Iran: "The Islamic Bases of Suicide Mission"

The Journal of Islamic Governance is published by the Council of Experts, the body which assigns and monitor the Supreme Leader. In its last issue, Islamic Governance carried a very long article titled “The Islamic Bases of Suicide Missions [not exact translation]”. In the article, the author reviews the related Islamic literature, for both Shias and Sunnis, and concludes “According to the available evidence, we can definitely talk about the legitimacy of suicide missions and even go further and point out its importance and value”. The article is packed with sentences about the “importance” of suicide missions, such as “No doubt, one of the reasons for the fast progress of Islam in reaching its goals and … defeating strong castles in different regions in less than half a century [the early days of Islam] is the martyr-seeking attitude in it”. The article concludes with answering the question “What if civilians are killed in a suicide mission?” by referring to a Hadith [sentences of the holy figures of Islam] which says “Priests who have an opinion and are effective in the war…must be killed”.

I appreciate the honesty of this Islamic scholar. Thank you.

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