In the early 2014, global political scene was marked by emergence of so-called Islamic State established in Middle East. It a direct result military intervention Western alliance Iraq 2003 and it created chaos ensuing this country wider region The pivotal religious concept its operation is form government based solely on (Sharia) law. origins unrecognized, paramilitary, terrorist organization w...

This Article is concerned with one key aspect of the law of the military jihad: the Islamic concept of martyrdom [shahada or istishhad]. This Article will demonstrate that the current Islamist financing and systematic organization and direction of self-annihilatory acts of violence is only weakly supported, if at all, by the classical sources on martyrdom in Islamic law and jurisprudence. The A...