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February 10, 2009 Special Dispatch No. 2238

In Islamist Video, Mujahedeen Sing of Martyrs' Funerals: 'Form a Procession for the Martyr, With His Wound, His Blood and His Garments; Perfume His Forehead and Do Not Remove the Dust From His Body'

February 10, 2009
Special Dispatch No. 2238

A video posted on multiple websites, titled "Procession of the Martyrs," shows mujahedeen gathered with their weapons singing about funeral and burial rites for "martyrs." In their song, the lyrics of which appear in English translation in subtitles, they call to "form a procession for the martyr to his second house in Paradise," for the martyr's mother to "be patient" knowing that her dead son is in Paradise "beside the glamorous fairies and enjoying," and for processions for individual "martyrs" whom they name. ...

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