Indonesians Ask Why Muslims Turn to Bombs

[MugenOne]

Among the promises made to the would-be bombers is that martyrdom is a fast track to heaven — not just for them, but for 72 of their relatives, he and others say.

I thought it was 72 virgins. When did it become 72 relatives? So, who is right and wrong?

PAMARICAN, Indonesia - Aip Hidayat was a devout Muslim but showed no signs of fanaticism. He did not force his younger sister to wear a head scarf, chastise friends for skipping prayers or get into fiery debates about the U.S. war in Iraq. Yet the 21-year-old became the seventh person to carry out a suicide bombing in Indonesia, something many said was inconceivable just a few years ago.
Hidayat’s mother says al-Qaida-linked terrorists recruited her eldest son as a foot soldier for their “holy war,” poisoning his views on Islam so he would take part in triple suicide bombings on Oct. 1 that killed 20 people on the resort island of Bali.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051204/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_suicide_bombers

 

[StMarkEofE]

Among the promises made to the would-be bombers is that martyrdom is a fast track to heaven — not just for them, but for 72 of their relatives, he and others say.

I thought it was 72 virgins. When did it become 72 relatives? So, who is right and wrong?

PAMARICAN, Indonesia - Aip Hidayat was a devout Muslim but showed no signs of fanaticism. He did not force his younger sister to wear a head scarf, chastise friends for skipping prayers or get into fiery debates about the U.S. war in Iraq. Yet the 21-year-old became the seventh person to carry out a suicide bombing in Indonesia, something many said was inconceivable just a few years ago.
Hidayat’s mother says al-Qaida-linked terrorists recruited her eldest son as a foot soldier for their “holy war,” poisoning his views on Islam so he would take part in triple suicide bombings on Oct. 1 that killed 20 people on the resort island of Bali.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051204/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_suicide_bombers

I have heard it stated that the closer one becomes a Christian the more tolerant and loving one becomes, but the inverse happens when one becomes closer to Muslimism the more intolerant and hateful one becomes.

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