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The past two decades have seen an increasing association between Lebanese Salafism and violence, with less attention being paid to Salafis who focus on peaceful proselytization. In reality, it is these Salafis whose influence has dramatically grown since the eruption of the Syrian conflict that profoundly affected Lebanon as well. Based on extensive fieldwork, Zoltan Pall offers insights into the dynamics of non-violent Lebanese Salafi groups and examines the importance of transnational links in shaping the trajectory of the movement. In particular, he shows how the internal transformation of Salafism in Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia led to the fragmentation of the Lebanese Salafi community. By analysing Salafism as a network, we see how the movement creates and mobilizes material and symbolic resources, and how it contributes to reshaping the structures of authority within the country's Sunni Muslim community.

This article is an inquiry into how the transnational networks of Salafism in Europe and the Middle East are structured by looking at two case studies: one about a Lebanese-Palestinian preacher in Sweden and one about a Dutch preacher in the Netherlands and theuk. By presenting these case studies we explain the predominance of informality in these networks, and highlight the different ways in which they link European Salafi preachers to the Middle East, yielding different types of social capital. Our findings are based on ethnographic fieldwork in Lebanon, the Netherlands, Sweden and theukbetween 2007 and 2012.

1. Introduction: Salafism after the Arab Awakening / Francesco Cavatorta and Fabio Merone. - 2. Revisiting Wiktorowicz: Categorising and Defining the Branches of Salafism / Joas Wagemakers. - 3. Unpacking the Sacred Canopy: Egypt's Salafis between Religion and Politics / Khalil al-Anani. - 4. Lebanon's Salafis: Opportunities and constraints in a divided state / Adham Saouli. - 5. Islamist dilemmas in post-Arab Spring Saudi Arabia / Stephane Lacroix. - 6. Salafi Movements and the Political Process in Morocco / Mohammed Masbah. - 7. The Establishment and Positioning of al-Rashad - a Case Study of Political Salafism in Yemen / Judit Kuschnitzki. - 8. The Dual Effect of the Arab Spring on Salafi Integration: Political Salafism in Jordan / Joas Wagemakers. - 9. Salafi Jihadism and the Syrian civil war: national and international repercussions / Thomas Pierret. - 10. The multi-faceted dimensions of Tunisian Salafism / Stefano Torelli. - 11. Kuwaiti Salafism after the Arab uprisings / Zoltan Pall. - 12. Gender Activism in Salafism: A Case Study of Salafi Women in Tunis / Iris Kolman. - 13. Quietist Salafis, the Arab Spring and the politicization process / Laurent Bonnefoy. - 14. Conclusion / Roel Meijer

"Political Research in the Middle East and North Africa focuses specifically on doing research in one of the most important regions in contemporary world politics. It is also one of the most difficult areas to do research in given the current high levels of violence, political instability, and authoritarianism that plague the region. Gathering together a large and diverse group of researchers who study the region, Janine Clark and Francesco Cavatorta's volume will serve as a foundational methods guide for young academics on how to conceive and carry out their research projects. At the same time the topics in the book provide a useful refresher to more established scholars so that their methodological training and ethical considerations keep pace with novel approaches and changing obstacles in the field. What makes this volume especially useful is its focus on methodological 'lessons learned' from the contributors' first hand experiences. Each chapter deals with the challenges of implementing qualitative and quantitative methods in the field, the real-life obstacles encountered and the possible solutions to overcoming them. It will therefore be an invaluable companion book to more standard methods books, which focus on the 'how to' of methods but are often devoid of any real discussion of the challenges of on-the-ground fieldwork."--Publisher's summary