Road to Martyrdom

Road to Martyrdom traces the transformation of one young Englishman from seemingly average guy with a positive reputation to his role as one of the first Western suicide bombers. Asking what it takes to drive one to take their own life and the lives of others in such a violent display, this documentary explores religious fanaticism and the promise of eternal paradise in motivating modern martyrs.

In April of 2003, an Israeli bar called Mike's Place fell victim to what was believed to be a Palestinian terrorist act; however, the English language Quran and British passports deliberately left on the scene betrayed a more surprising truth about the perpetrators, later identified as Asif Hanif and Omar Sharif. While Hanif perished in the explosion, Sharif's bomb failed to detonate. He fled the scene ...

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