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Shedding the light on the inner thoughts of  the suicide bombers

One of the most puzzling questions that impose themselves upon us while watching in the news or reading in newspapers in complete disbelief about the continuous daily suicide bombers: How could anyone commit such violent acts being aware of  the fact that they are killing innocent people and themselves in the attack? As an Arab who was born Muslim, I was asked the same question over and over by those who were aware of my background. I was at lost for words that would quench their thirst for the rational answer to help them come to an understanding of the tragic occurrence of the suicide bombers incidents. How could I explain to them the reasons behind the attacks if I don't understand it myself? Often, I sit down to contemplate about the motives behind sacrificing one's life for a cause. I find myself going back to my childhood in an attempt to search for the answer that would guide me toward an understanding and maybe acceptance of these tragic events. The majority of Arabic and Muslim children go through a process of  Islamic education that lasts from grade 1 to grade 12. During the span of their religious education, they are taught the glorious              events that took place during the profit Mohammad and his successors. They learn that the highest and honorable reward after death goes to those who sacrifice their lives in defending or spreading Islam. As a child l was listening to those glorious stories of the struggle and sacrifices made by those who followed    and fought for the spread of Allah (God) words of Koran. I was fascinated and full of admiration and respect toward their courage and bravery. At that time, I had a profound desire to be there with them. I heard repeatedly that those who died defending Allah (God) will be in their company in the day of accountability. As we grew older and our hormones take control, we were faced with the restriction imposed upon our sexual activities by Islamic rules. The islamic education evolved to feed the young men with overactive hormones, the rewards of abstinence and waiting for the chance of getting married. However, the majority of men were poor to afford the expenses of marriage including the dowry imposed upon the man by the Islamic rules and traditions. On the other hand, Islam teaching by those who interpret Islam to suite their hidden motives, imply  that the single men who die as a martyr in defending or spreading Islam will have the choice to select the Horia (A woman of tremendous beauty and figure at the peek of her youth who never ages) to be his wife from the group of Horias in Heaven. Young Men are faced with the prospect of a short life in poverty without having any chance to accumulate enough money to get married, compared to an eternal life in Heaven . That combined with the fantasies of being a martyr and spending eternity in Heaven in the company of the profit Mohammad and his successors make them extremely susceptible to be recruited by the fundamentalists with          their eloquent and rhetorical speeches. I believe that we don't need wars in which more people will die. .                                                                                                                                   Next Page

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