Sjahid (vs. atjeh-moord) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Belief that by murdering a European the perpetrator ascends directly to heaven; central to the atjeh-moord motivation.
Description
Belief that by murdering a European the perpetrator ascends directly to heaven; central to the atjeh-moord motivation.
Significance
The term Sjahid (vs. atjeh-moord) is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 381.