Is or was there a religion that is so obsessed with martyrdom as Shi'a Islam ?
Early Christianity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcellions
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the jews
>>2586888
How so?
>>2586887
>Because Jesus had told Peter to put down his sword in the Garden of Gethsemane (John 18:11), the Circumcellions avoided bladed weapons and used clubs, which they called "Israelites". Using their "Israelites", the Circumcellions would attack random travelers on the road, while shouting "Laudate Deum!" ("Praise God!" in Latin). The object of these random beatings was to provoke the victim to kill them, thereby becoming "martyrs".