Suicide bombers: the `just war' debate, Islamic style.

From: The Christian Century | Date: August 14, 2002| Author: Kelsay, John | Copyright information

TUCKED AWAY in an account of the Jewish resistance to Antiochus Epiphanes is the story of a hero's sacrifice. The Book of 1 Maccabees describes the prebattle scene. Jewish forces are encamped at Bethzechariah with the enemy directly opposite them, fully armed and ready to fight. As the Jewish soldiers watch, their counterparts prepare elephants--the heavy artillery of ancient warfare. Wooden towers are fastened onto elephants, with each tower bearing four armed men who will fight f...

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