30 records matched your query       

Author:

Cook, David, 1966-

Title:

Martyrdom in Islam / David Cook.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xiv, 206 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Martyrdom--Islam.
Muslim martyrs
Islamic fundamentalism.
Islamic law.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-201) and index.

Contents:

Martyrs in religions -- Martyrdom in the genesis of Islam -- Legal definitions, boundaries and rewards of the martyr -- Sectarian Islam: Sunni, Shiʼite and Sufi martyrdom -- Martyrs : warriors and missionaries in medieval Islam -- Martyrs of love and epic heroes -- Patterns of prognostication, narrative and expiation -- Martyrdom in contemporary radical Islam -- Martyrdom in Islam : past and present.

Series:

Themes in Islamic history

ISBN:

9780521615518 (pbk.)
0521615518 (pbk.)
9780521850407 (hardback)
0521850401 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70867078
(OCoLC)71347535

LCCN:

2006026058

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)