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What drives young men and women to become suicide bombers? This remarkable book, already a bestseller in Europe, provides some answers.

Table of Contents
A Note On Terminology
Introduction
Two Forms Of Martyrdom
1. Islam
Jihad: Holy War
Migration (Hijira), The Call (Da’wa) And Holy War (Jihad)
2. The Impossible National Community
Martrdom In Iran
Martyrdom In Palestine
Lebanon Between Martyrdom And Absurdity
Martyrdom In Lebanon
3. The Trans-National Neo-Umma: Al-Qaeda’s
Martyrs
Diasporic Ummas
Forms Of Humiliation
The Global Metropolis
Organisational Forms
New Ummas
Different Types Of Actor
The Exclusion Of Women
The New Globalised Imaginary
Conclusion
Afterword To The English Edition
References
Index

Suicide Bombers Allahs New Martyrs

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      Publisher: Pluto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/02/2005
      ISBN13: 9780745322834, 978-0745322834
      ISBN10: 0745322832

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      What drives young men and women to become suicide bombers? This remarkable book, already a bestseller in Europe, provides some answers.

      Table of Contents
      A Note On Terminology
      Introduction
      Two Forms Of Martyrdom
      1. Islam
      Jihad: Holy War
      Migration (Hijira), The Call (Da’wa) And Holy War (Jihad)
      2. The Impossible National Community
      Martrdom In Iran
      Martyrdom In Palestine
      Lebanon Between Martyrdom And Absurdity
      Martyrdom In Lebanon
      3. The Trans-National Neo-Umma: Al-Qaeda’s
      Martyrs
      Diasporic Ummas
      Forms Of Humiliation
      The Global Metropolis
      Organisational Forms
      New Ummas
      Different Types Of Actor
      The Exclusion Of Women
      The New Globalised Imaginary
      Conclusion
      Afterword To The English Edition
      References
      Index

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