Turkey’s highest national religious body has issued its latest children’s magazine published by the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs in which Islamic martyrdom is glorified in a series of cartoons. Russia Today reports: A colorful cartoon titled “may god bless our martyrs, may their graves be full with holy light” features dialogues between parents and children that promotes an idea of religious martyrdom. In one box of the comics, a father says to his son: “How good it is to be a martyr…” He also adds that martyrdom gives a person an opportunity “to gain the right to go to heaven.” Children magazine published by Diyanet, -state’s highest authority for religion- encourages children to “martyr”. pic.twitter.com/0gCwPXwnmR — Turkey Untold (@TurkeyUntold) March 28, 2016 In another box from the comics, a girl can be seen saying “I wish I could be a martyr.” “If you desire enough, Allah will give you that opportunity,” the mother in the box replies to the girl. A statement near the last picture reads: “Our prophet says: a martyr feels the pain of dying as much as you feel pain when being pinched.” Another statement attributed to Prophet Mohammed says: “A martyr would love to go back [...]