RT Article T1 Human bombing - a religious act JF Journal of terrorism research A1 Ilyas, Mohammed LA English YR 2014 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1865845108 AB The issue of human bombing, which is popularly known as suicide bombing has become important in the Western world since the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks. Since then the issue of human bombing has become important to academia, the media, and security experts. This interest has resulted in much literature attempting to explain why human bombings take place and what motivates the bombers; for instance, the works of Gambetta (2006); Pape (2006); Merari (2010); Hafez (2006, 2007); Wright (2007); Bloom (2005, 2010); Friedman (2005); and Khosrokhavar (2005).Publisher PD K1 Research DO 10.15664/jtr.944