Essays on Martyrdom

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In chapter two, titled; Mystic States: Martyrdom in the Making of the Islamic Republic, the author describes several details that attempt to explain how the invasion of Iraq had a result of solidification with the political and the strength of Khomeini. The illustration of the disaster of Karbala and the subject of martyrdom of Imam Hussain were successfully created for use as information that was intended to turn the Iraqi army into resilient and more prepared fighters. All the walls and billboards were covered with pictures of Iranian armed forces who died. These men were seen as martyrs ...

I. INTRODUCTION The current use of the North-South divide in demarcating global Christian religion is not new. It originated as an economic and political convention to distinguish the First World and the Second World in the North and the Third World in the South. Thus, the churches in the North include the churches in North America, Western Europe, and the developed part of East Asia; while the churches in the South comprise the churches in Africa, South America, and the rest of Asia, including the Middle East. However, the demarcation line can arbitrary depending on the institution that creates ...

For the purpose of the media analysis, one of the most iconic images or photographs in the history of world civilization has been chosen. The original photograph was taken by Alberto Korda on March 5, 1960, at the memorial service of the victims of an explosion. It came in the public domain soon after it was taken by the photographer. The picture titled, “Guerrillero Heroico” is that of the iconic revolutionary figure, Che Guevara, who can also be deemed as one of most famous persons in the history of the human society. The particular image in context is an ...

Sacred violence took place in the seventeenth to eighteenth century in Early America. According to Susan Juster the word sacred refers to all that exists outside or transcends the human sphere. In Early America, Christianity had taken deep root as was the case in Europe. Many of the Christians at that time believed that they were supreme over other forms of religion and that no other religion was considered Godly. As a result of this frame of mind Christians took it upon themselves to rid the world of “evil” people, this being non-Christians by and large. The method use to ...