The factor that called for hastening in doing away with al-Shahid so tragically...

The factor that called for hastening in doing away with al-Shahid so tragically, may be sought in the fact that Rustam Pasha was so afraid of al-Sultan Sulayman al-Qanuni’s being influenced by al-Shahid’s ideas, and he might have felt this fact through al-Sultan’s desire to arrange for a thought debate between al-Shahid and the capital scholars.[^8] Although the reports differed greatly about the reasons entailing the murder of al-Shaykh Zayn al-Din, but all of them “undoubtedly “ascertain that the Ottoman capital was viewing al-Shahid as a danger threatening its very existence, and endangering its security, especially that the Ottoman Emperors were fearing their neighbour on the east.

In this way, al-Shahid became a victim of a dirty conspiracy, without any regard for the most essential rights, being freedom of opinion. The way he was slain should be considered a despite against every Muslim’s freedom and a blatant violation to the sanctity of Islam. With steady steps, al-Shahid was moving toward his bloody end, contemplating the furious sea waves, in the moment of the last departure.

The man, who passed the fifty, realized then that his sun too was falling down toward setting, and the hour of departure was approaching. The eyes watching him…