Martyrdom, not Suicide: The Legality of Hamas' Bombings in the mid-1990s in Modern Islamic Jurisprudence

Scientific Study from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient, , language: English, abstract: This study deals with the development of Hamas'' jihad concept and the justification by Muslim clerics of Hamas'' suicide-martyrdom doctrine. After discussing the political context, the Islamic legal argument is analyzed in detail. The findings give policy makers, journalist...