Dave:
With all due respect, none of the Suras or the Hadiths you have forwarded
here contains a justification for suicide bombing as we know it.  Does Allah
justify the direct targeting of kids coming from their religious studies?  I
think not.  Unless one believes that every Israeli is fair game and thus a
legitimate target of attack, these forwarded verses do not support suicide
bombing.  An armed struggle against Israeli troops is however another matter.

Remember this is the same Allah who tells us not to even hurt a fly if we can
avoid it.  I would rather take the  word of the Iman of Mecca or the grand
Ayatollah of Tehran before making my own justification of verses which can be
interpreted in 1000 ways.

And as for the testimony of this Hamas activist, I completely disagree with
it!  These are the folks who hurt the cause of innocent Palestinians.  To me,
Sahron and these people are all the same.

Anyway, thanks for the forward for it certainly adds perspective to this
discussion.

-Yus

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