Azhari Husin Quotes


There is no escape plan because the perpetrators will become martyrs. They will go to the target and not return.


Context

This terrorist and his cadre were Muslims and in the Muslim religion, one who dies defending Islam is a martyr and goes immediately to Paradise where he is given a special place and 72 virgins. The planners and leaders of these Islamic terrorist enterprises somehow never themselves take advantage of the opportunity to become martyrs, but instead recruit gullible young men for the “opportunity.” Husin was killed in a shootout with Indonesian police and the written plan was recovered from his personal computer.


Citations

Azhari Husin, *-2006, Malaysian Terrorist, The Bali Project (A written plan for a suicide bombing)

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Azhari Husin
Azhari Husin
  • Born: September 14, 1957
  • Died: November 9, 2005
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Dr. Azahari bin Husin, also Azahari Husin, Azhari Husin, was a Malaysian who was believed to be the technical mastermind behind the Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings and 2002 Bali bombing. He was killed in a police raid on his hideout in Indonesia in 2005. He was nicknamed the "Demolition Man".