Israel Charnys 'Fighting Suicide Bombing: A Worldwide Campaign for Life'

• Main Author: Steven K. Baum
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gonzaga Library Publishing 2009-01-01
• Series: Journal of Hate Studies
• Subjects: suicide bombing; muslim; hatred
• Online Access: https://jhs.press.gonzaga.edu/articles/62

We begin with the book jacket photo that commands the readers attention as the horror on a Muslim womans face reminds us that the terror is not reserved for Infidels only. Then the dedication of the book is to life, while the volumes last words are a plea for peacein Charnys words, a worldwide campaign for life to be led by religious and secular leaders across the globe. The book concludes with a vignette from Islamic culture that speaks nobly of furthering peace and life, ending with the last word: inshallah. What is evident in between is Charnys humanistic approach to this most inhumane of all modern phenomena.