A Critical Analysis of 'Real Islam'. Its People ... - Bukti dan Saksi

We found crowds coming to the mourning tent - and not just because of him. People here aren't just remembering
Mahmoud - they are honoring his mother. She has become a heroine, being talked about on the streets, praised in the
local papers. Some Palestinians are taking a great deal of pride in a mother who saw her son go to kill and die
without shedding a tear. They are already saying she will inspire other women to do the same. In her home, in Gaza,
she showed me pictures of the son she calls "my heart". She had no sympathy for the dead Israelis, no regrets over
the loss of her own son. "Nobody wants their son to be killed. I always wanted him to have a good life. "But our
land is occupied by the Israelis. We're sacrificing our sons to get our freedom," she told me. I asked her if it mattered
whether her son killed women and children. "The women and children are also Jews," she said, "They're all the same
for me. "And I want to tell Jewish mothers - take your children and run from here because you will never be safe.
We believe our sons go to heaven when they are martyred. When your sons die they go to hell." Naima is
surrounded by well-wishers, no one asking why she gave her son a license to kill. She has nine more children,
whom, she says, all have a duty to fight the Israeli occupation.