According to documented evidence gathered by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook of Palestinian Media Watch, the worship of Death for Allah (Shahada) continues to be a central theme transmitted to Arab homes via the TV station controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
In a recent broadcast, the mother of an Arab suicide terrorist talks about how she and other mothers in her position consider their sons’ Shahada death as a joyful event, similar to a wedding. The following is an excerpt from the PATV's Nov. 17th broadcast:
Moderator: "They [Israelis] accuse the Palestinian mother of hating her sons and encouraging them to die. This is what we hear from Israelis. Is this true?
Mother Um Al-Ajrami: "No, we do not encourage our sons to die. We encourage them to Shahada [martyrdom] for the homeland, for Allah… We [mothers of Shahids] don't say to the mothers of the [new] Shahids, 'We have come to comfort you’, but rather, 'We have come to bless you on the wedding of your son, on the Shahada of your son. Congratulations to you on the Shahada... ' For us, the mourning is joyous. We give out drinks, we give out sweets. Praise to God -- the mourning is a joyous occasion."
This same mother is quoted on "Islam Online" website ("www.islamonline.org") as saying, "I brought sweets and biscuits in order to change the day of joy to a new wedding, not mourning. I will sweeten anyone who will come to bless me on the occasion of the first holiday of the Shahada of my son."
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) has frequently documented how the PA political and religious leadership promotes martyrdom death. The teaching is that Islamic tradition views death while engaged in murdering Jews as something that need not be feared, but rather aspired to and anticipated with great pleasure. Young men are taught by religious leaders and through video clips that if they die as Shahids, they will merit 72 beautiful virgins in Paradise.
Marcus and Crook say that the Arab mothers' joyous responses to their sons' deaths and their celebration of their sons' "marriages" to the maidens of Paradise is a result of years of systematic PA indoctrination. Click here for more of PMW’s online Video Clip Library documenting such indoctrination.
In a recent broadcast, the mother of an Arab suicide terrorist talks about how she and other mothers in her position consider their sons’ Shahada death as a joyful event, similar to a wedding. The following is an excerpt from the PATV's Nov. 17th broadcast:
Moderator: "They [Israelis] accuse the Palestinian mother of hating her sons and encouraging them to die. This is what we hear from Israelis. Is this true?
Mother Um Al-Ajrami: "No, we do not encourage our sons to die. We encourage them to Shahada [martyrdom] for the homeland, for Allah… We [mothers of Shahids] don't say to the mothers of the [new] Shahids, 'We have come to comfort you’, but rather, 'We have come to bless you on the wedding of your son, on the Shahada of your son. Congratulations to you on the Shahada... ' For us, the mourning is joyous. We give out drinks, we give out sweets. Praise to God -- the mourning is a joyous occasion."
This same mother is quoted on "Islam Online" website ("www.islamonline.org") as saying, "I brought sweets and biscuits in order to change the day of joy to a new wedding, not mourning. I will sweeten anyone who will come to bless me on the occasion of the first holiday of the Shahada of my son."
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) has frequently documented how the PA political and religious leadership promotes martyrdom death. The teaching is that Islamic tradition views death while engaged in murdering Jews as something that need not be feared, but rather aspired to and anticipated with great pleasure. Young men are taught by religious leaders and through video clips that if they die as Shahids, they will merit 72 beautiful virgins in Paradise.
Marcus and Crook say that the Arab mothers' joyous responses to their sons' deaths and their celebration of their sons' "marriages" to the maidens of Paradise is a result of years of systematic PA indoctrination. Click here for more of PMW’s online Video Clip Library documenting such indoctrination.