• dhaonna_aontaithe
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    2 months ago

    It’s not even just an arab/Muslim thing, the dual usage thing of the term martyr is also a Christian thing, at least in a few parts of it

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        2 months ago

        The Catholic Church uses “martyr” to define “innocent who didn’t fight, but were murdered unjustifiably”. For sure some nuance is missing, but it’s full of martyrs saints that just got killed because they were Christians.