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WHY ISLAMISM FAILED IN SYRIA Kostanian, Ararat
Journal of Terrorism Studies Vol. 5, No. 1
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The Arab Spring has not fulfilled the desires of millions of demonstrators in Middle East. The desires to see the expanded role of the civil society has been muted by the Islamists and particularly by the Muslim Brotherhood. The Article puts the focus on the failure of Islamism in Syria during the uprising for several reasons, such as the inability of the Muslim Brotherhood to shape a new leadership, and its rejectionist agenda that had nurtured skepticism by the opposition factions. Furthermore, the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood had been unable to change its political motivation and kept insisted on shifting the Syrian political system. Moreover, the failure of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria was its dependency on regional powers and its cooperation of the with the extremist groups has put them on the side of the terrorist groups and neutralized the argument that the West and precisely the US has been circulating for years as Muslim Brotherhood could be considered a moderate Islamist organization. This article reveals the identical ideology and strategy of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and the extremist groups in Syria which hasn’t been studied before in past-present context.
The Social and Political Life of Armenians in the Holy Land Kostanian, Ararat
Muslim Politics Review Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56529/mpr.v1i2.65

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A Palestinian Armenian: The Intertwine between the Social and the Political. Varsen Aghabekian. Dar al-Kalima University Press (2021)The Armenian presence in the Middle East, and in the Holy City in particular, goes back thousands of years. Armenians’ presence in the territory dates back to 420AD when they participated in the construction of St James (Sourp Hagop) Convent. By the sixth century, they had constructed sixty-six religious institutions in Jerusalem. Currently, they still play a big role in the social and religious life in the Holy Land, where the Armenian Quarter stands as the one of the essential religious and ethnic pillars of the old city next to the Muslim, Christian, and Jewish quarters. The Holy Land refers to Palestinian territory and some parts of Israel, an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Bank of the Jordan River. But this book is not solely about the history of the Armenians’ presence in Palestine. As reflected in its title, The Intertwine Between the Social and the Political, this book is about the past and the present of the Armenians of Palestine with implications about their future role in Palestinian nation-building.
Far Away but Similar: Peaceful Coexistence Models in Indonesia and Syria Kostanian, Ararat
Muslim Politics Review Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024)
Publisher : Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII)

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Successful social coexistence in countries with multiethnic and multireligious populations is rare. Scholars have used different approaches to find the theory that explains the key elements communities perform in reaching an environment of peaceful coexistence. In this regard, the previous theories give us a partial understanding of the successful peaceful existence amid rising conservatism in global scale. Drawing from Robert Putnam’s social capital theory, this article argues that peaceful coexistence in Syria and Indonesia has been successful due to several factors: the historical, trust and reciprocity, social network and the nationalist sentiment. The empirical research was done by analyzing academic, analytic, and historical data, conducting interviews, and fieldwork with community members in Syria and Indonesia.
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