Srinagar, Nov. 24 -- A Suicide Bombing The question isn't whether suicide bombing is permissible or prohibited in Islam and neither is it intended to be judgmental on this contentious issue. The aim here is to simply discuss this act from a practical point of view to help people guard against unwittingly being beguiled into killing and maiming innocents by unscrupulous motivators who cunningly exploit their religious calling by misquoting the Holy Book. In a video recorded before his death, the Red Fort suicide bomber Dr Umar ul Nabi maintained that"One of the very misunderstood concepts is the concept of what has been labeled as suicide bombing. It is [actually] a martyrdom operation... known in Islam."However, he failed to furnish any s...