pt. I. Politicizing Islam (1860-1963). 1. The emergence of a politicized Islam in Syria (1860-1944) : The "Damascus school": the Salafiyya movement in Syria ; Politicizing Islam: the rise of the "Islamic populists"
2. Islam and democracy: the Muslim Brotherhood in post-independence Syria (1946-1963) : Egyptian roots ; The Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood ; Competing for power in Syria's parliamentary democracy ; Defending Islam with pragmatism ; "'Islamic socialism': a Muslim drink in a Marxist cup" ; Losing ground to the Ba'ath Party
pt. II. The Islamic opposition to Ba'athism (1963-1982). 3. The Islamic reaction to the Ba'athist Revolution : A clash of ideologies ; A clash of constituencies ; The ideological failure of Ba'athism ; Urban uprisings
4. "A minority cannot forever rule a majority" : Sunnis and Alawis: a history of mistrust ; The "revenge of a minority"? ; The "Alawization" of the Syrian regime: myth or reality? ; Atmosphere of sectarian civil war
pt. III. The rise of jihadism in late 1970s Syria (1963-1982). 5. The radicalization of the Islamic movement (1963-1980) : The moderation of the Damascus Ikhwan ; The split in the "Damascus wing" ; The radicalization of the Islamic movement ; Birth of an extremist organization: the fighting vanguard
6. Endorsing jihad against the Ba'ath (1980-1982) : State repression ; The Muslim Brotherhood's jihad ; A last stand: the Hama uprising ; A "Camp David conspiracy"?
pt. IV. Ashes of Hama: the Syrian Islamist movement since 1982. 7. Militant Islam after Hama : Al-Qaeda: the Syrian connection ; The Syrian mukhabarat and radical Islam: a blowback? ; Taming political Islam
8. Struggling for relevance: the Muslim Brotherhood's exile : Divided between the "Hama clan" and the "Aleppo faction" ; Back to basics: the ideological evolution ; Engaging with the Syrian opposition
10. Uprisings in Syria: revenge on history : Fostering Islamic radicalization ; The Brotherhood's rebirth from ashes ; Back to Syria: opportunities and challenges
Appendixes : 1. List of the successive leaders of Syria's Muslim Brotherhood ; 2. Abdullah Azzam on the role of Marwan Hadid during the 1964 Hama riots ; 3. Abdullah Azzam on Marwan Hadid's death ; 5. Abu Musʼab al-Suri on the training tactic of al-Talia al-Muqatila ; 5. Abu Musʼab al-Suri on the Battle of Hama in February 1982 ; 6. The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood's most important statement regarding their evolution and their vision of Syria's future.
