Abstract
The author devotes nine chapters to the concept of martyrdom in Islam in its many narratives of martyrs and martyrdom, following discussion in Chapter 1 of ‘Martyrdom in Religions’ in general. According to Cook, among the general features of martyrological narrative is the creation of ‘a boundary between belief systems’, between the martyr and the other, understood as different and opposing to the extent that it is ‘an absolute evil upon which the audience can focus their revulsion’. Martyrdom narrative in Judaism and Christianity is discussed in this chapter but on non-Abrahamic religious tradition the author is silent. In the next chapter ‘Martyrdom in the Genesis of Islam’, the author reflects on various aspects of the verses of Qurʾān as interpreted by famous Muslim exegetes, specifically on accounts of the battles waged during the early years. The discussion is further supplemented with references to events recorded in the books of ḥadīth and the life history of the Prophet.
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