Under the Black Flag: At the Frontier of the New Jihad, by Sami Moubayed

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The Islamic State movement (ISIS/ISIL/IS) burst onto the world stage in 2014. From its heartland in Syria, where it arose from the chaos of the Syrian Revolt, the organisation has expanded in ideology and membership and now poses a significant threat to the region, if not to the wider world. Moubayed, a Beirut-based journalist who has been analysing Syria and the region for 20 years, has unrivalled access to the movement and its participants. His book is the first inside account of an organisation which has dominated the headlines with a dangerous mix of barbarity and military prowess. In looking at the historical background of ISIS: where it came from, how it evolved, where it stands today and what its aims are for the future to reveal, it will provide, for the first time, a fully-fledged picture of what lies at the heart of the Islamic State.

Under the Black Flag: At the Frontier of the New Jihad, by Sami Moubayed

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• Published on: 2015-09-29
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Under the Black Flag: At the Frontier of the New Jihad, by Sami Moubayed

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'He is a brave man, and knows it...In his scandalously under-reviewed but deeply revealing new book, Moubayed details all of Isis's cruel and inhuman punishments and executions war crimes indeed but is intent on placing them in the context of a very bloody history.'

(Robert Fisk, Independent)

'Sami Moubayed has written a must-read book. As a Syrian historian, Moubayed astutely explores the rise of the Islamic State first by tracking the historical origins of its ideology. He then smoothly takes the reader to the vivid details of life on the ground to explain how ISIS grew and established its so-called state. It is a perfect way to elucidate this complex phenomenon.'

(Hassan Hassan, author of ISIS: Inside the New Army of Terror)

'Sami Moubayed's new book on ISIS is a great read. It is the best introduction to ISIS so far. He neither loses the reader in a cascade of foreign names nor overwhelms them with detail. What Moubayed does do with consummate skill is provide essential background and history to understand why Syria fell apart and where ISIS came from. Sami is the premier Syrian historian of his generation writing in English. He comes from an illustrious Damascene Sunni family and continues to live much of the year in Damascus, which gives him a unique and valuable perspective on events unfolding in his region.'

(Joshua Landis, author of Syria Comment)

'fascinating... offer[s] a chillingly detailed portrait of how Daesh and its leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi have come very far from their origins in Al Qaida...detailed descriptions... meticulous research...the book is full of bizarre anecdotes which bring life under Daesh to life...Perhaps the most startling idea in this valuable book comes in its conclusion, where Moubayed takes several pages to describe how durable the Daesh state has made itself...A remarkable end to a very informed and interesting book

(Francis Matthew, Gulf News)

'short and succinct... his [Moubayed s] academic specialisms put him in good stead to understand the creation of Daesh in its interwoven threads...The chapters on leadership are particularly instructive...Moubayed has done well to get access...He makes colourful asides which take his book beyond the status of a superficial history.'

(Peter Smith, Quadrapheme)superb book, which describes precisely what life is like in the hell on Earth created by the zealots of Raqqa --

(Matthew D Ancona, Guardian)

'Moubayed's book goes straight to the front of the queue as an excellent account of the wider politics that has created the conditions in which ISIS has flourished...Moubayed should be congratulated for breadth and scope of his interviews and research. He's put together a must-read on this all too topical and under-researched subject.'

(James Denselow, Huffington Post)

About the Author Sami Moubayed is a Syrian historian and journalist. From 2012 to 2013, he was a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, Lebanon. His articles on Middle East affairs have appeared in a variety of newspapers, including al-Ahram Weekly, al-Hayat, Gulf News, The Daily Star, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and Asia Times. He is a blogger with The Huffington Post and an online panelist with The Washington Post.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Moubayed reveals that the recent emergence of firebrand groups of Islam like ISIS is not a new phenomenon By Joe Schaaf A superb read for Muslims and non-Muslims seeking to trace to their ancient Islamic roots the ideological underpinnings of ISIS and other groups around the world adopting the ISIS branding. Moubayed weaves a fluid and concise narrative illuminating the complexities of historical Islam and connecting them to modern day manifestations. Shedding light on the challenges the Muslim world has faced throughout history to establish a legitimate Caliphate and Islamic State, Moubayed reveals that the recent emergence of firebrand groups of Islam like ISIS is not a new phenomenon. Moubayed offers unsettling yet important insights into what—and who—has fueled the recent rise of global jihadism. A highly accessible read, particularly for the layperson seeking to fully understand what drives the rhetoric of political Islam and conservative Muslim societies.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An excellent and detailed look at the various factions and ethnicities ... By T.S. Fischer An excellent and detailed look at the various factions and ethnicities that make up ISIS in the Syria-Iraq region, and the worldwide movement of radical jihad that they've inspired. The author was a professor in Damascus for years and his knowledge of the culture and the players isn't some high-level think tank writer sitting comfortably in the West writing about this group - instead you can tell he's got the street connections and credibility that goes with it as he interviews ISIS members and lays out the history of radical Islamists wanting a Muslim Caliphate. Excellent read and an essential overview of ISIS.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The Islamic State Dissected & Placed in Context of Modern and Pre-Modern Political Islam. By mirasreviews Sami Moubayed is a Syrian historian and Beirut-based journalist specializing in pre-Baathist Syria. In “Under the Black Flag”, he turns his attention to the history of Islamism in Syria and the rise of the Islamic State, which led to the current civil war. Moubayed writes in English, so this is not a translation. In his own words: “This book will delve into the ideological foundations of the Islamic State and the caliphate, taking the reader from the late Ottoman era up to the present.” Moubayed explains where the Islamic State came from, “how it has flourished, and where it might be heading.” He digs into the personalities involved, rivalries, finances, life under the Islamic State, who the soldiers are and where they came from. A history of Islamism in (mostly) Syria in ten chapters.First the author introduces us to the history of Muslim caliphs and the quest for a more pious, purer Islam that was the foundation of modern Wahhabism. The Islamic state of the 18th century was approximately where the modern kingdom of Saudi Arabia was established in 1932. In 1924, the new secular government of Turkey fatefully abolished the Ottoman caliphate, leaving a void that has begged to be filled ever since. The self-declared caliph of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is the latest attempt to fill that void. Moubayed, who is Sunni himself, argues that there is a vacuum in Sunni Islam, not only for a caliph, but in Sunni leadership in general. Sunnis perceive themselves as leaderless and victimized, a condition exacerbated by their disenfranchisement in Iraq.The chapters on political Islam in modern Syria are particularly interesting, as they set the stage for the clash between the Syrian government and Islamist factions that exploded into war in 2011. Moubayed begins with the foundation of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood by Sheikh Mustapha al-Sibali, when there were no restrictions on political Islam in Syria during its post-colonial democracy period. After the 1963 Baathist coup, friction between Islamists and the Syrian government became more overt and violent, but the militant wing of the Brotherhood, the Fighting Vanguard, was formed earlier. A series of assassinations and bombs set by the Brotherhood in the 1970s culminated in an armed insurrection in Hama in 1982, to which the government responded with lethal force.Outlawed in Syria, members of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood fled into the arms of Osama bin Laden and Sheikh Abdullah Azzam in Afghanistan. Attempts by Syria’s new President Bashar al-Assad to normalize relations seem misguided in retrospect. He let a lot of Islamists out of prison, even before Syria decided to allow jihadis to transit the country into Iraq after the United States 2003 invasion. Assad’s attempts at appeasement, and then to manipulate the Islamists to his own ends, backfired, and terrorist attacks commenced in Syria. The result was an uncompromising crackdown in a futile attempt to put the genie back in the bottle. When Assad recently warned the US that making deals with Islamists was like putting a scorpion in your pocket, he knew of what he spoke.At this point, Moubayed launches into the history of Jabat al-Nusra, founded by four Salafis in Syria in 2011 and under the command of Abu Mohammad al-Golani, and the history of “Al Qaeda in Iraq”, which began in Jordan in 1999 under the leadership of the thuggish Abu Musaab al-Zarqawi, who established the Islamic State in Iraq in 2006, shortly before he was killed. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ascended to its leadership, and many secular Baathists from former President Saddam Hussein’s military joined. Moubayed spends some time describing the differences and rivalry between al-Nusra and the Islamic State, which did not amount to much until the Syrian civil war.There is a lot of discussion of the Islamic State’s government in al-Raqqa, how it finances itself, polices itself, life under the Islamic State, where the foreign jihadis come from and why, estimates of how many there are, the experiences and role of women in the Islamic State. There is more of this type of information in this book than I have found anywhere else, as the author was able to interview people who have lived under and fought for the Islamic State. Moubayed emphasizes that the Islamic State isn’t going anywhere, even if it is vanquished militarily, but laments the backwardness of its leadership and the horrific violence it has perpetrated. It never really has gone anywhere since the Brotherhood arrived in Syria in the early 20th century. It only goes dormant for a while.I was pleased to read an account of the Islamic State by a Syrian with many contacts on the ground. Moubayed understands the Sunni perspective while not being an Islamist himself. His background in 20th century Syrian history provides much insight into the present. My only disappointment is that there was little explanation of why Islamists became so influential again in eastern Syria, or what the Syrian government and army was reacting to when it cracked down in 2011. They thought they had an Islamist uprising on their hands, but I’m not sure we’ll ever know what went on there that led to war. What was the place of the Islamists in the “Arab Spring”, and why did the government lose control so fast? This is still a mystery to me, but Moubayed has filled in the rest.

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