"The holy fights by Moslem heroes fought, The saintly works by Christian hermits wrought And those of Jewry or of Sabian creed— Their valour reaches not the Indian's deed Whom zeal and awe religiously inspire To cast his body on the flaming pyre... And like the dead of Ind I do not fear To go to thee in flames; the most austere Angel of fire a softer tooth and tongue Hath he than dreadful Munker and Nakir."
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al-Ma'arri, quoted from Nicholson, R. A., Studies in Islamic Poetry (1921). al-Ma'arri, Abu 'L-ala Ahmad b. Abdallah al-Ma'arri (973-1057), in Nicholson, R. A. Studies in Islamic Poetry. Cambridge, 1921. as quoted in Ibn Warraq, Why I am not a Muslim, 1995. p 284 ff
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Jauhar, sometimes spelled Jowhar or Juhar, was a Hindu (Rajput) practice of mass self-immolation by women, or otherwise execution by their husbands, fathers or brothers, in India, to avoid capture, enslavement and rape by invading Islamic army, when facing certain defeat during a war. Some reports of jauhar mention women committing self-immolation along with their children. This practice was historically observed in northwest regions of India, with most famous jauhars in recorded history occurri
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