Martyrs. Innocence, Vengeance and Despair in the Middle East.
New York. Palgrave Macmillan. 2003. Stock ID #175430 ""Why?" Terrorist attacks, suicide bombings, ongoing violence in the Middle East: Why do people engage in such cruelty, what drives them, and can they even be understood? When referring to this item please quote stockid 175430.
ix + 214pp, index, notes, spine extremities of dustjacket a little worn, very good hardback copy in dustjacket.
'Martyrs' begins to answer such questions through compelling and chilling interviews with terrorist trainers, with the families of suicide bombers, fighters and fanatics, and with Muslim scholars offering differing opinions on the legitimacy of violence and especially shuhada - martyrdom - in Islam.
Through the voices of those who plan and those who grieve, Martyrs provides provocative and troubling insights into the zealotry that leads to the targeting of innocents, the endless cycle of revenge, and the despair that besets the Middle East." (Publisher's description).
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