Are there specific passages in the Qur'an that authorize suicide bombings against infidels?

Answer 1

The Muslim theoretical justification for suicide bombing I read was written under the guidance of Ayman al-Zawahiri and is available in Ibrahim, "The al-Qaeda Reader," pp. 137-171. Ibrahim (not al-Zawahiri) says: "Unlike jihad, which is easily demonstrated in the Koran as well as Islamic history, 'martyrdom operations' -- commonly known in the west as 'suicide bombings' -- are not, and need to be somewhat rationalized and analogized from the Muslim texts." According to Ibrahim, "It is significant ... that a hadith -- as opposed to a Koranic injunction -- is used [by al-Zawahiri] as the primary justification for martyrdom operations (ideally, Koranic verses form the foundation of an argument while hadiths serve to exemplify)." So Ibrahim basically says that al-Zawahiri could not or did not make a case based on Koranic citations and had to or chose to base it instead on hadith. I read the al-Zawahiri piece in the book and it seemed to match Ibrahim's description. The examples that al-Zawahiri comes up with are more about a warrior putting himself into an extremely dangerous position and getting killed by the enemy rather than killing himself as instrumental in killing the enemy.

That's a really long answer. The short answer, according to this one source, seems to be that one can't justify it directly from the Koran.

BTW, the primary Koranic problem seems to be the warrior's suicide rather than that "innocents" (non-combatants) might be killed. The discussion of that question is separate and complicated and I'm not attempting to address it here.

Answer 2

No. And all those ppl saying yes have no references. Suicide is 100% haraam (forbidden) by God.

Answer 3

no
if u are talking about palestine, it is the only weapon they have to defend themselves against terrorist that took thier land

Answer 4

Meh, I think it's somewhere in the back.

Answer 5

uh obviously there are