Islamists claim miracles at jihad cemetery

Locals revere Arab dead, Islamists claim miracles, at jihad cemetery, Kandahar, Afghanistan, where fallen foreign fighters lay

The hard work of U.S. troops to plant their oppressors in the ground is not appreciated by many residents of Kandahar, Afghanistan, where a cemetery is the focus of claims to miracle wonders taking place at the graves of the “shaheed” or martyrs.

Each day, hundreds of sick people visit the graves of more than 70 Arab and other foreign fighters and their family members killed in U.S. bombing in the southern Afghan city in late 2001.

Soon after their burial, a cult developed around them and the graves became centers of pilgrimage for many in the area.

People started seeing them as miracle workers, healers and intercessors for others before Allah. Six years after US-led troops ousted the Taleban, devotion to these "foreign guests" is still alive.

"Most of the visitors are sick people seeking blessings from the dead, others come hoping their social or financial problems will end," says Sangeena, an elderly woman who tends the graves.

For the past several years, Sangeena has come to the cemetery every day. "They are martyrs and it is my duty to serve them."

Among the dead are Arab women and children. “Several paralyzed people have left the cemetery walking on their own two feet,” Sangeena said.

The politically correct thing to say is Islamism is not a religion of death, fear and superstition, but an intellectual religion of peace.

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