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NEWS ABOUT: martyrdom

martyrdom stories: 4 news summaries
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Death of 'Neda' May Echo for Weeks in Iran

Lengthy Shia cycle of mourning martyrs often includes protests

Jun 22, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's not clear who killed the Iranian protester known as Neda, but footage of her gruesome shooting in the streets of Tehran may transform the demonstrations gripping Iran, Time reports. Shia Muslims mourn their dead three, seven, and 40 days after death, and Iranians often use those commemorations for protests.... More »

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Iran • Islam • Shia • shah • martyrdom • mourning • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Neda

London Teen: How I Was Recruited for Jihad

Group meeting in mosque invited boy to outside gatherings

May 17, 09 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Islamists approached him in the mosque, and before he knew it a 15-year-old Londoner was watching jihadist videos and being encouraged to train in Pakistan, the boy tells the Times of London in the “first inside account” of the recruitment process. “A lot of people think that... More »

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terrorism • London • jihad • extremists • recruitment • mosque • Britain • martyrdom • teenager

Jury Sees 'Martyr Videos'
in UK Terror Plot Trial

Discussed bringing families on suicide missions

Apr 5, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - In London yesterday, prosecutors introduced “martyrdom videos” as evidence against eight British Muslims accused of plotting to destroy US-bound airliners in 2006, the Times  reports. One video, found in a man’s garage, envisioned “your people’s body parts responsible for these wars and oppression decorating the... More »

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London • terror plots • airline safety • hydrogen peroxide • airplane • videos • martyrdom • terror trial • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar

US Seeks Death for 6
in 9/11 Case

Capital punishment could put new burden on untested military tribunal system

Feb 11, 08 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - US authorities are preparing to ask for the death penalty for six suspects in the 9/11 attacks who are detainees at Guantanamo. “If any case warrants it, it would be for individuals who were parties to a crime of that scale,” a Defense Department official told the New ... More »

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death penalty • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • Department of Defense • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • death sentence • al-Qaeda • martyrdom

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