Word: martyrdomã
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...therefore argued against what he called “pro-natal subsidies” of food, medicine, and humanitarian aid that help to reproduce the “constant supply of superfluous young men” demanded by a so-called “culture of martyrdom?? in Gaza...
...gruesome. His myriad examples of medieval brutality serve to illuminate a variety of individual points about the culture of the Middle Ages—the importance of blood to embody sacrifice, the symbol of the nose as linked to sexual mutilation, or the violent religious expressions of martyrdom??but it’s difficult to see the coherence of his overall argument about its meaning today.Groebner’s exploration of the medieval obsession with the nose as the prime organ of sexual mutilation is particularly engaging. His examination of 15th century Nuremberg reveals that the cutting...
Though Fredriksen retorts she “would actually just kill his goldfish,” she calls the line another instance of the script’s deliberate inaccuracy and another assertion from Gibson that his journey could lead to martyrdom??he’s joked several times that the film is potentially career-killing...
...April 1, the Times published a feature story on “suicide martyrdom?? in Islam. The article began with references to recent Palestinian suicide bombings, implying that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a religious war between Muslims and Jews. But the Palestinian uprising, or intifada, is not a conflict about religion, nor is it being orchestrated by religious leaders. It is about one group refusing to live under apartheid conditions and another group fighting to keep them there...
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