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edhopper

(33,597 posts) Thu Nov 19, 2015, 08:05 PM Nov 2015

Would any of these young men and women

who know they are giving up their lives to commit these terrorist acts,
do so if they did not think that it is what God wants and they will be rewarded by him?

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Would any of these young men and women (Original Post) edhopper Nov 2015 OP

Of course not, since Islamic terrorism isn't about religion at all. cleanhippie Nov 2015 #1

You would find the answer in one hadith Yorktown Nov 2015 #2

cleanhippie

(19,705 posts)

1. Of course not, since Islamic terrorism isn't about religion at all.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Thu Nov 19, 2015, 08:07 PM

Nov 2015

Or so I'm told here on a daily basis.

Yorktown

(2,884 posts)

2. You would find the answer in one hadith

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Thu Nov 19, 2015, 09:48 PM

Nov 2015

Asked what is the uttermost bliss, muhamad answered that it was to die as a shaheed (martyr), and having tatsed how wonderful it was, to be reborn again to die as a shahid again.

Other than that, Islam absolutely does not glorify fighting.

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