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A Martyr’s Death By Jenni Vinson Trejo June 10, 2006 In Islam, martyr or shahid encounters a sacred level by fighting against the enemies of the true religion. In the process, he gives up his life in exchange for a higher, celestial existence. It is not merely the event of the death that identified martyrdom, but the very fulfillment of the duty of obedience to the will of Allah that brings a death to the level of sacred. As noble it is to die in battle —that is, to die at the enemy’s hands in a just cause —so has...