{"product_id":"root-causes-of-suicide-terrorism-ami-pedahzur-9780415770293","title":"Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism: The Globalization of Martyrdom","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis highly topical new study clearly shows how there are at least two reasons to question the central role that is assigned to religion, in particular Islam, when explaining suicide terrorism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003esuicide terrorism is a modern phenomenon, yet Islam is a very old religion. Except for two periods in the twelfth and eighteenth centuries, suicide was never part of Islamist beliefs and behaviours. Actually, Islam clearly forbids suicide, hence, the argument that Islamic religious beliefs are the main cause of suicide terrorism is inherently dubious\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003emany suicide attacks have been carried out by secular organizations with little connection to fundamentalist Islam: Palestinian Fatah; the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; and the Kurdish Workers Party. Moreover, one of the organizations that has employed this strategy devastatingly and regularly is the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam). Not only are members of this organization not Muslim, most of them are not religious at all. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis superb new book contains essays by some of the world's leading scholars of terrorism and political violence. It is essential reading for students of terrorism, political science and Middle Eastern politics, and useful to students of social psychology, theology and history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ami Pedahzur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415770297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415770293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.50w x 0.76d","brand":"Ami Pedahzur","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086314647807,"sku":"9780415770293","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4e27b4c-7649-4752-a09b-f14b302f457c.jpg?v=1769093976","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/root-causes-of-suicide-terrorism-ami-pedahzur-9780415770293","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}