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The BBC Arabic article claimed "fanatic Jews" fighting Roman invaders in ancient Jerusalem were the first example of suicide bombers.

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[–] Arrakis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

grabs popcorn

This comment section is going to be gold.

[–] what_is_a_name@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

“Suicidal military missions” are quite different from terrorism. What a silly attempt at an analogy.

That said. Terrorism is far from uniquely a Muslim tactic - it’s quite effective and had been used extensively in the past over and over again.

[–] Fazoo@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

BBC Arabic performing a staggering amount of mental gymnastics attempting to justify that opinion. What's even the goal? Excusing radical Islamic bombings because "The Jews did it first!"??

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Did you read the original? On the anniversary of 9/11 they published a side article talking about a timeline of suicide attacks throughout history. The Jewish far right objected that they were listed among the others (even though they literally celebrate those fanatics).