{"id":610,"date":"2014-10-11T06:39:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T10:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/pursuedbytruth\/?p=610"},"modified":"2014-10-11T06:39:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T10:39:28","slug":"isis-hails-10-year-old-child-martyr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/pursuedbytruth\/2014\/10\/isis-hails-10-year-old-child-martyr.html","title":{"rendered":"ISIS Hails 10-Year-Old Child &#8220;Martyr&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>ISIS supporters are hailing a 10-year-old boy they say died in US airstrikes in Syria as the youngest martyr of the war raging in Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Supporters of IS laud Abu Ubaidah, a 10-year-old boy said killed in US airstrike and shown posing with guns\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/0yaMQf1k9e\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/0yaMQf1k9e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Griffin (@mrdavegriffin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrdavegriffin\/status\/520602324562366465\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>A tribute video was\u00a0posted to YouTube by ISIS supporters but it has been taken down. Excerpts can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2skUVBk0bw0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>. The video depicts the\u00a0face of a\u00a0smiling young boy, radiant with youth. In most of the photos he is\u00a0holding a gun.<\/p>\n<p>Some thoughts:<\/p>\n<p>First, if the news is true I hope you join me in prayer for the repose of the soul of this innocent\u00a0boy, although I cannot imagine that God would\u00a0not welcome him with open arms, take the guns from his hands, and weep at the loss of his childhood.<\/p>\n<p>Second, the use of the word \u201cmartyr\u201d to describe the death of a boy who seems to have been brought to Syria from Saudi Arabia by an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Middle-East\/Watch-Islamic-State-honors-its-youngest-martyr-a-10-year-old-Saudi-boy-378538\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">egregiously irresponsible father<\/a> makes me feel\u00a0nauseated, although\u00a0I am sure many Muslims feel the same.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, top Muslim clerics have\u00a0ferociously denounced ISIS. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/top-saudi-cleric-joins-muslim-leaders-in-condemning-isis-terrorists-says-they-are-destroying-human-civilization-125113\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh recently stated<\/a>, \u201cExtremist and militant ideas and terrorism which spread decay on earth, destroying human civilization, are not in any way part of Islam, but are enemy number one of Islam, and Muslims are their first victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I did do a little\u00a0research to see\u00a0how Muslims view martyrdom to better understand how this word could ever be applied to an innocent boy\u00a0involved in warfare. It seems that in Islam, martyrs can be those who die because they refuse to give up their\u00a0faith but can also include those who die fighting for their faith:<\/p>\n<p>In the Quran, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noblequran.com\/translation\/surah61.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Surah 61:11-12<\/a> says in translation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>That you believe in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad ), and that you strive hard and fight in the Cause of Allah with your wealth and your lives, that will be better for you, if you but know! (If you do so) He will forgive you your sins, and admit you into Gardens under which rivers flow, and pleasant dwelling in Gardens of \u2018Adn \u2013 Eternity [\u2018Adn (Edn) Paradise], that is indeed the great success.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am guessing this\u00a0passage is interpreted differently among Muslims but the application of it by\u00a0radical jihadists to the\u00a0death of\u00a0a ten-year-old, impressionable young boy who was reportedly brought by\u00a0his father to a war zone is truly disturbing.<\/p>\n<p>Even if this story is not substantiated, it seems clear that ISIS does not have a problem with young children fighting by their sides. One Australian fighter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ijreview.com\/2014\/08\/166762-face-evil-australian-isis-jihadists-son-poses-decapitated-head-brags-thats-boy-graphic\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">posted pictures on\u00a0Twitter of his 7-year-old son holding a decapitated head <\/a>with the caption \u2018That\u2019s my boy!\u201d There are also recent reports that ISIS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/isis-training-children-behead-launch-terrorist-attacks-article-1.1921995\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">is forcing children to go to camps <\/a>where they are trained to kill and witness beheadings and crucifixions.<\/p>\n<p>All of this\u00a0is made particularly alarming\u00a0as it is now being reported that ISIS is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/isis-within-8-miles-of-baghdad-airport-and-armed-with-manpads\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">8 miles away from capturing the Baghdad airport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Much to think and pray about.<\/p>\n<p>But before you go, please join me in praying for the ten-year-old boy who is said to have died and the souls of all the\u00a0young, innocent children, men and women who have died in Syria and Iraq at the hands of ISIS terrorism:<\/p>\n<p><em>Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let the perpetual light shine upon him. 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