{"id":459,"date":"2007-11-02T23:33:42","date_gmt":"2007-11-02T23:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/?p=459"},"modified":"2007-11-03T20:56:55","modified_gmt":"2007-11-03T20:56:55","slug":"everyday-jihad-by-bernard-rougier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/everyday-jihad-by-bernard-rougier\/","title":{"rendered":"“Everyday Jihad,” by Bernard Rougier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nur al-Cubicle<\/a> has this to say about the new book everyone is talking about. I have ordered it.<\/p>\n

Everyday Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam among Palestinians in Lebanon<\/font><\/a><\/strong> by Bernard Rougier<\/span> <\/p>\n

\n

Dear Joshua.<\/p>\n

I wish I were not so #&*% busy, I'd like to write a proper book review.<\/p>\n

Anyway here's what I learned from the book by Bernard Rougier, Le Jihad Quotidien<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It is inconceivable that the "Jihadists" of Nahr el-Bared were in any way sponsored by the Syrians. Indeed, both Nahr el-Bared and Aïn el-Héloué were special Syrian preserves where the Syrians attempted with some success to discredit the PLO and Fatah.<\/p>\n

Unlike the others, these two camps were allowed "construction materials and equipment" and portraits of Assad and his father replaced those of Arafat in the souks. The Syrians also launched several anti-Jihadist intelligence initiatives to keep tabs on the SCORES of Palestinians who had gone to Peshawar\/Afghanistan and come back. Those camps are, effectively, Peshawar West. <\/p>\n

The departure of the Syrians took the lid off the boiling pot. Jumblatt, who rages about Syrian responsibility for the Jihadist mini-uprising is obviously lying IMHO.<\/p>\n

Also, I learned that Rafik Hariri was in big trouble with the Islamic community at large for passing a number of laws restricting who could elect the mufti of Lebanon (from hundreds to a handful of persons). He also hanged three young men for the assassination of an Abash figure (the Islamic charity run by Syrian intelligence but _forbidden_ in Syria) much to the displeasure, again, of the Lebanese Islamic community. <\/p>\n

I have much much more to cover, including the recruiting bureaus for Jihad against the Russians in Afghanistan (actually the author points out that the Jihadists in fact went combat the impious marxist Afghanis) and the fact radical Islamists (among whom there must have certainly been al-Qaeda operatives) used on hold conferences in_Chicago_ in the 1990's. Heh.<\/p>\n

I'll see if in the next couple of weeks I can put together something more coherent. The book's narrative is quite complex. But I wanted to reply to the Nahr el-Bared question, as Jumblatt is waving the bloody rag again.<\/p>\n

 I highly recommend the book.<\/p>\n

 Regards,  Nur<\/p>\n

Book info: "Le Jihad au Quotidien" by Bernard Rougier. Publisher: Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 2004 Available from www.amazon.fr<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

in English: Everyday Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam among Palestinians in Lebanon<\/font><\/a><\/strong> by Bernard Rougier. $19 at Amazon. "BTW, the English version is more comprehensive and has a new final chapter," writes T-desco.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brief bio on the author : Mr. Rougier, who is fluent in Arabic, holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and lectured on Political Sociology and International Relations at St. Joseph University, Beirut, from 1996 to 2002, the period during which the research for the book was conducted. He is now a research fellow at the French Intitute for the Middle East in Amman, Jordan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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