Teenage suicide missions: The role of religion in the recruitment of young suicide bombers

William Emilsen

Teenage suicide missions: The role of religion in the recruitment of young suicide bombers

William Emilsen

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Abstract

This paper investigates reprts, writings, diaries and interviews with childrn form 4 separate areas of conflict to question the assumption that religion plays little part in the recruiting of suicide bombers. It examines the influence of Hinduism of Tamil Tigers, Shinto / Buddhist ideas of kamikaze pilots, the Islamic undertsanding of Ayatollah Khomeini on Iran's sucide battalions and religious influences on tSunni Palestianians in Israel.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-14
Number of pages	14
Journal	Forum on Public Policy: a journal of the Oxford Round Table
Issue number	Summer 2008
Publication status	Published - 2008

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