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5 Minority Rights in Syria
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This chapter seeks to examine and analyse the history and legislative provisions to protect ‘minorities’ in Syria. It offers an explanation of how these can be identified in a state that has been effectively ruled by a minority community, seeking to provide explanations and a context for this rule. A significant focus of the chapter lies on what we view as sectarian entrepreneurialism which plays a significant role in the events that played out in Syria in 2012. The identity politics that took root under Bashar Al-Asad provided a ready-made framework within which religious, social, and political divisions are articulated. Alawis, Druze, Palestinians (a majority of whom are Sunni) and Christians in Syria, whilst comprising a demographic minority, have either forged an uneasy alliance under Asad or have endeavoured to remain ‘neutral’.
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Title: 5 Minority Rights in Syria
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This chapter seeks to examine and analyse the history and legislative provisions to protect ‘minorities’ in Syria.
It offers an explanation of how these can be identified in a state that has been effectively ruled by a minority community, seeking to provide explanations and a context for this rule.
A significant focus of the chapter lies on what we view as sectarian entrepreneurialism which plays a significant role in the events that played out in Syria in 2012.
The identity politics that took root under Bashar Al-Asad provided a ready-made framework within which religious, social, and political divisions are articulated.
Alawis, Druze, Palestinians (a majority of whom are Sunni) and Christians in Syria, whilst comprising a demographic minority, have either forged an uneasy alliance under Asad or have endeavoured to remain ‘neutral’.
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