Large amounts of jihadi video content on YouTube along with the vast array of relational data that can be gathered opens up innovative avenues for exploration of the support base for political violence. This exploratory study analyses the online supporters of jihad-promoting video content on YouTube, focusing on those posting and commenting upon martyr-promoting material from Iraq. Findings sug...

Palestinian suicide bombing/martyrdom speaks both to the symbolic significance of the human body and also to the connections that this form of violence has to religious and interconnected political authorities and influences. This article examines these religiously and politically inspired events using an analysis of emotion and body, placing particular emphasis on their mediation through cultu...

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Saint Luke is the one commonly believed to be a patron saint of physicians. The less known are Cosmas and Damian, only twin physicians have been declared saints in Catholic Church. In Poland, we recently observing growing interest these twins. This mainly associated with return tradition Apothecary Feast, celebrated on September 26, day Cosmas’ Damian’s martyr death.