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On the night before they went out on a suicide mission to kill someone, the Assassins, the 12th-century cult of holy-warrior hit men, were given a taste of the Paradise that awaited. They smoked hashish (the word assassin derives from hashashin, users of hashish) and read in the Quran about the sensual rewards of martyrdom:
Spend eternity in gardens of tranquillity.
Youths of never-ending bloom will pass around to them decanters, beakers full of sparkling wine...
And suck fruits as they fancy.
Bird meats as they relish.