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Martyrs : innocence, vengeance, and despair in the Middle East / Joyce M. Davis.
Van Pelt Library BP190.5.M3 D39 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Joyce, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Martyrdom--Islam.
- Martyrdom.
- Jihad.
- Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Terrorism.
- Muslim martyrs--Middle East.
- Muslim martyrs.
- Islam and politics--Middle East.
- Islam and politics.
- Middle East.
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
- Physical Description:
- 214 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
- Summary:
- Important insight to the people, the hatreds, and the fanaticism that drive suicide attacks both in the Middle East and the United States, from a prominent journalist
- Contents:
- 1. A Minister's Question: What Have We Done That They Hate Us So? 1
- 2. The Innocents: Mohammed al Dirrah and Avraham Yitzak Schijveschuurder 27
- 3. The Child as Soldier-Martyr: Iran's Mohammad Hosein Fahmideh 45
- 4. The Woman as Soldier-Martyr and Suicide Bomber: Loula Abboud 67
- 5. Suicide Bombers and September 11: Muhammad Atta and Izzidene al Masri 85
- 6. The Mothers of Martyrs: Munabrahim Daoud and Um Iyad 121
- 7. The Trainers: Abu Muhammad and Munir al Makdah 135
- 8. Can They Be Stopped? 163
- 9. The Hatred and the Hope 191.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-208) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312296169
- OCLC:
- 51454582
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