title: The myth of the myth of martyrdom.
abstract: Lankford asserts that suicide terrorism is attributable to suicidality. We argue in this commentary that this assertion is not well supported theoretically or empirically. In addition, we suggest that failure to acknowledge religious beliefs as motivationally causal for suicide terrorism may place innocent people at risk of murder in the service of political correctness and multiculturalism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309. ysela@oakland.edu www.YaelSela.com
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sela
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309. shackelf@oakland.edu www.ToddKShackelford.com
authors.forename: Todd K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Shackelford
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D023481:Terrorism / Q000523:psychology*