Death for Honour

Submitted by Jules (Australia), Aug 31, 2008 at 19:16

I completely agree with you Rie.

How dying and taking others with you is honourable is beyond me. The fact the fundamentalists of islam would kill themselves for a said number of heavenly virgins seems pointless.

Imam Al-Bayhaqi said that men were given five hundred wives, four thousand virgins, and eight thousand previously married women (Michelle Tsai, March 1^st 2007). It was also heard that Mohammed had said "Allah is all merciful! He gives the wives the rare honour of watching their husbands deflower those seventy-two Houris (virgins) and twenty-eight young pre-pubescent boys" (72 virgins and boys, Albaltus.org).

I do not descriminate between individuals and their religious beliefs but killing others in an attempt of martydom and a reward of 72 virgins seems wrong.

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