Martyrdom in Islam / David Cook.
"In recent times Islamic martyrdom has become associated with suicide missions conducted by extremists. However, as David Cook demonstrates, this type of martyrdom is very different from the classical definition, which condemned suicide and stipulated that anyone who died as a believer could be...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Themes in Islamic history.
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- Chronology
- 1. Martyrs in religions
- 2. Martyrdom in the genesis of Islam
- 3. Legal definitions, boundaries and rewards of the martyr
- 4. Sectarian Islam : Sunni, Shiʼite and Sufi martyrdom
- 5. Martyrs : warriors and missionaries in medieval Islam
- 6. Martyrs of love and epic heroes
- 7. Patterns of prognostication, narrative and expiation
- 8. Martyrdom in contemporary radical Islam
- 9. Martyrdom in Islam : past and present
- Appendix : The classical story of the Ashab al-ukhdud and translated contemporary martyrdom narratives
- Bibliography
- Index.