Martyrdom in Modern Islam: Piety, Power, and Politics

by Meir Hatina

Book Overview

The Islamic resurgence in modern times has received extensive treatment in scholarly literature. Most of this literature, however, deals with the concept of jihad and disputes between radicals and their rivals over theological and political issues, and far less with martyrdom and death. Moreover, studies that do address the issue of martyrdom focus mainly on suicide attacks - a phenomenon of the late twentieth century and onward - without sufficiently...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107635470
• ISBN13: 9781107635470
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"