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“The Religious Policeman<\/a>,” my favorite Saudi expatriate blogger, has some ideas about the 72 virgins that supposedly await Muslim martyrs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His posting is just more fallout from an Arab-language television program that frankly uncovers the link between sex (or lack of sex) and martyrdom<\/a>. More here<\/a>, including a quote from a guy who is still in the news: \u201cI don’t want any women to go to my grave at all during my funeral or on any occasion thereafter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aphrodite will not be denied, as I once wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tags: Jihad<\/a>, Martyrdom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The Religious Policeman,” my favorite Saudi expatriate blogger, has some ideas about the 72 virgins that supposedly await Muslim martyrs. His posting is just more fallout from an Arab-language television program that frankly uncovers the link between sex (or lack of sex) and martyrdom. 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