KURZMAN Charles

Missing martyrs : why there are so few muslim terrorists / Charles Kurzman. - Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2011. - v, 248 pages ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why are there so few Muslim terrorists? With more than a billion Muslims in the world--many of whom supposedly hate the West and ardently desire martyrdom--why don't we see terrorist attacks every day? Where are the missing martyrs? In this startlingly counterintuitive book, a leading authority on Islamic movements demonstrates that terrorist groups are thoroughly marginal in the Muslim world. Charles Kurzman draws on government sources, public opinion surveys, election results, and in-depth interviews with Muslims in the Middle East and around the world.

9780199766871 (hbk.) : 24.95 USD


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