- According to Islamic scolarship, dying as a jihadi wipes away the
martyrssins (see Ibn Warraq, The Islam in Islamic Terrorism: the
Importance of Beliefs, Ideas, and Ideology, London, 2017, p. 117). Much
was made of the 9/11 terrorists gambling, consuming alcohol and visiting
strip clubs shortly before the attacks, as if these ʻsinsʼ are not wiped out
by the ʻgood deedʼ of being ʻmartyredʼ as a jihadi. See “Seedy secrets of
hijackers who broke Muslim laws”, The Telegraph, 6 Oct 2001,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1358665/Seedy-secrets-of-hijackers-
who-broke-Muslim-laws.html/. ↵
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