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The language of persecution is a galvanizing force for groups of all sorts: political, religious, ethnic, sexual, and otherwise. Still, given martyrdom’s recent associations with Islamic extremism and the religious right’s marked fear/loathing of Muslims, it’s a bit unsettling to stumble across The Voice of the Martyrs–a Christian site that, with very few changes, could easily be designed to recruit suicide bombers for Jesus.