The globalization of martyrdom : Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the diffusion of suicide attacks / Assaf Moghadam.
2008
HV6431 .M633 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
The globalization of martyrdom : Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the diffusion of suicide attacks / Assaf Moghadam.
Author
Moghadam, Assaf, 1974-
ISBN
9780801890550 (alk. paper)
0801890551 (alk. paper)
0801890551 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HV6431 .M633 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.325
Summary
"This groundbreaking volume examines the rise and spread of suicide attacks over the past decade. Sorting through 1,270 terror strikes between 1981 and 2007, Assaf Moghadam attributes their recent proliferation to the mutually related ascendance of al Qaeda and its guiding ideology, Salafi Jihad, an extreme interpretation of Islam that rejects national boundaries and seeks to create a global Muslim community. In exploring the roots of the extreme radicalization represented by Salafism, Moghadam finds many causes, including Western dominance in the Arab world, the physical diffusion of Salafi institutions and actors, and the element of opportunity created by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He uses individual examples from the Middle East, Southwest Asia, and Europe to show how the elite leaders of al Qaeda and affiliated groups and their foot soldiers interact with one another and how they garner support - and a growing number of converts and attackers - from the Muslim community. Based on over a decade of empirical research and a critical examination of existing thought on suicide attacks, Moghadam distinguishes the key characteristics separating globalized suicide strikes from the traditional, localized pattern that previously prevailed. This unflinching analysis provides new information about the relationship between ideology and suicide attacks and recommends policies focused on containing Salafi Jihadism."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The global proliferation of suicide missions
Al Qaeda and the primacy of suicide attacks
Salafi Jihad and the veneration of martyrdom
From Al Qaeda to global jihad
Suicide missions from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan
The United Kingdom and the 7/7 bombings
The rise of suicide attacks in Iraq.
The global proliferation of suicide missions
Al Qaeda and the primacy of suicide attacks
Salafi Jihad and the veneration of martyrdom
From Al Qaeda to global jihad
Suicide missions from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan
The United Kingdom and the 7/7 bombings
The rise of suicide attacks in Iraq.