Departing ‘Secularism’: boundary appropriation and extension of the Syrian state in the religious domain since 2011
@article{Aldoughli2020DepartingB, title={Departing ‘Secularism’: boundary appropriation and extension of the Syrian state in the religious domain since 2011}, author={Rahaf Aldoughli}, journal={British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies}, year={2020}, volume={49}, pages={360 - 385} }
ABSTRACT Despite the official secularity of the Syrian state, religion has always been a viable instrument used by the Baˈathist regime to consolidate its authority and legitimacy. Taking different historical trajectories ranging from confrontation to co-optation, the boundaries between state and religion have shifted to conflation in the post-2011 uprising. The official political rhetoric has become explicitly religious and anti-secular, ending an era of official secularity since the 1970s…
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