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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: DMaA who wrote (299174)9/22/2002 8:56:58 PM
From: hdl  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
martyrs die for a cause. lately, killers have been referred to as martyrs if they commit suicide or fight against a superior force. muslims use of "martyrs" is different. this is different from jewish martyrs who long ago were killed because they wouldn't renounce their religion.

Main Entry: [1]mar·tyr
Pronunciation: 'mär-t&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Greek martyr-, martys, literally, witness
Date: before 12th century
1 : a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
2 : a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle
3 : VICTIM; especially : a great or constant sufferer <a martyr to asthma all his life —A. J. Cronin>
- mar·tyr·i·za·tion /"mär-t&-r&-'zA-sh&n/ noun
- mar·tyr·ize /'mär-t&-"rIz/ transitive verb

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