minimus a day ago
Resolute please expound
...the motivations of the people that did this. We know that the perpetrators were all muslim, we know that one even packed his wedding suit in his luggage for when he gets to meet his 72 virgins. The conversation that should have been had was did these people do this despite their religion or because of their religion? The answers can all be found in the quran and other muslim texts. For anybody with doubts, even the date is very significant, Sept 11 was the date of the "high water mark" of the second great jihad into Europe, Sept 11 1683, the day the muslims were finally defeated at the siege of Vienna. OBL chose this date to send the message that "we are back".
We learned from Christianity that no man has greater love than he who surrenders his live on behalf of another, Islam is the polar opposite. Surrendering you life to kill unbelievers is the ultimate act of redemption - not just for yourself but you get to nominate your friends for salvation also!
I can't find the reference just now but mohamad was approached by one of his fighters and asked, "tell me of another deed equal in reward to jihad" Moh answered - "there is no other deed equal in reward to jihad".
"Allahu Akbar!" - The last words from the cockpit of Flight 93.
RB