Islam and suicide attacks
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 atta...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Cambridge elements. Elements in religion and violence, 2397-9496
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| Further subjects: | B
Suicide Bombings
B Terrorism ; Religious aspects ; Islam B Terrorism Religious aspects Islam B Suicide bombers |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781108712651 |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Oct 2019) |
| ISBN: | 1108670520 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781108670524 |