Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- Chronology
- 1 Martyrs in religions
- 2 Martyrdom in the genesis of Islam
- 3 Legal definitions, boundaries and rewards of the martyr
- 4 Sectarian Islam: Sunni, Shiʿite and Sufi martyrdom
- 5 Martyrs: warriors and missionaries in medieval Islam
- 6 Martyrs of love and epic heroes
- 7 Patterns of prognostication, narrative and expiation
- 8 Martyrdom in contemporary radical Islam
- 9 Martyrdom in Islam: past and present
- Appendix: The classical story of the Ashab al-ukhdud and translated contemporary martyrdom narratives
- Bibliography
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- Chronology
- 1 Martyrs in religions
- 2 Martyrdom in the genesis of Islam
- 3 Legal definitions, boundaries and rewards of the martyr
- 4 Sectarian Islam: Sunni, Shiʿite and Sufi martyrdom
- 5 Martyrs: warriors and missionaries in medieval Islam
- 6 Martyrs of love and epic heroes
- 7 Patterns of prognostication, narrative and expiation
- 8 Martyrdom in contemporary radical Islam
- 9 Martyrdom in Islam: past and present
- Appendix: The classical story of the Ashab al-ukhdud and translated contemporary martyrdom narratives
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Martyrdom in Islam , pp. xiii - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007