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Religious Trends within the Syrian Civil War : an Analysis of Religion as a Dynamic and Integral Part of the Conflict
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/46157 Religious Trends within the Syrian Civil War : an Analysis of Religion as a Dynamic and Integral Part of the Conflict Beyers, Jaco Kerrin, Jonathan D. UCTD Syrian civil war Sunnī Muslims Religious violence Religious intolerance Minority groups Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2014. The civil war that started in Syria in 2011 began as a series of political disputes between government forces and opposition groups. Tension mounted when citizens of Syria called for their president, Bashar al-Assad, to step down from power. When government forces resisted the will of the people, and instead used force against them, the country descended into all-out war. Two distinct groups surfaced in opposition to one another, with opposition rebels fighting against the Syrian regime. But as the war progressed these two groups began to display religious characteristics. Opposition groups began to represent a Sunnī Muslim rebel force, while regime forces where represented by the Alawite sect, and as the war continued elements of jihādism began to surface within the fighting. Syria’s sectarian rifts began to reveal themselves as religious factions became more involved in the fighting. These rifts are a result of centuries of violence and tension between Sunnī Muslim and Alawites in the country. Their theological beliefs differ extensively from one another, and over the course of history these differences have led to clashes between the two groups. The study looks at the historical interactions between Sunnī Muslims and the Alawites in Syria, and identifies the theological differences between the two groups. The study then uses these two elements to understand the religious violence that Syria is experiencing, and why such intolerance is happening between the religious factions of the country. tm2015 Science of Religion and Missiology MA Unrestricted 2015-07-02T11:07:00Z 2015-07-02T11:07:00Z 2015/04/28 2014 Dissertation Kerrin, JD 2014, Religious Trends within the Syrian Civil War : an Analysis of Religion as a Dynamic and Integral Part of the Conflict, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46157> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46157 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Syrian civil war Sunnī Muslims Religious violence Religious intolerance Minority groups Religious Trends within the Syrian Civil War : an Analysis of Religion as a Dynamic and Integral Part of the Conflict |
| title | Religious Trends within the Syrian Civil War : an Analysis of Religion as a Dynamic and Integral Part of the Conflict |
| title_full | Religious Trends within the Syrian Civil War : an Analysis of Religion as a Dynamic and Integral Part of the Conflict |
| title_fullStr | Religious Trends within the Syrian Civil War : an Analysis of Religion as a Dynamic and Integral Part of the Conflict |
| title_full_unstemmed | Religious Trends within the Syrian Civil War : an Analysis of Religion as a Dynamic and Integral Part of the Conflict |
| title_short | Religious Trends within the Syrian Civil War : an Analysis of Religion as a Dynamic and Integral Part of the Conflict |
| title_sort | religious trends within the syrian civil war an analysis of religion as a dynamic and integral part of the conflict |
| topic | UCTD Syrian civil war Sunnī Muslims Religious violence Religious intolerance Minority groups |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46157 |