Släktingar till en av 7/7-bombarna, Shehzad Tanweer, samlades idag på treårsdagen vid hans grav för att fira hans liv och komma ihåg honom som den martyr han var. Enligt islams syn på martyrskap var han just en sådan, en shahid. "Shahid means someone who died in battle with non-Muslims ..." (`Umdat al-Salik/Reliance of the Traveller. A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law. Amana publications, 1994. s.235, g4.20)
När Tanweer lät detonera sin bomb på Aldgate station i London dödade han sju oskyldiga personer. Tillsammans med Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30, Hasib Hussain,18, and 19-åriga Jermaine Lindsay, dödade de fyra jihaddisterna 52 män och kvinnor.
I Daily Mail kan man vidare läsa att; "At the commemorative dinner held by Tanweer’s uncle, 42-year-old property developer Tahir Pervez at his home in Samundari, guests were treated to two courses of sweet rice and salted rice with curry and beef prepared by a renowned local chef. And to mark the occasion, rice was distributed amongst villagers. For the last two years, the family gathering has been held in secret at his grave, but this year police urged the family not to hold a memorial at the site. His headstone- the largest in the cemetery of the village- bears the phrase ‘La ilaha il Mohammed dur rasool Allah’ which means ‘There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his messenger.’ Local police officer, Zafar Iqbal said: ‘At least 60 to 70 guests, who included villagers and close relatives were invited. ‘They recited the holy Koran inside Tahir’s home and prayed for his soul. During the last two years there was a big celebration and people in the area have accepted his grave as a shrine of a big saint." Detta är islam, det islam som sedan Muhammeds tid i Medina fram till belägringen av Wien 1683 växte genom jihad, institutionaliserad genom islamsk lag. Det är inte någon feltolkning av islams heliga böcker det handlar om, detta är ett av islams två ansikten, den aggresiva och imperialistiska sidan som har återuppstått efter en lång tids dvala.
M.J