David Cook is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University specializing in Islam. He is the author of Studies in Muslim Apocalyptic, Understanding Jihad, and Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature.Olivia Allison is a graduate student at King's College, London, England. A former research assistant on media and terrorism at Rice University, she has published several articles on various topics.

For Cook and Allison, the religious justifications that are deployed in support of Islamic suicide terrorism are both a key causal factor and perhaps the tactic's single greatest weakness. The urge policy makers to focus more on the religious angle and encourage Islamic political and religious leaders to condemn suicide attacks as a comprehensive genre as well as to engage in sustained religio-ideological discussion about the justness of suicide attacks. They also provide an examination of how groups that employ suicide bombing engage in media operations and consider types of counter-operations.

David Cook is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University specializing in Islam. He is the author of Studies in Muslim Apocalyptic, Understanding Jihad, and Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature.Olivia Allison is a graduate student at King's College, London, England. A former research assistant on media and terrorism at Rice University, she has published several articles on various topics.

For Cook and Allison, the religious justifications that are deployed in support of Islamic suicide terrorism are both a key causal factor and perhaps the tactic's single greatest weakness. The urge policy makers to focus more on the religious angle and encourage Islamic political and religious leaders to condemn suicide attacks as a comprehensive genre as well as to engage in sustained religio-ideological discussion about the justness of suicide attacks. They also provide an examination of how groups that employ suicide bombing engage in media operations and consider types of counter-operations.

David Cook is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University specializing in Islam. He is the author of Studies in Muslim Apocalyptic, Understanding Jihad, and Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature.Olivia Allison is a graduate student at King's College, London, England. A former research assistant on media and terrorism at Rice University, she has published several articles on various topics.

For Cook and Allison, the religious justifications that are deployed in support of Islamic suicide terrorism are both a key causal factor and perhaps the tactic's single greatest weakness. The urge policy makers to focus more on the religious angle and encourage Islamic political and religious leaders to condemn suicide attacks as a comprehensive genre as well as to engage in sustained religio-ideological discussion about the justness of suicide attacks. They also provide an examination of how groups that employ suicide bombing engage in media operations and consider types of counter-operations.