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They were not forced to convert, they were probably asked, "do you renounce your catholic faith?" they said non and then their heads were removed... no force there at all just the loss of one head.
Muslims have their matyrs and they do not need to justify them, why do catholics have to justify canonysing their martyrs?
You are right, stumpy. The Pope does not need Muslims´ permission for that.
Catholic saints and Muslim martyrs are not the same thing. In the Islamic faith there can be no intercessor between Allah and his servant. If someone dies as a martyr it is a personal victory for him but it does not mean you can address your prayers to him. Many Sunni Muslims do not want to pray in a mosque where graves of righteous people are placed in order to avoid the mistake of raising a human being onto a level where he does not belong to.
The Islamic teachings of martyrdom are sweet and touching. Martyrs´ souls fly in Paradise free like birds and go to any place they wish. When martyrs are asked about the harsnesses they went through in this world they say: "We never experienced anything difficult." And when the Creator says they can wish for anything they want they first hesitate because they are so content. In the end they express their only wish: "Let us go back to the Earth and die for your sake once more."
It is the wish of every believer to die as a martyr. It does not only mean dying on battle field: a woman dying while giving birth, someone dying in a fire or getting drowned, people dying of certain diseases are also martyrs. The marks of their suffering are not washed from their corpses before they are buried.
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