Only WHYY, which operates in Philadelphia and its environs, including Delaware, bothers to note that Khan was born in Pakistan…
Only the WHYY report provides any indication of Khan’s motive. It points out that Khan’s notebook “included the phrase ‘battle efficiency: kill all – martyrdom.’ Martyrdom is discussed repeatedly in his writings.” Also, “during an interview with Khan, police say he told them becoming a martyr was ‘one of the greatest things you can do’ and was one of his goals.”
Khan, who bears the name, Luqmaan, of the sage for whom the thirty-first chapter of the Qur’an is named, was clearly speaking about “martyrdom” in its Islamic sense. While in other contexts, a martyr is someone who is faithful to his beliefs even unto death, in Islam, a martyr is one who “kills and is killed” for Allah (Qur’an 9:111). Luqmaan Khan was clearly intending to kill a number of infidels, apparently UD campus police officers, and be killed in the process, so that he would be guaranteed a place in paradise.
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