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1. 1. Islamic Reform

   Politics and Social Change in Late Ottoman Syria

   

   Set in late Ottoman Syria, this study traces the emergence of a modernizing Islamic reform movement in which local religious scholars, intellectuals, and community leaders sought to reconcile Islamic tradition with the administrative, educational, and legal changes prompted by Ottoman centralization and European influence. Drawing on archival material and contemporary publications, it highlights reformers’ efforts to promote religious renewal, new forms of schooling, printing and journalism, and greater engagement with state institutions, while negotiating tensions between authority, community, and modernity. The book situates these debates within broader political and social transformations, arguing that reform was shaped as much by local social networks and circumstances as by transnational intellectual currents.

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