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Caravan of Martyrs: Sacrifice and Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan

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Caravan of Martyrs: Sacrifice and Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan - Edwards, David B
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"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 ...

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Caravan of Martyrs: Sacrifice and Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan 2019, University of California Press

ISBN-13: 9780520303461

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Caravan of Martyrs: Sacrifice and Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan 2017, University of California Press

ISBN-13: 9780520294790

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