Salafism in Lebanon - Local and Transnational Movements

Informationen zum Autor Zoltan Pall is a research fellow at the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore and a former Visiting Assistant Professor at the Gulf University of Science and Technology in Kuwait. He has done field work in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and taught at universities in the Netherlands, Kuwait and Indonesia. His main research interests include Salafism, the dynamics of Muslim transnational networks and Middle East-Southeast Asia relations. He published academic articles, book chapters and policy papers on these subjects. Pall's current project focuses on the activities of Kuwaiti Islamic charities in Cambodia and Indonesia. Klappentext Examines the entrenchment of Salafism in Lebanese society while also highlighting the movement's transnational links to the Persian Gulf. Zusammenfassung Zoltan Pall examines how Salafism! a globally significant Islamic movement! has entrenched itself in the religiously diverse Lebanese society and continues to reshape religious authority within the Sunni community. Appealing to scholars of Islamic and Middle East studies! the book provides a model to examine religious movements as networks transcending national borders. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The transformation of Salafism in the Gulf; 2. Salafi expansion in the 1990s; 3. The fragmentation of Salafism in northern Lebanon; 4. The authority of Salafi Shaykhs; 5. The structure of Lebanese Salafi networks at the local level; 6. Transnational networks of Lebanese Salafis; 7. Recruitment; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Zoltan Pall, Zoltan (National University of Singapore) Pall, Pall Zoltan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781108426886
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42688-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies; Cambridge Middle East Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Islam, Lebanon, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, International Relations, Religion & politics, Religion and Politics