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As we are concerned with prompting an understanding of the relationship between Islam and altruistic suicide in the Middle East, our remarks will fall under five headings. First, there is to be clarified the kinds of altruistic suicide underlying the Durkheim’s view to ground the discussion of the relationship between religion and suicide. Secondly, there remains to be examined mainstream interpretation of Islam about suicide. Thirdly, we shall examine Geertz’s theory of religion in order to understand why the same religion can provide different symbols for suicide bombing in different countries. Fourthly, there are discussions that arise from our claim that although Islamic ethics plays a discouraging role in committing suicide, the social and political context of Middle East encourages people to commit suicide. Finally, this paper will evaluate whether or not Islam encourages altruistic suicide and the role of social and political context in the Middle East in encouraging people to commit suicide.

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