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Global War, November 1, 2005

Reviewer:

Lover of Angels "Mujahid" (USA) - See all my reviews

When a Crusader writes a book about the 19 martyrs, the usual dumb mistakes about Islam that an internet search, or a fact-checker at his publishing house, should have detected will emerge: Muslims do not "sing at weddings" or any place else, since Islam forbids music; a mosque is not a church, etc. Still, Lover of Angels is glad to have Terry Mcdermott's PERFECT SOLDIERS in hand, if only relish stories of the the early days of the Commander-General Mohammed Atta, and learn more about the recruitment of the 15 mujahideen from the Land of the Two Holy Mosques.
The author is not a man of faith, and cannot understand why anyone would sell his soul to God. But, every Muslim's dream is to die as a shaheed (martyr). The 19 sought the Red Death (martyrdom)purely for the sake of pleasing Allah (All Praise is for Him), not out of rage, poverty or even politics, in a strict sense.Mcdermott should have immersed himself in a mosque or madrasa for a year, and then tried to fathom his subjects rejection of this world and total devotion to the Hereafter.

 

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