Martyrdom in Islam /
Cook, David,1966-
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-201) and index.
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.
Martyrdom
Muslim martyrs.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Islamic law.