Palestinian News Item PA glorifies mother who celebrated 4 sons' deaths Palestinian TV (Fatah) - Feb. 26, 2006   Sheikh Yusuf Jum’ah Salameh, PA Minister of Waqf (Islamic Trust), in the presence of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, honors woman who celebrated the death of her four sons, as "a great woman":      “Al-Khansa, this noble woman… The day she lost her brother Sakhr [before she adopted Islam] she began crying and shouting in anguish... [But] when Allah filled her heart to accept Islam, and faith filled her heart, things changed. She sent her four sons, her flesh and blood, into battle, to Qadisiyah [near Iraq] as a service to this religion. When she heard that they had attained Shahadah (Martyrdom for Allah), she said, ‘Praise Allah, who honored me with their deaths. I pray to Allah that I will join them in Paradise...’ This is the great woman. This is the noble woman. See how Islam changed her behavior and her poetry?” Al-Khansa's joyful acceptance of her sons' death as Shahids (Martyrs) is lauded by the PA. She is presented as a role model for mothers. The PA has named eight schools after her.