Scholars and thinkers are the foundation of any revival a nation seeks, for its pillars — language, religion, culture and history — depend on how well they lead and represent them. During the hardships Syria went through under the last, arbitrary and racist rule of the Unionist Turks who overthrew the Ottoman Caliphate, a vanguard of scholars, writers and thinkers founded secret societies to preserve the religious and national identity of the Ummah.
After the First World War, when the Arabs took power, these societies became active, and the Association of Scholars founded by the reformer Muhammad Kamil al-Qassab came to prominence, aiming to give scholars their role in raising the Ummah and confronting those who sought to harm it. The book contains a study of the record of the Association's resolutions, an introduction to its president and founding members, and the governments formed in its time.
