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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.
And companions with big beautiful eyes
Like pearls within their shells...
Source: HighBeam Research, Cracking the Terror Code: From go-go clubs to Vegas, the plotters...