# What reward (if any) awaits female suicide bombers?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reward-if-any-awaits-female-suicide-bombers/334443
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 7, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reward-if-any-awaits-female-suicide-bombers/334443 "2005-12-07T02:13:40Z")
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### Author:  [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reward-if-any-awaits-female-suicide-bombers/334443/21 "2005-12-08T02:58:30Z")
> [@Portia](#):
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> And “the purest and highest kind of angel”?? What a ripoff - is there supposed to be some sort of angel caste system in Paradise?
Didn’t you listen to Professor Snape in Dogma? [Here](http://www.rotten.com/library/religion/angels/) (scroll down about 3/4 of the page).
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### Author:  [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reward-if-any-awaits-female-suicide-bombers/334443/22 "2005-12-08T04:00:06Z")
> [@Wolfian](#):
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> Didn’t you listen to Professor Snape in Dogma? [Here](http://www.rotten.com/library/religion/angels/) (scroll down about 3/4 of the page).
[The Deal about Angels](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mangels.html) according to **Dex**.
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### Author:  [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reward-if-any-awaits-female-suicide-bombers/334443/23 "2005-12-08T12:10:37Z")
When did it become an unspoken assumption that suicide bombers are Muslim?
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### Author:  [@Testy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Testy)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reward-if-any-awaits-female-suicide-bombers/334443/24 "2005-12-08T12:30:46Z")
> [@Futile Gesture](#):
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> When did it become an unspoken assumption that suicide bombers are Muslim?
Sure, the Tamil Tigers used the same technique. Nevertheless, when you read about someone detonating a pair of Semtex undershorts, it’s a safe bet (s)he is a Muslim.
Regards
Testy
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### Author:  [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reward-if-any-awaits-female-suicide-bombers/334443/25 "2005-12-08T13:56:09Z")
> [@severus](#):
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> [The Deal about Angels](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mangels.html) according to **Dex**.
> [@Wolfian](#):
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> Didn’t you listen to Professor Snape in Dogma? Here (scroll down about 3/4 of the page).
Hey, I assumed we were talking about a Muslim Paradise, not a Christian Heaven, hence I am unfamiliar w/ any kind angel caste system _there_.
I assume that the suicide bombers are fed twisted K’oran verses to convince them to kill temselves w/p penalty, as the K’oran is just as concerned for the sanctity of life as the bible, Protestant and Catholic. So of course they’d be fed twisted versions of Paradise as well.
I realize also that in history, non-muslims have blown themselves up but c’mon, they’re in the minority. I remember the first time I read about a woman who’d blown herself up, and she was a _mom_. I can’t even get my mind around that.
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### Author:  [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reward-if-any-awaits-female-suicide-bombers/334443/26 "2005-12-08T15:28:53Z")
> [@gum](#):
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> This is what Islamonline has to say about it:
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> “As for women and the blessings they will have in Paradise, it was stated that they would be prettier than houris, and except for men having houris in Paradise, both men and women are equal in the blessings they will enjoy. Regarding having more than one husband, no hadith has stated this whatsoever; it is against the nature of women and the modesty women enjoy”.
So basically it is like that Ultimate Makeover reality TV show. A trip to a spa and a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon and then back to the farm with husband Zeke?
Probably beats 72 horny, pimply guys fumbling with your bra, wearing your panties on their heads, and climaxing before your reach yeah-yeah land, but still it seems a bit of a let down for what you’re doing for it.
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### Author:  [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reward-if-any-awaits-female-suicide-bombers/334443/27 "2005-12-08T15:58:34Z")
72 virgins?
I guess when suicide bombers die, they go to eigth grade.
Regards,
Shodan
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### Author:  [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reward-if-any-awaits-female-suicide-bombers/334443/28 "2005-12-08T17:04:38Z")
> [@Testy](#):
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> Sure, the Tamil Tigers used the same technique. Nevertheless, when you read about someone detonating a pair of Semtex undershorts, it’s a safe bet (s)he is a Muslim.
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> Regards
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> Testy
Whaat? just because you read the wrong papers! Many of the Tamil suicide bombers mentioned on this page have been women [http://www.spur.asn.au/chronology\_of\_suicide\_bomb\_attacks\_by\_Tamil\_Tigers\_in\_sri\_Lanka.htm](http://www.spur.asn.au/chronology_of_suicide_bomb_attacks_by_Tamil_Tigers_in_sri_Lanka.htm)
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### Author:  [@charizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/charizard)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reward-if-any-awaits-female-suicide-bombers/334443/29 "2005-12-09T00:29:33Z")
> [@Futile Gesture](#):
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> When did it become an unspoken assumption that suicide bombers are Muslim?
Futile, haven’t you been paying attention?
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### Author:  [@Testy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Testy)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2005, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reward-if-any-awaits-female-suicide-bombers/334443/30 "2005-12-09T07:35:28Z")
> [@scm1001](#):
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> Whaat? just because you read the wrong papers! Many of the Tamil suicide bombers mentioned on this page have been women [http://www.spur.asn.au/chronology\_of\_suicide\_bomb\_attacks\_by\_Tamil\_Tigers\_in\_sri\_Lanka.htm](http://www.spur.asn.au/chronology_of_suicide_bomb_attacks_by_Tamil_Tigers_in_sri_Lanka.htm)
Well, I’m not sure what you’re objecting to here. Yes, I know the LTTE used suicide bombers, some of whom were women. Nevertheless, when you hear of suicide bombers now, the tend to be Moslems. The use of women is still not so common though. I’d really recommend reading that Newsweek article. They talk about a failed, woman, suicide bomber and her “handler.” Very interesting reading.
Regards
Testy
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