I'm not educated in the field. These ideas come to me when the mind runs freely while doing dishes or walking the dog. So, i hope to express myself clearly and i hope to find answers to some thoughts I've had with myself.
Death anxiety, which i have briefly explored to my capabilities, explain that the human condition is programmed on the basis of death denial. Every state of mind to way of thinking can be traced back to the unwillingness to accept the inevitable decay of ourselves.
How does this idea fit into extreme jihadist ideology that embrace and also expects death. Sure enough, in their mind, death is a moving on towards gods presence and eternal paradise, much more explored and intensely fabricated in other religions.
To me this is a counter position in which those who fear death convince themselves that it is actually what they strive for. I'm not sure I'm explaining myself well enough, English is not my first language.
What i think is that the inevitable fear of death which to them, preoccupied with it as they are, is so scary that they convince themselves, with the power of the group, that death does not hold a negative connotation. The highest level of death denial makes a full circle to come back to the full embrace of it.
I hope I've expressed myself to a valuable extent, and that this though of mine might find some explaining here, be it configuring what I've seen as the answer, or even better- a different, better answer.

How do you explain death denial in the world of death seekers.



PS: should i add? I hope this conversation, of it goes anywhere, does not move towards explaining, exploring and approving or denying the presence and action of extreme jihadists. This is a narrow group I've found myself thinking about because i happened to watch a documentary when i was reading Becker at the same time. religious discussions, i hope, will take only a necessary presence. Otherwise, be is Muslim or christian, it doesn't matter.