Charny, Israel W.

Fighting suicide bombing: a worldwide campaign for life/ I.W. Charny. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2007. - xxix, 283 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-268) and index.

How can they do it? -- Suicide bombing and its growing place in the world today -- Contradictory image meanings of suicide bombings -- Are suicide bombers a proper subject of psychology? -- The ultimate existential meaning of suicide bombings: the killing of human life -- Facing the dangerous future of civilization honestly -- Is it right to fear and condemn all Muslims? (of course not!) -- Promoting a new worldwide constituency for human life and making suicide bombing unattractive and unacceptable -- A proposal for a "worldwide campaign for life" by the leaders of many religions and other world leaders and heroes.

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Suicide bombers--Psychology.
Suicide bombings--Prevention.
Terrorism--Prevention.
Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.
Martyrdom--Islam.
Suicide--Religious aspects--Islam.

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