{"product_id":"dying-as-a-shahid-raphael-israeli-9781950015160","title":"Dying as a Shahid: Martyrs in Islam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDying as a Shahid: Martyrs in Islam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e examines the motives, religious and psychological, which make the so-called \"suicide bomber\" tick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is usually so called, must rather be termed \"Islamikaze,\" a combination of Islam and kamikaze, due to the phenomenological resemblance between the Japanese kamikaze who fought in the Pacific during World War II, and the present-day Muslim terrorists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the religious, social, and psychological underpinnings of the phenomenon of Shahid (martyr), there is a rich array of historical precedents that have fixated this sort of terrorism with self-immolation, dubbed \"self-sacrifice,\" as a prominent feature of Islamic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(About the Author)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaphael Israeli has taught Islamic, Chinese, and Middle Eastern history at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A graduate of Hebrew University in history and Arabic literature, he earned a Ph.D. in Chinese and Islamic history from the University of California, Berkeley. Now retired, he has been a Fellow of the Harry Truman Research Institute at Hebrew University and the Jerusalem Center since the 1970s, and is the author of over 50 research books, a dozen edited books, and 100 scholarly articles about Islam. Born in Fes, Morocco, at fourteen, \"I left my family when I could no longer bear the oppression of Jews in an Islamic country and moved to fledgling Israel. To this day, I consider that the wisest and most game-changing decision I took in my life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raphael Israeli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950015165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950015160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Strategic Book Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Raphael Israeli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153881510143,"sku":"9781950015160","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ad083c26-39d0-487e-b71e-c4a1a4495aef.jpg?v=1770786463","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dying-as-a-shahid-raphael-israeli-9781950015160","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}