If there are 72 virgins waiting in heaven why don't all Muslim men kill themselves?

Question

Why is it just the young brainwashed ones that kill themselves? Wouldn't you think they would question why the elder who convinces them to do it hasn't done it himself? Would be my first question

I can agree with HijabiMamaBa up to a point but the ones who took out the world trade center didn't fit that scenario.. They were living well in the USA

Answer 1

First of all, I think there are a lot of misconceptions about suicide bombings in the Muslim world. In Islam, if you commit suicide, then in the hereafter you are doomed to go through that death over and over again in whatever way you killed yourself. It is a major sin.

However, the people who are doing suicide bombings are people living in desperate situations that you will probably never be able to understand. But let's just try to imagine that you are, say, a Palestinian whose house has just been torn down to make way for an Israeli settlement while your family was still inside and your little brother just died of appendicitis because the Israeli army wouldn't let the ambulance pass the checkpoint to get to the hospital. Or imagine that you live in Haditha, Iraq, and no one can go outside because the US army forces that came to save you from Saddam are having daily firefights outside your door with rebel leaders, and then one day one of their tanks gets hit and they get so mad that they storm your house and shoot everyone inside... mom, dad, babies, kids, grandparents... and then they go on to your neighbor's house and do the same. Or imagine that you live in Afghanistan where the Taliban have been pushed out of power, but that has left no real government in control and so your mom and your sisters can't leave the house because if any men find them on the streets they are likely to be raped and killed. These are real scenes from the daily life of thousands of people.

Now...imagine that some other nation or group managed to destroy our central government and take over our country. Imagine that you lived every day in fear of those people, knowing that they suspect you of being up to no good just because you live here, watching them patrol your neighborhood streets with guns and tanks, seeing them try to question people who get scared and run and then are shot down in cold blood. Imagine that the idea of safety and comfort and home and family has been destroyed and replaced by fear and paranoia, by hunger and poverty and disease. Imagine after days and then weeks and then months and then years of this how desperate you would begin to feel. And yet, if you try to speak out against what is happening, then the world media labels you as an "insurgent," and "extremist," and a "terrorist." Imagine how your sense of patriotism and the need to protect to your family would drive you to take action... some action... any action.

So to answer your one-sided, uneducated question- it isn't so much a matter of old guys brainwashing young guys into comitting suicide, as much as entire societies that are in terrible situations and young kids who still have enough hope left that they can make a difference that they go out and do something desperate.

Answer 2

The younger ones are horny so they are blinded by the idea. The older ones are married and know that 70 virgins ain't no picnic. They've also come to the realization that most muslim women are butt ugly!

Answer 3

What is so special about the 72 women being Virgens? All I need is one good woman.

Answer 4

Actually, if you read the Quran carefully, it is 72 virgin BOYS that are waiting for them in heaven.

Answer 5

c on earth you'll find millions of virgins so why to kill your self for just 72.

Answer 6

cause they are nuts plain and simple if you look at the koran it states that you should not kill

Answer 7

i dnt agree wid u all at alll
Sorry
i agree wid hijabi mama ...

Answer 8

Not sure many actually believe that crap.

Answer 9

Cause then they would go straight to hell!!!!!

Answer 10

they r looking for u.