This book examines dimensions of Islam and violence within wider debates about politics, history, faith, power and struggle both within Muslims’ realms and outside. It explores the motif of violence in its myriad aspects including debates about sacrifice, private and public violence, responses and reactions, as well as suicide and martyrdom.
Table of Content
Preface Introduction Religion and Violence: A History of Entanglement The West’s Terror of Islam Islam and Violence Sacred Violence Holy Terror: Representation of Violence in a Modern Era Conclusion Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
About the author
BEVERLEY MILTON-EDWARDS is a Reader at the School of Politics and International Studies at Queens University in Belfast, UK. She is author of numerous books including
Islamic Fundamentalism Since 1945 (2005),
Contemporary Politics in the Middle East (1999) and
Islamic Politics in Palestine (1996). She is also a national teaching fellow and former e-tutor of the year.
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