Suicide Bombers - Allah's New Martyrs (Paperback)

In the western media, the suicide bomber has become a familiar image in newspapers and on television. In Palestine, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and elsewhere, the results of suicide bombing have been devastating. What drives young men and women to become suicide bombers? This is not a question that is often addressed. This remarkable book, already a bestseller in Europe, provides some of the answers, and explores how the suicide bomber relates to the concept of the Martyr in fundamentalist Islam. Most importantly, he offers a clear insight into the different ways in which the concept is viewed within Islam, including divisions within Islamic fundamentalist groups, which change according to the political situation of the country in which they are based. Drawing on extensive interviews with jailed Islamist militants, Farhad Khosrokhavar examines differing attitudes towards the 'sacred death' in various Islamic countries, including Iran, Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt. He also investigates transnational networks such as Al-Qaeda, offering portraits of various prisoners who belong to the group. the Third World, who are excluded from what modernity has to offer; and the minority who live at the heart of the Western world - a mainly middle-class Diaspora from the Middle East and the Maghreb who are at ease with several cultural codes, but whose experience of the West is still marked by racism and discrimination.

General

Imprint:	Pluto Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2005
First published:	February 2005
Authors:	Farhad Khosrokhavar
Dimensions:	215 x 135 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-7453-2283-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam
LSN:	0-7453-2283-2
Barcode:	9780745322834

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