Video of Saudi pilot martyred in EF crash.

[Canaan]

what the heck happened? how did the EF crash? (apart from what the article says)
other than that may he rest in peace.
About the martyr thing, only God can decide whether he is or not, not us humans, though we hope so.

 

[wali87]

People need to stop misusing and abusing the word 'martyr'. No one has been persecuted for his religious beliefs here, of which the word 'martyr' implies -- persecution. Objects cannot persecute people, only people can persecute other people. Objects create accidents, which are morally, ideologically, and politically neutral events. Persecutions are morally, ideologically, and/or politically motivated events.

My uninformed friend, that is why i always tell non-muslims not to comment about Islamic concepts. If you dig up islam, you will find out that there are different levels of martydom in Islam. He surely died a martyr's death as he was flying that plane for the sake of defending his country. Muslims who die even during training are martyrs, ofcourse their level of martydom is not the same as that of those who die directly fighting an enemy.