Islam and Suicide Attacks

by Pieter Nanninga

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108712657
• ISBN13: 9781108712651
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 7.0"