"THERE ARE THREE REASONS FOR A SUICIDE-BOMBER TO FULLFILL HIS DEED.", THE BLIND IMAN MURMERED. "FIRST, A DROP OF BLOOD WASHES AWAY ALL YOUR SINS. SECOND: YOU GAIN ACCESS TO HEAVEN FOR 70 TO 80 RELATIVES AND THIRD, YOU WILL GO STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN, WHERE YOU WILL BE SERVED, FOR ALL ETERNITY. HE LOOKED AT ME WITH CLOUDED EYES. "THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN TEACHING FOR MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS NOW."
HIS LONG, RIMPLED FINGERS REACHED FOR A CUP OF TEA AND THE PUPILS SITTING AROUND HIM ROSE IN SILENDE AND LEFT THE ROOM. NOT ALL THOUGH. SOME OF THE BOYS WERE SITTING LIKE IN TRANCE, HYPNOTIZED BY THE TRAINED, AGE-OLD VOICE OF THE IMAN.
THE SPIRITUAL TEACHER, WHO A MOMENT AGO SEEMED ONLY TO BE TALKING TO ME, COMPLETELY IGNORED ME NOW. BY DOING SO HE ALMOST FORCED ME TO LEAVE, WHICH I WAS HAPPY TO DO SO. OUTSIDE I SOUGHT FOR MY SHOES, GLAD TO FEEL THE SUN ON MY FACE.
HIS LONG, RIMPLED FINGERS REACHED FOR A CUP OF TEA AND THE PUPILS SITTING AROUND HIM ROSE IN SILENDE AND LEFT THE ROOM. NOT ALL THOUGH. SOME OF THE BOYS WERE SITTING LIKE IN TRANCE, HYPNOTIZED BY THE TRAINED, AGE-OLD VOICE OF THE IMAN.
THE SPIRITUAL TEACHER, WHO A MOMENT AGO SEEMED ONLY TO BE TALKING TO ME, COMPLETELY IGNORED ME NOW. BY DOING SO HE ALMOST FORCED ME TO LEAVE, WHICH I WAS HAPPY TO DO SO. OUTSIDE I SOUGHT FOR MY SHOES, GLAD TO FEEL THE SUN ON MY FACE.
