{"product_id":"dying-as-a-shahid-martyrs-in-islam-9781950015160","title":"Dying as a Shahid: Martyrs in Islam","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Raphael Israeli\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Strategic Book Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Middle East - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDying as a Shahid: Martyrs in Islam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e examines the motives, religious and psychological, which make the so-called \"suicide bomber\" tick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is usually so called, must rather be termed \"Islamikaze,\" a combination of Islam and kamikaze, due to the phenomenological resemblance between the Japanese kamikaze who fought in the Pacific during World War II, and the present-day Muslim terrorists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the religious, social, and psychological underpinnings of the phenomenon of Shahid (martyr), there is a rich array of historical precedents that have fixated this sort of terrorism with self-immolation, dubbed \"self-sacrifice,\" as a prominent feature of Islamic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(About the Author)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaphael Israeli has taught Islamic, Chinese, and Middle Eastern history at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A graduate of Hebrew University in history and Arabic literature, he earned a Ph.D. in Chinese and Islamic history from the University of California, Berkeley. Now retired, he has been a Fellow of the Harry Truman Research Institute at Hebrew University and the Jerusalem Center since the 1970s, and is the author of over 50 research books, a dozen edited books, and 100 scholarly articles about Islam. Born in Fes, Morocco, at fourteen, \"I left my family when I could no longer bear the oppression of Jews in an Islamic country and moved to fledgling Israel. To this day, I consider that the wisest and most game-changing decision I took in my life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strategic Book Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45413862441111,"sku":"9781950015160","price":1564.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781950015160.webp?v=1767919516","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dying-as-a-shahid-martyrs-in-islam-9781950015160","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}