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And God Knows the Martyrs - Martyrdom and Violence in Jihadi-Salafism (Hardcover)
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And God Knows the Martyrs - Martyrdom and Violence in Jihadi-Salafism (Hardcover)
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Narratives of Jihadi-Salafi operations are often filled with praise
for what are considered exemplary acts of self-renunciation in the
vein of early Islamic tradition. While many studies sift through
the biographies of these so-called martyrs for evidence of social,
psychological, political, or economic strain in an effort to
rationalize what are often labeled "suicide bombings," Nathan
French argues that, through their legal arguments, Jihadi-Salafis
craft a theodicy that is meant to address the suffering and
oppression of the global Muslim community. Pulling from a broad
selection of primary sources, including previously untranslated
fatwas, on the subjects of martyrdom operations, jurisprudence, and
political philosophies, French reveals that the Jihadi-Salafi legal
debates on martyrdom reorient the basic objectives of the Shari 'a,
focusing on maximizing the general welfare and promoting religion
above all other concerns-including the preservation of life.
Understanding this utilitarian turn opens the possibility for
formulating a meaningful engagement and critique of Jihadi-Salafi
legal interpretation and theories of warfare within a broader,
just-war framework. And, as the jurists and propagandists of ISIS
have demonstrated, this turn also opens the possibility for the use
of self-renunciative violence as a means of state formation.
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