Has anyone ever wondered how an individual can kill thousands of individuals without feeling guilty? Thousands of people die every year from suicide bombings, but not many people know why they do it. Furthermore, no one really questions the past and how the suicide bombings started. Someone didn't just wake up and decide to strap bombs to themselves and then detonate them inside a building full of people. This essay will discuss the history of suicide bombing, the training of a bomber, the personality of a suicide bomber, the different motivations behind his action, and how culture affects the bombing and the bomber. To understand the motivations behind suicide bombings, society must grasp the history. Suicide bombings weren't really thought of until the 1980s, when a boy named Hossein Fahmiden died with a grenade in his hand during a battle. This incident began to change the way society viewed what the Quran said about suicide. People of this time thought it was bad, but then their opinions started to change after Fahmiden's death. They thought it would help them and their families enter their version of heaven, called heaven. In 1983 suicide bombings became part of their cultural beliefs. Society, before supporting suicide bombings, had a huge debate about whether or not they were religiously supported. The Quran says Muslims cannot kill themselves because they will not go to heaven. However, fighting and dying for their country makes them heroes. Suicide bombers of that time, and still today justify their actions with the excuse that they are fighting for their country (MacEoin 15-24). You might be wondering how you become a suicide bomber. Many people think that these men... middle of paper... culture is completely unhealthy for anyone and will only create future problems. Suicide bombers deal with a lot. Suicide bombers in Muslim society have an expectation to meet and struggle to meet it every day. The history of suicide bombings is very real, as is the debate over whether or not the Quran approves of suicide bombings. Suicide bombers are intelligent people who society would not give a second look to. They have certain personality characteristics, but non-suicide bombers also have certain characteristics. Many people believe that they bomb only out of anger or because they are crazy. This might be the case for some, but most of them honestly believe they are helping society. Their culture does not help them in this matter and actually encourages suicide attacks. A combination of all these things is what makes suicide bombers work.