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To: DMaA who wrote (213083)	7/22/2007 7:36:16 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) of 794268

I don't have a big problem with "shaheed," either, except that it's not in the dictionary. If it came into use and were in dictionaries, then it would be a fine word. Or if we just used it among ourselves. My main argument to you has been that there's nothing wrong with using "martyr." Or "Islamist martyr" if the context isn't enough to provide clarity. "Martyr" remains the best and only English word we have, despite its discomfort. "Islamist martyr" and "shaheed" mean the same thing but only one of them is English.

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