Brad Miller
Self-Sacrifice
and Martyrdom
in Sunni and Shi'a Islam
Brad's thesis: suicide bombers are both victims and persecutors
and so their acts of "martyrdom" perpetuate the scapegoat mechanism.
Brad analyzes the different views of martyrdom in Hamas and Hezbollah.
Each group reinterprets key terms (Husayn's death for Shi'a and jihad
for Sunni)
to justify acts of violence.