Promise of paradise

Marco Polo had recorded in his travelogue exploits of the original group of Fidayeen, nearly 1,000 years ago that were a product of drugs and deceit. The great similarity between them and those we face today is that both were brainwashed with false promise of paradise. The original Fidayeen were created by Hasan bin Sabah (1034-1124) to assassinate political rivals, princes, rulers and emirs. The word 'assassin' originated from heshashin, meaning those hooked on drugs like hashish. The assassins of Hasan Bin Sabah were promised entry to paradise. To convince his followers, Hasan had actually constructed a 'paradise' complete with beautiful damsels acting as hoors. The followers were drugged and then taken to this 'paradise' where they lazed in luxury of beautiful surroundings in the stupor of hashish. After a day or two, they were drugged again and brought back to 'earthly life'.