June 27, 2005

What do female martyrs get?

From the Telegraph (Via Solomonia):

One of the inmates, Ayat Allah Kamil, 20, from Kabatya, told me why she had wanted to become a martyr: "Because of my religion. I'm very religious. For the holy war [jihad] there's no difference between men and women shahid [martyrs]."

According to the Koran, male martyrs are welcomed to Paradise by 72 beautiful virgins. Ayat, as with many of the women she is incarcerated with, believes that a woman martyr "will be the chief of the 72 virgins, the fairest of the fair".

I always wondered about that.

Posted by David Boxenhorn at June 27, 2005 11:03 PM
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That makes sense :p

Posted by: Maria at June 28, 2005 04:17 AM Permalink

It can't be what you would have thought it would be (72 men) because that's what they get on earth.

Posted by: Attila (Pillage Idiot) at June 29, 2005 06:41 PM Permalink