Paper topic: The topic of suicide attacks is a vexing one. Even identifying the people who conduct suicide attacks can be controversial. Are the perpetrators terrorists, freedom fighters, or misguided souls? In light of the readings, please compose an original, innovative, and politically astute answer. In short, are suicide attackers inspired by Islam, or are they responding to other forces? In sum, does Islam inspire suicide terror, or does the inspiration for suicide terror have another source?
CITE AT LEAST THREE ITEMS FROM THE SOURCES BELOW WHEN COMPOSING THE PAPER.
Paper must have:
A Clear Thesis
Connections between the Argument and Evidence
No Grammatical, Stylistic, or Spelling Errors
A Conclusion That Summarizes the Thesis
1. Karen Armstrong: Islam: A Short History
3. Meghan ODonnell, Dangerous Undercurrent, Death, Sacrifice, and Ruin in Nazi Germany https://www.libraryofsocialscience.com/essays/odonnell-dangerous/index.html
4.Benjamin T. Acosta, The Suicide Bomber as Sunni-Shii Hybrid The Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2010, 17:3, http://www.meforum.org/2743/suicide-bomber-sunni-shii-hybrid
5.Simon Cottee, What Motivates Terrorists? The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/06/terrorism-isis-motive/395351/.
6.Michael Mazarr, The Psychological Sources of Islamic Terrorism, https://www.hoover.org/research/psychological-sources-islamic-terrorism
7.John Dower, An American Century of Carnage, http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176259/tomgram%3A_john_dower%2C_body_count_for_the_american_century/
8. Robert Tiersky, ISIS deadliest weapon is the idea of heaven, Huffington Post, September 19, 2016, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/isiss-deadliest-weapon-is_b_12087084
9. Michael Vlahos, “What Homer’s Illiad Tells Us About the Islamic State”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-homers-iliad-tells-u_b_5759312
