Monday, September 04, 2006

An odd comparison

Martyrs' widows wait outside doors to paradise - World - theage.com.au

This short story about how Hezbollah looks after the widows of "martyrs" in Lebanon contains this:

The community believes martyrs go directly to heaven and their wives are venerated because of their sacrifice. "The wife of a martyr is like Jennifer Lopez to us," said Mohammed Husseini, spokesman for Hezbollah's Martyrs' Association illustrating how widows are admired.

Well, perhaps "Paris Hilton" would have been a less apt comparison, but only just.

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