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The typical suicide bomber

Since the signing of the Oslo Agreements in 1993, Palestinian terrorist organizations have sent more than 70 suicide bombers on missions against Israeli targets. Fortunately, not all succeeded in their missions like Hotary. Last month Yediot Aharonot presented a profile of the typical suicide bomber:
47% of the suicide bombers have an academic education and an additional 29% have at least a high school education.
83% of the suicide bombers are single.
64% of the suicide bombers are between the ages 18-23; most of the rest are under 30.
68% of the suicide bombers have come from the Gaza Strip.

Some suicide bombers are educated, with college or university experience, and come from middle class homes. Most suicide bombers do not show signs of psychopathology. Indeed, leaders of the groups who perpetrate these attacks search for individuals who can be trusted to carry out the mission; those with mental illnesses are not ideal candidates. They often find solace in the ritualistic communion found in extremist circles, which are often headed by charismatic individuals looking for new recruits.

In Saheeh Mawaarid ath-Thimaan for ash-Sheikh al-Albaani, (published after his death) 'alayhi rahmatullah, he says in volume two, page 119, after explaining the popular hadeeth of Abi Ayoob, regarding the saying of Allah tabaraka wa ta'ala: walaa tulqoo bi aydiykum ilat-tahlukah, he said, paraphrasing:

"And in this popular story is evidence for what is known today as 'suicide operations', which some of the youth of Islaam go about doing to the enemies of Allah, but for this act [to be permissible] are certain conditions, and they are: For this action to be solely done for the face of Allah and to give victory to the religion of Allah, not for showing off, or reputation, or bravery, or being depressed from life".

Shaykh Muhammad Nasiruddeen al-Albaani, was asked a similar question in his tape number 134 in his series, "al-Huda wal Nur", he was asked about a group of Muslims who had began to use explosives on their body, and attacking tanks with it, they asked, "is it Jihad or Suicide?"

Shaykh Albaani said:

That is not considered Suicide, Suicide is when a Muslim kills himself to be saved from his miserable life or something similar, as far as what you are asking about, that is Jihaad for the sake of Allah, but we must consider that this action cannot be done individually without to designate somebody as an Amir who can assess if it will be beneficial for Islam and Muslims, and if the Amir decides that to lose that mujahid is more beneficial than to keep him, especially if he is going to inflict damage on the enemy, then the opinion of that Amir is binding and even if the man is unhappy with that, he must obey him... [Shaykh Albaani continues on to say] Suicide is one of the biggest muharramaat, it is when someone dies because he want to end his dunya..., as for in the Jihad it is not Suicide, the way the Sahabah [RA] used to fight big numbers of the enemy by themselves.

You will see here that Shaykh Albaani does not have a problem with the issue of "suicide operations" itself, but his only objection is that, an Amir is a neccesity, but his view upon that has been proven not to be the strongest of opinion, as Ibn Qudaamah has said an Amir is not an obligation.