{"id":45201,"date":"2025-07-11T16:50:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=45201"},"modified":"2025-07-11T16:55:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:55:21","slug":"martyrdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/07\/11\/martyrdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Martyrdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIV\/Martyrdom-Best-Of.mp3\">Martyrdom-Best-Of.mp3<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIV\/Martyrdom-Best-Of.mp4\">Martyrdom-Best-Of.mp4<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIV\/Martyrdom.mp3\">Martyrdom.mp3<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIV\/Martyrdom.mp4\">Martyrdom.mp4<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIV\/Martyrdom-intro.mp3\">Martyrdom-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martyrdom (Best Of)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g0WzN6zUi6I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>(Do you think I&#8217;m dumb?)<br \/>No one wants martyrdom<br \/>(Dum, dee, dum)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>For the sake of principle<br \/>(Getting down on my knees)<br \/>Your nonstop pull, pull, pull<br \/>(Slaughter as you please)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>Did you&#8230;<br \/>Sacrifice! (Sacrifice something of great value)<br \/>Did you?<br \/>For what it&#8217;s worth&#8230;<br \/>Especially life itself<br \/>(Your wealth&#8230; birth on Earth)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>Do you think I&#8217;m dumb?<br \/>(No one wants martyrdom)<br \/>Dum, dee, dum<br \/>(A martyr to the cause of freedom)<br \/>This is not your kingdom<br \/>(A martyr to the cause of freedom)<br \/>Dum, dee, dum<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>For god&#8217;s sake what does it take<br \/>(Do you understand man?)<br \/>You must give to live<br \/>(All else&#8230; to try to die)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>Did you&#8230;<br \/>Sacrifice! (Sacrifice something of great value)<br \/>Did you?<br \/>For what it&#8217;s worth&#8230;<br \/>Especially life itself<br \/>(Your wealth&#8230; birth on Earth)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>Do you think I&#8217;m dumb?<br \/>(No one wants martyrdom)<br \/>Dum, dee, dum<br \/>(A martyr to the cause of freedom)<br \/>This is not your kingdom<br \/>(A martyr to the cause of freedom)<br \/>Dum, dee, dum<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>(Do you think I&#8217;m dumb?)<br \/>No one wants martyrdom<br \/>(Dum, dee, dum)<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<br \/>It is profoundly disturbing to witness the systematic genocide of a people in real time. Schools and hospitals have been bombed into rubble. Farmland has been contaminated with chemical weapons, ensuring long-term food insecurity and poisoning the soil for generations. The infrastructure\u2014roads, electricity, water treatment plants\u2014has been deliberately destroyed, leaving sewer water running through streets while disease spreads among the displaced.<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of children have been killed by these bombings, with countless others left as amputees, forced to undergo surgery without anesthesia or pain medication due to the total collapse of medical supply chains. Entire families are starving under siege, cut off from food, water, and basic medical care as fuel blockades prevent bakeries from operating and hospitals from functioning.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1654\" data-end=\"1704\"><strong data-start=\"1654\" data-end=\"1671\">July 10, 2025<\/strong><br data-start=\"1671\" data-end=\"1674\" \/>Ahmed shared devastating news:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1706\" data-end=\"1971\">\n<p data-start=\"1708\" data-end=\"1971\">\u201cYesterday, my children were shot at, and today, my nephew was murdered.<br data-start=\"1780\" data-end=\"1783\" \/>Paradise has received Abu Muhammad.<br data-start=\"1820\" data-end=\"1823\" \/>The martyrdom of my nephew, Khaled Abu Hamra, who now joins his brother, the martyr Muhammad.<br data-start=\"1918\" data-end=\"1921\" \/>We belong to Allah, and to Him we shall return.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1973\" data-end=\"2188\">This is the brutal reality families in Gaza are enduring each day under occupation and siege. It is a call for all who witness these crimes to speak out and demand accountability before more innocent lives are lost.<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 10, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ahmed said:<\/p>\n<div class=\"x1lliihq xjkvuk6 x1iorvi4\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Thank you, my friend, for shedding light on this crime. I would also like to inform you that all of Abu Muhammad&#8217;s children have been injured. His son Muhammad has been paralyzed due to a spinal injury. His eldest daughter is in intensive care. His\u00a0youngest daughter had her fingers amputated and her face burned. Their mother had her foot amputated. 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Many Evangelical Christians believe they can hasten the \u201csecond coming of Christ\u201d by bringing about the apocalypse. According to their interpretation of the Bible, this involves Israel reclaiming Jerusalem, Jesus returning, and ultimately eliminating all Jews. For numerous \u201cChristian Zionists,\u201d especially influential evangelists aligned with the Republican Party, support for Israel is less about political strategy and more about its supposed role in biblical prophecy. In this worldview, war is not something to be avoided but embraced as a divine necessity\u2014an inevitable and even celebratory step toward Jesus\u2019 rule from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The fate of Jews and Palestinians is, to put it mildly, seen as collateral damage.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/everything.membrane.com\/the-false-claims-of-ownership-israel-gaza-and-the-hypocrisy-of-power\/\">The False Claims of Ownership: Israel, Gaza, and the Hypocrisy of Power<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/everything.membrane.com\/trumps-push-for-mass-deportations-palestinians-and-u-s-immigrants-in-the-crosshairs\/\">Trump\u2019s Push for Mass Deportations: Palestinians and U.S. Immigrants in the Crosshairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/everything.membrane.com\/roger-waters-faces-prosecution-for-opposing-genocide-in-gaza\/\">Roger Waters Faces Prosecution for Opposing Genocide in Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/everything.membrane.com\/behind-closed-doors-netanyahu-and-trumps-plan-to-turn-gaza-into-a-giant-prison\/\">Behind Closed Doors: Netanyahu and Trump\u2019s Plan to Turn Gaza Into a Giant Prison for Ethnic Cleansing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/everything.membrane.com\/watching-genocide-unfold-the-war-crimes-we-ignore\/\">Watching Genocide in Real Time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/everything.membrane.com\/how-bombing-iran-creates-the-greatest-modern-threat-to-u-s-homeland-security\/\">How Bombing Iran Creates the Greatest Modern Threat to U.S. Homeland Security<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/everything.membrane.com\/unauthorized-and-unraveled-trumps-reckless-war-with-iran-has-unleashed-global-peril\/\">Unauthorized and Unraveled: Trump\u2019s Reckless War with Iran Has Unleashed Global Peril<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/everything.membrane.com\/trumps-complicity-in-global-war-crimes-ukraine-gaza-and-iran\/\">Trump\u2019s Complicity in Global War Crimes: Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/shot\/\">Shot!<\/a>&#8220;<\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/everything.membrane.com\/trumpenomics-the-decline-of-the-us\/\">Trumpenomics: The Decline of the US<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martyrdom-Best-Of.mp3Martyrdom-Best-Of.mp4Martyrdom.mp3Martyrdom.mp4Martyrdom-intro.mp3 [Intro](Do you think I&#8217;m dumb?)No one wants martyrdom(Dum, dee, dum) [Verse 1]For the sake of principle(Getting down on my knees)Your nonstop pull, pull, pull(Slaughter as you please) [Chorus]Did you&#8230;Sacrifice! 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