Our grateful acknowledgement to Itamar Marcus, Director, Palestinian Media Watch
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Shahada comes from the word similar to the Hebrew: "AID" or Witness.
Shahada means two things.
By using the same term as the "testimony" for death, the act of dying for Allah is elevated by the declaration of faith. Please watch the tape to understand more fully the use of the term, and its current application in Palestinian culture. You will hear children, a TV personality and clerics use the term to describe MARTYRDOM, and you will hear songs expressing Shahada as martyrdom as well.
Please send this tape to your contacts so that everyone is very clear about the definition of this term.