Word: syahid
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...groups had opposed the executions on humanitarian grounds and out of concern that they would turn the extremists into heroes; already other militants have called the bombers "holy warriors." "The possibility of martyrdom is a highly contested idea but only the fringe groups will see their deaths as mati syahid," explains Masdar Hilmy, using the Indonesian term for martyrdom...
...Abubakar: I knew him while I was in Malaysia. He taught religion like me. His only wrongdoing was teaching the concepts of a jihad and mati syahid [holy death]. I have not had contact with him since 1999 and do not know where...
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