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The proliferation of Arab-Islamic violence, and its suicidal varieties in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century has been an unexpected and not fully understood development. It has been legitimated by both clear-cut political objectives and highly irrational beliefs in personal salvation attendant upon spectacular acts terrorism often directed against noncombatants.
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Pryce-Jones, D. (2008). The Roots of Arab and Muslim Violence. In: Hollander, P. (eds) Political Violence. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230616240_13
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