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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Auteur principal: Nanninga, Pieter (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2019
Dans:Année: 2019
Collection/Revue:Cambridge elements. Elements in religion and violence, 2397-9496
Sujets non-standardisés:B Suicide Bombings
B Terrorism ; Religious aspects ; Islam
B Terrorism Religious aspects Islam
B Suicide bombers
Accès en ligne: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Édition parallèle:Erscheint auch als: 9781108712651
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Résumé: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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ISBN:1108670520
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/9781108670524