Muhammad Quotes
He who prepares a fighter is as one. He who supports the family of a fighter is as if he fought.
The first sentence illustrates why the Palestinian leaders do not martyr themselves and fight or carry a suicide bomb. They get to be martyrs and still live by getting others to be martyrs and die. Likewise the second sentence explains why many relatives of a young man or woman who blows themselves up do not seem so distressed and angry. They themselves have become martyrs without dieing. After sending all the others to their deaths, Yassin himself was killed in a high tech Israeli Military operation.
Muhammed, 571-632, Prophet and Founder of Islam, Quoted by the Hamas founder, Ahmed Yassin, May 7, 2003
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This passage from Mormon scripture justifies self defense and certain righteous war. It is also used by some Christians to argue that Mormons are not Christians because they do not accept Christ’s directive to “turn the other cheek”.
This for many suicide bombers provides much of the motivation and overcomes the prospect of suicide. According to Islamic doctrine, those killed in “the cause of Allah” go immediately to Paradise, unlike those who die a natural death. And when in Paradise, the males get 72 beautiful virgins.
These “benefits” as well as males getting 72 virgins are constantly told to young and impressionable Muslims, some of whom take it so literally that they become suicide bombers. They actually believe that blowing themselves up feels only like the sting of a mosquito. This sales pitch for suicide bombers and other martyrs is also effective because with the poor education, high unemployment, and few political and civil rights, most young Arab males have no other way of obtaining “honor, dignity, and respect.”
The Muslims conquered Spain and controlled it to one extent or another for 600 years.
Martyrs to most Muslims are people who die when defending Islam, which includes under the definitions of the Muslim Fundamentalists murdering innocent civilians including women and children. In addition to ascending directly to heaven, the male martyr gets 72 virgins in Paradise.
It is hard to believe that there are any people in the world that would try and educate youth in this manner, but it is common amongst the ultra fundamentalist Muslims to day. However, it is very similar to what the Christians, including the Pope, preached a millennium ago and what the Japanese preached to their young Kamakasi in WWII.
Muhammad was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet, sent to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. He is believed to be the final prophet of God in all the main branches of Islam, though some modern denominations diverge from this belief. Muhammad united Arabia into a single Muslim polity, with the Quran as well as his teachings and practices forming the basis of Islamic religious belief.
