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"The history of suicide attacks stretches back at least to the 11th
century, when the Assassins, the disciples of the Persian master Alamut,
conducted suicide raids on neighboring fortresses. The Koran forbids
suicide, Mr. Post noted, but he added that suicide bombers often consider
their deaths acts of heroism, not self-destruction, and believe they will
be elaborately rewarded in the afterlife. Harvey Kushner, an expert in
terrorism and chairman of the department of criminal justice at Long
Island University, noted that suicide attacks are not condoned by most
Muslims, but are espoused ''by leaders of religious factions within the
Islamic community'' who have what he described as ''a contorted view of
what is spiritually permissible.'' After their deaths, suicide bombers are
often celebrated as heroes, said Vamik Volkan, a professor of psychiatry
at the University of Virginia Medical School and an expert on interethnic
conflict."
Attackers Neither Mad Nor Desperate, New York Times Service, Sep. 13,
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