I would say for them it's neither cowardly nor courageous, just plain evil. They did apparently believe in the 72 virgins in paradise so I'm sure that made the operation easier, though they still must have been very nervous, especially those on the flight that crashed in the field. But had they valued their own life like atheists do, it would have taken a lot more balls to do it.

__________________
2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL