The Indoctrination of Palestinian Children
to Seek Death for Allah â Shahada
Among other topics, they spoke of their personal yearning to achieve death through Shahada â Death for Allah â and of a similar desire they said exists in "every Palestinian child." It is striking that their desire for death was expressed as a personal goal, not related to the conflict with Israel. Having been convinced that dying for Allah is preferable to life, their goal in living is not to experience a good life, but to achieve the proper death â Shahada.
Host: "You described Shahada as something beautiful. Do you think it is beautiful?"
Walla: "Shahada is very, very beautiful. Everyone yearns for Shahada. What could be better than going to paradise?"
Host: "What is better, peace and full rights for the Palestinian people, or Shahada?"
Walla: "Shahada. I will achieve my rights after becoming a Shahida."
Yussra: "Of course Shahada is a good thing. We donât want this world, we want the Afterlife. We benefit not from this life, but from the Afterlife... The children of Palestine have accepted the concept that this is Shahada, and that death by Shahada is very good. Every Palestinian child aged, say 12, says âOh Lord, I would like to become a Shahid." [PATV, June 9, 2002]
"I am the Shahid, oh my mother!
I have inscribed my name with my bloodâ¦
"I have prayed for the land
"And I have responded to the promise
"And if I do not return, donât cry for me my mother! (3x)
"Sound a cry of joy, sound a cry of joy, my mother!â¦
"I am the Shahid, oh my mother!
I have inscribed my name with my blood!"
http://www.pmw.org.il/ASK FOR DEATH.htm
to Seek Death for Allah â Shahada
Among other topics, they spoke of their personal yearning to achieve death through Shahada â Death for Allah â and of a similar desire they said exists in "every Palestinian child." It is striking that their desire for death was expressed as a personal goal, not related to the conflict with Israel. Having been convinced that dying for Allah is preferable to life, their goal in living is not to experience a good life, but to achieve the proper death â Shahada.
Host: "You described Shahada as something beautiful. Do you think it is beautiful?"
Walla: "Shahada is very, very beautiful. Everyone yearns for Shahada. What could be better than going to paradise?"
Host: "What is better, peace and full rights for the Palestinian people, or Shahada?"
Walla: "Shahada. I will achieve my rights after becoming a Shahida."
Yussra: "Of course Shahada is a good thing. We donât want this world, we want the Afterlife. We benefit not from this life, but from the Afterlife... The children of Palestine have accepted the concept that this is Shahada, and that death by Shahada is very good. Every Palestinian child aged, say 12, says âOh Lord, I would like to become a Shahid." [PATV, June 9, 2002]
"I am the Shahid, oh my mother!
I have inscribed my name with my bloodâ¦
"I have prayed for the land
"And I have responded to the promise
"And if I do not return, donât cry for me my mother! (3x)
"Sound a cry of joy, sound a cry of joy, my mother!â¦
"I am the Shahid, oh my mother!
I have inscribed my name with my blood!"
http://www.pmw.org.il/ASK FOR DEATH.htm