And God Knows the Martyrs: Martyrdom and Violence in Jihadi-Salafism

by Nathan S. French

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190092157
• ISBN13: 9780190092153
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"