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What compels a person to strap a vest loaded with explosives onto his body and blow himself up in a crowded street? Scholars have answered this question by focusing on the pathology of the "terrorist mind" or the "brainwashing" practices of terrorist organizations. In Caravan of Martyrs, David Edwards argues that we need to understand the rise of suicide bombing in relation to the cultural beliefs and ritual practices associated with sacrifice. Before the war in Afghanistan began, the sacrificial killing of a sheep demonstrated a tribe's desire for peace. After the Soviet invasion of 1979, as thousands of people were killed, sacrifice took on new meanings. The dead were venerated as martyrs, but this informal conferral of status on the casualties of war soon became the foundation for a cult of martyrs exploited by political leaders for their own advantage. This first repurposing of the machinery of sacrifice set in motion a process of mutation that would lead nineteen Arabs who had received their training in Afghanistan to hijack airplanes on September 11 and that would in time transform what began as a cult of martyrs created by a small group of Afghan jihadis into the transnational scattering of suicide bombers that haunts our world today. Drawing on years of research in the region, Edwards traces the transformation of sacrifice using a wide range of sources, including the early poetry of jihad, illustrated martyr magazines, school primers and legal handbooks, martyr hagiographies, videos produced by suicide bombers, the manual of ritual instructions used by the 9/11 hijackers, and Facebook posts through which contemporary "Talifans" promote the virtues of self-destruction.
Martyrdom --- Sacrifice --- Suicide bombings. --- Islam. --- abdullah. --- afghan culture. --- afghans. --- al balawi. --- al qaeda. --- arabs. --- brainwashing. --- burqa. --- communist. --- islam. --- jihad. --- jihadis. --- martyr hagiographies. --- martyr magazines. --- martyrdom. --- martyrs. --- middle east. --- nonfiction. --- poetry. --- political science. --- politics. --- religion. --- religious fundamentalism. --- sacrifice. --- school primers. --- self destruction. --- social science. --- sociology. --- suicide bomber. --- suicide. --- talifans. --- terrorism. --- terrorist organizations.
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Reaching beyond sensational headlines, Land of the Unconquerable at last offers a three-dimensional portrait of Afghan women. In a series of wide-ranging, deeply reflective essays, accomplished scholars, humanitarian workers, politicians, and journalists-most with extended experience inside Afghanistan-examine the realities of life for women in both urban and rural settings. They address topics including food security, sex work, health, marriage, education, poetry, politics, prisoners, and community development. Eschewing stereotypes about the burqa, the contributors focus instead on women's empowerment and agency, and their struggles for peace and justice in the face of a brutal ongoing war. A fuller picture of Afghanistan's women past and present emerges, leading to social policy suggestions and pragmatic solutions for a peaceful future.
Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century. --- Women - Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century. --- Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century. --- Women --- Social conditions --- afghan women. --- afghan. --- afghanistan. --- agency. --- al qaeda. --- anthropology. --- burqa. --- community development. --- domesticity. --- education. --- empowerment. --- femininity. --- feminism. --- food security. --- gender studies. --- gender. --- health. --- islam. --- justice. --- marriage. --- middle east. --- muslim women. --- nonfiction. --- orientalism. --- peace. --- poetry. --- politics. --- prisoners. --- prostitution. --- religion. --- religious fundamentalism. --- religious women. --- rural. --- sex work. --- social policy. --- social science. --- sociology. --- urban. --- war on terror. --- war. --- women. --- womens studies.
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"One of the most remarkable aspects pertaining to the legal bans and societal debates on the face veil in Europe is that they rely on assumptions which lack any factual basis. To rectify this, Eva Brems researched the experiences of women who wear a face veil in Belgium, and brought her research results together with those of colleagues who did the same in four other European countries. Their findings, which are outlined in this volume, move the current discussion on face veil bans forward by providing a much-needed insider perspective"--
Muslim women --- Hijab (Islamic clothing) --- Islamic clothing and dress --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Law and legislation --- Social aspects --- Muslim women Legal status, laws, etc. Europe, Western. --- Hijab (Islamic clothing) Law and legislation Europe, Western. --- Islamic clothing and dress Social aspects Europe, Western. --- Muslim women Legal status, laws, etc. Europe, Western --- Hijab (Islamic clothing) Law and legislation Europe, Western --- Islamic clothing and dress Social aspects Europe, Western --- Muslim women - Legal status, laws, etc. - Europe, Western --- Hijab (Islamic clothing) - Law and legislation - Europe, Western --- Islamic clothing and dress - Social aspects - Europe, Western --- wearing the face veil in Europe --- face veiling in the Netherlands --- Niqabis in Denmark --- subculture --- the Belgian 'Burqa ban' --- France --- England --- debating the face veil --- the human rights debate on face veil bans --- symbolism --- unveiling Muslim women --- the protection of public order --- full-face covering in France --- Islamic veil bans --- gender equality justification --- women's oppression --- face-veil bans --- feminism --- criminalizing facial veils in Europe --- state sovereignty --- the face-veil ban in Belgium --- face-veil controversies in Europe --- the political agenda
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BPB1605 --- Immigration --- Intégrisme religieux --- Bruxelles --- Belgique --- Islam --- Immigratie --- Religieus conservatisme --- Brussel --- België --- islám --- ισλαμισμός --- Iżlam --- islamas --- islams --- islamismo --- islam --- iszlám --- ислям --- ислам --- mahomedanism --- islamism --- moslimský veriaci --- islámské náboženství --- sunita --- islámská církev --- mohammedanisme --- šíita --- mohamedanizmus --- muslimi --- muhamedanisme --- mohamedánstvo --- Mohammedanism --- muhameedlus --- suna --- muhamedānisms --- muslimské náboženství --- muhamettilaisuus --- mahometonybė --- mešita --- Muhamedanizëm --- Belgium --- Bélgica --- Belgija --- Belgien --- Belgie --- Belgicko --- Beļģija --- Белгија --- Belgio --- Белгия --- Belgia --- il-Belġju --- An Bheilg --- Βέλγιο --- Belgjika --- Belgia Kuningriik --- Beļģijas Karaliste --- Royaume de Belgique --- Belgian kuningaskunta --- Belgické kráľovstvo --- Koninkrijk België --- Belgijos Karalystė --- das Königreich Belgien --- Βασίλειο του Βελγίου --- Kingdom of Belgium --- Кралство Белгија --- Краљевина Белгија --- Belgické království --- Reino de Bélgica --- ir-Renju tal-Belġju --- Regatul Belgiei --- Kongeriget Belgien --- Кралство Белгия --- Mbretëria e Belgjikës --- Belga Királyság --- Królestwo Belgii --- Konungariket Belgien --- Reino da Bélgica --- Kraljevina Belgija --- Regno del Belgio --- fundamentalism religios --- vallási fundamentalizmus --- fundamentalizm religijny --- uskonnollinen fundamentalismi --- fundamentaliżmu reliġjuż --- religiöser Fundamentalismus --- integrismo religioso --- ζηλωτισμός --- religieus conservatisme --- religious fundamentalism --- vjerski fundamentalizam --- náboženský fundamentalismus --- fundamentalizëm fetar --- verski fundamentalizem --- religiös fundamentalism --- integralismo religioso --- религиозен фундаментализъм --- reliģiskais fundamentālisms --- religiøs fundamentalisme --- usuline fundamentalism --- náboženský fundamentalizmus --- religinis fundamentalizmas --- верски фундаментализам --- муслимански фундаментализам --- христијански фундаментализам --- верски фанатизам --- islámský fundamentalismus --- исламски фундаментализам --- θρησκευτικός φανατισμός --- θρησκευτικός φονταμενταλισμός --- fundamentalismo religioso --- fondamentalisme religieux --- náboženský extremismus --- religieus integrisme --- křesťanský fundamentalismus --- fondamentalismo religioso --- fundamentalisme --- верски екстремизам --- muslimský fundamentalismus --- религиозен фундаментализам --- vallásos fundamentalizmus --- imigrace --- доселување --- είσοδος μεταναστών --- immigrazione --- imigracja --- imigrācija --- inmigración --- bevándorlás --- imigracion --- inimirce --- imigracija --- Einwanderung --- immigration --- imigrácia --- immigratie --- imigração --- immigrazzjoni --- useljavanje --- имиграция --- priseljevanje --- maahanmuutto --- imigrație --- усељавање --- immigratsioon --- имиграција --- invandring --- přistěhovalectví --- įeivystė --- indvandring --- sisseränne --- immigráció --- Ioslam --- bunúsaíochas reiligiúnach --- Intégrisme religieux --- l'islam --- la chrétienté --- la résistance islamique --- Allah --- le radical tendance --- Molem --- salafisme --- califisme --- djihadisme --- visa --- le diable --- les djinns --- la Belgique --- guerre --- imam --- prêcher le djihad --- la burqa --- complot mondial --- les Saoudiens --- l'Amsterdam saoudite --- les Arabes --- blanchiment moral --- délinquance --- fanatisme --- la diversité
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