Burying jihadis : bodies between state, territory, and identity / Riva Kastoryano ; translated by Cynthia Schoch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kastoryano, Riva, author.

Contributor:

Schoch, Cynthia, translator.

Series:

Comparative politics and international studies series.

Comparative politics and international studies series

Standardized Title:

Que faire des corps des djihadistes?. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.

Terrorism.

Islamic funeral rites and ceremonies--Political aspects.

Islamic funeral rites and ceremonies.

Burial--Political aspects.

Burial.

Dead--Political aspects.

Dead.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 289 pages) : maps.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

What should states do with the bodies of suicide bombers and other jihadists who die while perpetrating terrorist attacks? This original and unsettling book explores the host of ethical and political questions raised by this dilemma, from (non-) legitimisation of the 'enemy' and their cause to the non-territorial identity of individuals who identified in life with a global community of believers. Because states do not recognise suicide bombers as enemy combatants, governments must decide individually what to do with their remains. Riva Kastoryano offers a window onto this challenging predicament through the responses of the American, Spanish, British and French governments after the Al-Qaeda suicide attacks in New York, Madrid and London, and Islamic State's attacks on Paris in 2015.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Translated from the French.

This translation previously issued in print: London: Hurst & Company, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-094296-7

0-19-093464-6