Inside Salafi-Jihadist Governance by Marta Furlan - 9780231219860

Inside Salafi-Jihadist GovernanceThe Strategies and Characteristics of Islamist Insurgent Rule\nAuthor(s): Marta Furlan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Columbia University Press, United States\nImprint: Columbia University Press\nISBN-13: 9780231219860, 978-0231219860\nSynopsis\nIn the years following the Arab Spring, a number of Islamist insurgent groups conquered swaths of territory across the Middle East and North Africa and began governing civilian populations. These groups have been faced with the complexities of administering justice, collecting taxes, and providing public services such as health care and education. How do Salafi-jihadist armed groups, which typically claim to be committed to ideological purity, approach administration, and what does this reveal about rule by insurgent forces?\n\nThis book is a groundbreaking comparative exploration of Salafi-jihadist governance, drawing on in-depth case studies of the Islamic State in western Iraq and eastern Syria, Hayat Tahrir.