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To be fair, they actually used the verb form of martyr, which means "to put to death for adhering to a belief, faith, or profession", and I am fairly certain that Israel and the US absolutely are killing these people in (large) part for being Muslim.
In other words, the verb basically reverses the role of whose intention applies; whereas the noun means the person dying intends to do so for their beliefs, the verb means the killer is doing it because of the victim's beliefs.
What in the English language?
Thanks for clarifying that.
Illiterate little removed