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Suicide terror & Shahada

Success of Shahada promotion

Suicide terror & Shahada

People who see life as the supreme value have difficulty understanding the mind of the suicide terrorist. Why are so many Palestinians willing and eager to kill themselves in terror attacks against Israel?

In order to create willingness among the population to confront Israel violently, the PA took advantage of the ancient tradition in Islam, Shahada or Death for Allah, which mandates Muslims to aspire to die in combat for Islam. The PA told their people that this ancient tradition also applies to them in confrontation with Israel today.

This indoctrination began shortly after the start of the Palestinian Terror War in 2000 and continues today. The PA promotes Shahada as a mandatory religious Islamic duty, both for adults and children, promising great rewards.

The Palestinian Authority today is an all-encompassing, death-worshipping society.

Success of Shahada promotion
The Palestinian Authority's Shahada indoctrination has been very successful. Many parents celebrate the death of their children, and some even describe how they prayed for their children’s Martyr death. Even 11-year-olds talk about death lovingly, as if it’s the most they can achieve in life.

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1- Children seek death

2- Adults seek death

3- Parents celebrate children's death

1- Children seek death

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10 year-old on Hamas TV: "We all wish for Shahada"

Source: Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), Jan. 22, 2010

Phone interview broadcast on Hamas TV kids' program, Tomorrow's Pioneers:
Host to girl on phone: "How was it for you during the [Gaza] war [2009]? Were you afraid that you would die, that you would leave this world?"
Girl: "No. I wasn't afraid. I wished for Shahada (Martyrdom) -- Shahada for Allah."
Host: "How wonderful. Even this little girl - how old are you?"
Girl: "Ten."
Host: "[She] is not more than ten years old, and wants to die as a Shahida (Martyr) for Allah. We all wish for this [Shahada]."
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Boy vows to join father in Martyrs` Paradise

Source: Hamas website, Feb. 1, 2009

Palestinian boy:
"By Allah, oh my father, I love you more than my own soul, but that is trivial because of my religion, my cause and my Al-Aqsa [Mosque]. Father, my eyes will shed no tears, but my finger will pull the trigger - this trigger that I still remember. I will never forget, beloved father, the times when you taught me the love of Jihad. You taught me the love of arms, so that I would be a knight, Allah willing. I will follow in your steps and fight the enemies on the battlefield. Every drop of blood that dripped from your pure body is worth dozens of bullets directed towards the enemies' chest. Tomorrow I will grow up, tomorrow I will avenge, and the battlefields will know who is the son of the Martyr, the commander, Ashraf Mushtaha. Finally, father, we are not saying goodbye, rather, I'll see you as a Shahid (Martyr) in Paradise. [I am] your son, who longs to meet you, the young knight, Naim, son of Ashraf Mushtaha."
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Child: Martyr is hero, death for Allah is bliss

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), Aug. 16, 2008

Child host: [the clue to] the riddle: The national hero,
A small child: A knight riding the "Martyrdom" horse; Martyrdom is bliss. Paradise is yours, the hero of Palestine, who carried a stone to confront a tank.

"On the day of his death Faris Ouda left his home with a slingshot,after having made himself a wreath decorated with photos of himself and having written on it 'The brave Shahid (Martyr) Faris Ouda.'"
[PA official daily, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Nov. 30. 2000]

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Death for Allah "great dream" of would-be terrorist

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), Nov. 10, 2008

Interview with Samira Al-Janazra, who was arrested and imprisoned by Israel for planning a suicide bombing in a bank, upon her release:
“Since childhood I wanted to light my inner revolution and I followed this path. I expected either Shahada [Martyrdom] or prison, but in the end there are those more noble than us – those Shahids [Martyrs] who fell. The Shahada is a great dream. I praise Allah for [granting] either Shahada or prison.” Click here to view

Palestinian female terrorist who was caught before mission: I would have become one of the 72 virgins in Paradise

Source: Israeli TV, Oct. 1, 2004

Rania Diab, female terrorist captured before her suicide mission:
Host: “Had you succeeded in [your suicide] mission, what would have been your reward?”
Rania: “The reward is from Allah, in Paradise. The female Martyrdom-seeker becomes one of the Dark-eyed Virgins, and she marries one of the Martyrs.” Click here to view

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Creating a supportive social environment for terrorists has been a critical factor in the Palestinian Authority's successful promotion of suicide terrorism. To this end, PA policy has been to honor terrorists as Shahids (Martyrs for Allah), and to teach Palestinian mothers to celebrate when their children die as terrorist Shahids. Categorizing these dead terrorists as Shahids grants them the highest honor a Muslim can achieve, and is therefore cause for a mother to celebrate, according to this PA teaching.

An example of that happiness and celebration can be seen in Um Nidal, mother of a suicide terrorist:

Um Nidal is filmed with her son, Muhammad, who is armed and ready to carry out a terror attack:
"By Allah, today is the best day of my life. I feel that our Lord is pleased with me, because I am offering something [my son] for Him. I wish to sacrifice more [sons] for Allah's forgiveness, and for the flag [of Islam], 'There is no god but Allah', to fly over Palestine.... It's true that there's nothing more precious than children, but for the sake of Allah – what is precious becomes cheap." Click to view video on website

Mother: "All the glory and honor is that my son is a Shahid"

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), Apr. 19, 2010

As part of report on funeral of prisoner Raed Abu Hamad, who died in an Israel prison:
Mother of Abu Hamad: "I know that my son, praise Allah, died as a Shahid, and all the glory and honor is that my son is a Shahid."

Mother of Martyr welcomes son's death

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), Feb. 11, 2010

PA TV news report:
Mother upon news of son’s death in an IDF airstrike: “We had always hoped for his [my son’s] Martyrdom (Shahada), knowing he wanted to die as a Martyr (Shahid). Every time he went out, we would say to him, ‘May Allah be with you.’ We knew that he wanted to die as a Martyr. Praise to Allah, he sought Martyrdom, and he achieved it. My message to every mother is to sacrifice her child for Palestine.
Another woman: “By Allah, we welcome every Martyr as if he were a groom among us." Click here to view

Ministry of Educ. thanks mothers for providing Martyrs

Source: Al-Ayyam, Feb. 23, 2009

Nivin Maslah, head of Ministry of Education dept. of public relations, Mother's Day speech:
"We send, from the Education Ministry, a kiss of love and thanks to the foreheads of our mothers… She praised the pioneering role of the mother in creating the [next] generations, and for their enormous forbearance in providing Shahids (Martyrs) and prisoners throughout the years of the struggle against the occupation".