Suicide bombings by Islamist terrorist organizations

Abstract

This paper deals with the empirical-explanatory analysis of contemporary global phenomenon known as suicide bombing terrorism. Suicide bombings are one of the ways to fight asymmetric warfare by Islamist terrorist organizations. Suicide attacks are the most virulent and terrifying form of terrorism in the modern world. In addition to the analysis of the preparation, implementation and direct consequences of these attacks, this paper is focused on the inevitable theological, and also psycho-social, dimension of actors in suicidal activities. The paper includes also a detailed analysis of other causes that bring young Muslims to make the decision to resort to the execution of these types of terrorist activities, thereby giving them a new dimension in relation to their historical predecessors.

Keywords

• terrorism
• terrorist organizations
• islam
• suicide
• politics
• method
• struggle
• fanaticism
• political violence