The role of religion in the generation of suicide bombers

Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-208

  Kassim, Sadik H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral health; Religion; Suicide terrorism; Violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149113217     PISSN: 14743310     EISSN: 14743329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brief-treatment/mhn003     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Argo, N. (2006, February 3). The role of social context in terrorist attacks The Chronicle of Higher Education, p. B15.
2. Atran, S. (2003) Genesis of suicide terrorism. Science, 299, 1534-1539.
3. Bergen, P., & Pandey, S. (2006). The Madrasa Scapegoat. The Washington Quarterly, 29(2), 117-125.
4. European Police Office. (2007). EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2007. The Hague, The Netherlands: Europol Corporate Communications.
5. Ganor, B. (Ed.). (2000). Countering suicide terrorism. Herzliya, Israel: International Institute for Counter-Terrorism.
6. Gerges, F. (2006). Journey of the Jihadist: Inside muslim militancy Orlando, FL: Harcourt.
7. Holmes, S. (2005). Al Qaeda, September 11, 2001. In D. Gambetta (Ed.), Making sense of suicide missions. New York: Oxford University Press.
8. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks. (2004). The 9/11 Commission Report: The final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. New York: W.W. Norton.
9. Pape, R. (2005). Dying to win: The strategic logic of suicide bombing New York: Random House.
10. Rumsfeld, D. (2007, June 1). Rumsfeld's war-on-terror memo. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/executive/rumsfeld-memo.htm (reproducing memo titled "Global War on Terrorism" to Gen. Dick Myers, Paul Wolfowitz, Gen. Pete Pace, and Doug Feith, dated October 26, 2003).
11. Sageman, M. (2004). Understanding terror networks. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.
12. Sageman, M. (2005) The normality of global Jihadi terrorism. The Journal of International Security Affairs, 8, 1-10.
13. U.S. Department of State (2007). Country reports on terrorism. Washington, DC: Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism.