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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 10:45 am
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Originally Posted by Dovster
A Catholic who dies in a state of grace after receiving Communion believes he will go to Heaven but that doesn't mean that the Catholic Church doesn't care if the wine is poisoned.
Bad analogy. A martyr is someone who chooses death.

Originally Posted by GUWonder
I have never heard what was saíd two posts above from any muslim whom I have known to have lost a relative while on hajj or umrah or thereafter from illness.
Maybe you don't have first-hand knowledge, but that is what has been widely reported.
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