HYBRID EVENT - All Jihad Is Local: the Micro-Politics of Militant Islamism in 1980s Lebanon and Beyond
Biography:

Raphaël Lefèvre investigates Islamist armed groups in the Middle East. His latest book is Jihad in the City: Militant Islamism and Contentious Politics in Tripoli (Cambridge University Press, 2021). He is also the author of Ashes of Hama, the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria (Oxford University Press, 2013). His PhD thesis which he did at the University of Cambridge was awarded the Bill Gates Sr Prize by the Gates Cambridge Trust and the Syrian Studies Association Prize.

Abstract:

“Militant Islamists are often assumed to be driven by global goals and transnational networks. But this narrative misses a crucial point: from Tawhid during the Lebanese civil war to Tahrir al-Sham in the current Syrian conflict, Islamist armed groups often seek to recruit and mobilize local communities not appealed by their religious ideology – certain tribes, social classes, and neighbourhoods. Why? How do they go about it? And to what extent, then, is all Islamist politics local?”
Date: 18 February 2022, 17:00
Venue: investcorp Lecture Theatre and ZOOM WEBINAR
Speaker: Raphael Lefevre (St.Antony's College)
Organising department: St Antony's College
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Part of: Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_suDVxZ8jSeCsKGFw1Y938A
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Stacey Churcher