Caravan Of Martyrs
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Caravan Of Martyrs
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Author : David B. Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2017-05-09
Caravan Of Martyrs written by David B. Edwards and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-09 with Social Science categories.
What compels a person to strap a vest loaded with explosives onto his body and blow himself up in a crowded street? Scholars have answered this question by focusing on the pathology of the “terrorist mind” or the “brainwashing” practices of terrorist organizations. In Caravan of Martyrs, David Edwards argues that we need to understand the rise of suicide bombing in relation to the cultural beliefs and ritual practices associated with sacrifice. Before the war in Afghanistan began, the sacrificial killing of a sheep demonstrated a tribe’s desire for peace. After the Soviet invasion of 1979, as thousands of people were killed, sacrifice took on new meanings. The dead were venerated as martyrs, but this informal conferral of status on the casualties of war soon became the foundation for a cult of martyrs exploited by political leaders for their own advantage. This first repurposing of the machinery of sacrifice set in motion a process of mutation that would lead nineteen Arabs who had received their training in Afghanistan to hijack airplanes on September 11 and that would in time transform what began as a cult of martyrs created by a small group of Afghan jihadis into the transnational scattering of suicide bombers that haunts our world today. Drawing on years of research in the region, Edwards traces the transformation of sacrifice using a wide range of sources, including the early poetry of jihad, illustrated martyr magazines, school primers and legal handbooks, martyr hagiographies, videos produced by suicide bombers, the manual of ritual instructions used by the 9/11 hijackers, and Facebook posts through which contemporary “Talifans” promote the virtues of self-destruction.
Caravan Of Martyrs
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Author : David B. Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2017-05-09
Caravan Of Martyrs written by David B. Edwards and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-09 with Political Science categories.
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 Sacrifice -- 2 Honor -- 3 Martyrdom -- 4 Virtue and Vice -- 5 Fedayeen -- 6 Suicide Bombing -- 7 Selfies -- 8 The Widening Gyre -- Afghan Chronology (1964-2015) -- Notes -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
The Charismatic Leadership Phenomenon In Radical And Militant Islamism
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Author : Haroro J. Ingram
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-23
The Charismatic Leadership Phenomenon In Radical And Militant Islamism written by Haroro J. Ingram and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-23 with Religion categories.
Haroro J. Ingram journeys through over a century of history, from the Islamist modernists of the late-1800s into the 21st century, in the first full length examination of the charismatic leadership phenomenon in Islamist radicalism and militancy. Exhaustively researched and founded upon a suite of innovative multidisciplinary paradigms, this book features case studies of Hassan al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb, Abdullah Azzam, Osama Bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki. At a micro-level, Ingram argues that charismatic leaders act as vehicles for the evolution of modern Islamist radicalism and militancy. At a macro-level, he argues that the transformative charisma phenomenon in Islamist radicalism and militancy produces complex chains of charismatic leaders as individual figures rise by leveraging, to varying degrees, the charismatic capital of preceding charismatic leaders. Within these case studies, Ingram offers new approaches to understanding the nuances of these complex phenomena; from his ideal-types of charismatic leadership in Islamist militancy (spiritual guides, charismatic leaders and neo-charismatic leaders) to his framing of al-Qaeda as a ’charismatic adhocracy’. The result is an authoritative analysis of a phenomenon largely ignored by scholars of both charismatic leadership and Islamism. Ultimately, this ground-breaking investigation offers important insights into the complex nuances that drive the rise and evolution of not only Islamist militancy but radical and militant groups more broadly.
Heroes Of The Age
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Author : David B. Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1996-10-02
Heroes Of The Age written by David B. Edwards and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-10-02 with History categories.
Edwards contends that Afghanistan's troubles derive less from foreign forces and the ideological divisions between groups than they do from the moral incoherence of Afghanistan itself.
The Making Of Martyrdom In Modern Twelver Shi Ism
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Author : Adel Hashemi
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2022-02-24
The Making Of Martyrdom In Modern Twelver Shi Ism written by Adel Hashemi and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-24 with Political Science categories.
In Twelver Shi'a Islam, the wait for the return of the Twelfth Imam, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Mahdi, at the end of time, overshadowed the value of actively seeking martyrdom. However, what is the place of martyrdom in Twelver Shi'ism today? This book shows that the Islamic revolution in Iran resulted in the marriage of Shi'i messianism and extreme political activism, changing the mindset of the Shi'a worldwide. Suddenly, each drop of martyrs' blood brought the return of al-Mahdi one step closer, and the Islamic Republic of Iran supposedly became the prelude to the foretold world revolution of al-Mahdi. Adel Hashemi traces the unexplored area of Shi'i discourse on martyrdom from the 1979 revolution-when the Islamic Republic's leaders cultivated the culture of martyrdom to topple the Shah's regime-to the dramatic shift in the understanding of martyrdom today. Also included are the reaction to the Syrian crisis, the region's war with ISIS and other Salafi groups, and the renewed commitment to the defense of shrines. This book shows the striking shifts in the meaning of martyrdom in Shi'ism, revealing the real relevance of the concept to the present-day Muslim world.
Afghan Caravan
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Author : Safia Shah
language : en
Publisher: Octagon Press, Limited
Release Date : 1991
Afghan Caravan written by Safia Shah and has been published by Octagon Press, Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Afghanistan categories.
The Caravan
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Author : Thomas Hegghammer
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-03-05
The Caravan written by Thomas Hegghammer and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-05 with History categories.
Traces Abdallah Azzam's path from a West Bank village to the battlefields of Afghanistan and explains why jihadism went global.
Martyrs
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Author : Joyce M. Davis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-01
Martyrs written by Joyce M. Davis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01 with categories.
Terrorist attacks, suicide bombings, ongoing violence in the Middle East: Why do people engage in such cruelty, what drives them, & can they even be understood? This book begins to answer such questions through chilling interviews with terrorist trainers, with the families of suicide bombers, fighters & fanatics, & with Muslim scholars offering differing opinions on the legitimacy of violence & especially shuhada -- martyrdom -- in Islam. This book provides provocative & troubling insights into the zealotry that leads to the targeting of innocents, the endless cycle of revenge, & the despair that besets the Middle East. These unsettling perspectives are crucial to understanding, though not accepting, the fury at & resentment of the U.S.
God S Sacrifice
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Author : Sayed Hadi Al-Modarresi
language : en
Publisher: Enlight Press
Release Date : 2015-11-12
God S Sacrifice written by Sayed Hadi Al-Modarresi and has been published by Enlight Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-12 with categories.
1335 years ago, on the tenth day of the new year, in the early hours of the afternoon, on a sand-dune at Karbala, south of the current Iraqi capital, a small convoy of men, women, and children was savagely massacred by an army of over 30,000. It took the monstrous military force little more than four hours to completely and utterly annihilate the encampment. The small group led by Imam Hussein, grandson of their prophet, though mythically defiant, suffered a crushing defeat. The remaining women and children were taken into custody. The caravan then accompanied the severed heads of the martyrs and was paraded throughout the nation in a humiliating spectacle amidst demented festivities and celebrations and then, everything was over.. Everything. Yet in the midst of the chaos and senseless brutality, Hussein became a singular figure who fills history with his grace and grandeur, becoming a meta-historical legend, epitomizing the perennial struggle between good and evil. This is his true, albeit unbelievable story.
Caravan
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Author : Carleton Stevens Coon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
Caravan written by Carleton Stevens Coon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Middle East categories.