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Islam and Suicide Attacks

Islam and Suicide Attacks

Paperback

Series: Elements in Religion and Violence

Religion General

ISBN10: 1108712657
ISBN13: 9781108712651
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Oct 31 2019
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.17 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.00
Language: English
This Element explores the disputed relationship between Islam and suicide attacks. Drawing from primary source material as well as existing scholarship from fields such as terrorism studies and religious studies, it argues that Islam as a generic category is not an explanatory factor in suicide attacks. Rather, it claims that we need to study how organisations and individuals in their particular contexts draw tools such as Islamic martyrdom traditions, ritual practices and perceptions on honour and purity from their cultural repertoire to shape, justify and give meaning to the bloodshed.

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