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Yo_Mama

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1. No, it's part of the theology. You have to make the statement to get credit for your deed.
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 06:06 PM
Jun 2016

In heaven, that is.

What kind of heaven is waiting for this sort of deed is another question, but this is why the shooter (attacked recruiting station in Tennessee last year) started a blog and posted about Islam before he did it, and the Santa Monica Islamic killer witch sent a statement before they did it.
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/tenn-attack-still-not-called-terrorism-indecision-affects-benefits-to-families-1.382117

Shahid or shaheed means witness; for the bloody deed to qualify you for all the heavenly glory you have to make a statement. That's why ISIS keeps releasing the tapes made by the various attackers they have trained and sent afterwards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahid

That's why the Boston kid wrote his testament.

ISIS asks that the true believer make bayah - an oath of fealty to their caliphate - for those who want all the glory. That's what the Santa Monica woman did.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay%27ah

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