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Qur'an and conquest --. - The "greater jihad" and the "lesser jihad" --. - The crystallization of jihad theory: crusade and counter-crusade --. - Jihad during the nineteenth century: renewal and resistance --. - Radical Islam and contemporary jihad theory --. - Globalist radical Islam and martyrdom operations --. - The rise of jihadi states

Martyrs in religions -- Martyrdom in the genesis of Islam -- Legal definitions, boundaries and rewards of the martyr -- Sectarian Islam: Sunni, Shi'ite and Sufi martyrdom -- Martyrs : warriors and missionaries in medieval Islam -- Martyrs of love and epic heroes -- Patterns of prognostication, narrative and expiation -- Martyrdom in contemporary radical Islam -- Martyrdom in Islam : past and present

This paper estimates the ecosystem services return on investment in government control of the introduced European wasp (Vespula germanica) in the state of Western Australia. The predictive model used accounts for uncertainties in the spread and impact of V. germanica on provisioning ecosystem services, represented by pollination, apiculture and viticulture, and cultural ecosystem services represented by households. Results produced by simulating a 20-year period suggest government expenditure on management will generate net benefits of AU$3.2–6.3 million per year, most of which will accrue to producers of pollination-dependent crops. This provides justification for investment from the government's agriculture portfolio to manage an insect often thought of as an urban pest.

One major question comes out when one considers contemporary martyrdom operations: why Islam? Hatina's book is an excellent survey of the theoretical and religious source material on Islamic martyrdom. Hatina places the study of Islamic martyrdom squarely within overarching theoretical frameworks, and does so with a full command of the primary source materials. This marriage was not previously accomplished with regard to Islamic martyrdom.

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Cook's Ancient Religions, Modern Politics is his most focused work yet covering basic themes in Islam, Hinduism, and Latin American Catholicism. The research is extremely thorough and provocative, leading Cook to the conclusion that fundamentalism is a natural fit for Islam, while not applicable to Hinduism, or useful as a description of Catholicism.