in 2011, the regime’s brutal repression drove ma...
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| description | An in-depth investigation of the key actors in the Syrian revolution and jihad, featuring interviews with Syrian revolutionaries and Europeans who joined the jihad. Following the Syrian population’s uprising against the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad in 2011, the regime’s brutal repression drove many revolutionaries to take up arms. The involvement of groups claiming political Islam, together with foreign interference, rendered the conflict increasingly opaque, culminating in the emergence of the Islamic State in 2014, which placed religion at the centre of a policy of terror. A small, misguided minority of young Europeans were drawn to join the revolution and carry out devastating suicide attacks in France and Belgium in 2015 and 2016. In seeking to make sense of these tragic events, ideological interpretations focusing on the ‘radicalisation’ of political Islam have often dominated public discourse. This is where the importance of this book lies: it draws on testimonies from key actors—Syrian revolutionaries and ‘jihad migrants’—collected by the author between 2015 and 2023 in the Middle East and Europe. The book explores how ordinary individuals experienced their commitments. These testimonies reveal the meaning they ascribed to their actions, from the initial peaceful mobilisation to revolutionary warfare. They illuminate the role of religious symbolism in the Syrian revolution and in the motives of approximately 2,500 young French and Belgian volunteers, largely from postcolonial immigrant backgrounds, who joined the revolution in the wake of the Arab Spring. Originally published in French by Éditions La Découverte (© 2023) and very well-received in the French media, Leuven University Press is pleased to make the updated English edition available to the global reader, thanks to the collaboration with UM6P Press (University Mohammed VI Polytechnic Press) based in Ben Guerir, Morocco. Translator: Steve Garner |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1766532026-06-04T06:35:42Z Radical Dreams Sakhi, Montassir The Syrian revolution The Arab Spring of 2011 Jihad Revolution and utopia Terrorism Islamic State Syria Irak Islam in France and Belgium thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRP Islam thema EDItEUR::L Law::LW Shariah law::LWK Shariah law: key topics and practice::LWKT Shariah law: Islamic rituals::LWKT2 Shariah law: Islamic rituals: jihad thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWL Terrorism, armed struggle thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PG Relating to religious groups::5PGP Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups An in-depth investigation of the key actors in the Syrian revolution and jihad, featuring interviews with Syrian revolutionaries and Europeans who joined the jihad. Following the Syrian population’s uprising against the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad in 2011, the regime’s brutal repression drove many revolutionaries to take up arms. The involvement of groups claiming political Islam, together with foreign interference, rendered the conflict increasingly opaque, culminating in the emergence of the Islamic State in 2014, which placed religion at the centre of a policy of terror. A small, misguided minority of young Europeans were drawn to join the revolution and carry out devastating suicide attacks in France and Belgium in 2015 and 2016. In seeking to make sense of these tragic events, ideological interpretations focusing on the ‘radicalisation’ of political Islam have often dominated public discourse. This is where the importance of this book lies: it draws on testimonies from key actors—Syrian revolutionaries and ‘jihad migrants’—collected by the author between 2015 and 2023 in the Middle East and Europe. The book explores how ordinary individuals experienced their commitments. These testimonies reveal the meaning they ascribed to their actions, from the initial peaceful mobilisation to revolutionary warfare. They illuminate the role of religious symbolism in the Syrian revolution and in the motives of approximately 2,500 young French and Belgian volunteers, largely from postcolonial immigrant backgrounds, who joined the revolution in the wake of the Arab Spring. Originally published in French by Éditions La Découverte (© 2023) and very well-received in the French media, Leuven University Press is pleased to make the updated English edition available to the global reader, thanks to the collaboration with UM6P Press (University Mohammed VI Polytechnic Press) based in Ben Guerir, Morocco. Translator: Steve Garner 2026-05-20T07:30:52Z 2026-05-20T07:30:52Z 2026-05-19T12:32:50Z 2026 book ONIX_20260519T105719_9789461667601_2 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/113117 9789461667601 9789461667595 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/176653 eng Islam, Culture, and Society open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/113117/1/9789461667595.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/113117/1/9789461667595.pdf Leuven University Press Leuven University Press 10.11116/9789461667601 10.11116/9789461667601 9e472607-bec3-4b15-ba3f-f05039722389 KU Leuven Open Book Collective 608fbdcb-bd0a-4d50-9a26-902224692f76 34730b2b-f0f8-4771-a0cf-2c2bba68cf92 9789461667601 9789461667595 Leuven University Press 310 Leuven [...] [...] open access |
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