Suicide was a mortal sin.
Until one lad took a bunch of grenades and threw himself under a tank during the Iran Iraq war.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 23 May 2017, 19:42,
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Nah. Some Egyptian cleric issued a fatwa in
the seventies, I think, saying that it wasn't suicide in pursuit of martyrdom. It was a game changer.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 23 May 2017, 19:47,
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as I recall the first suicide bomber since ww2
was actually from Irgun or Stern. There are doubts as to whether he meant to blow himself up. I can't find the story right now It was a station bombing during the Palastine Mandate.
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The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Tue 23 May 2017, 19:56,
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