UPDATE: Death toll now 28.

Whether it’s the Kurds or the Islamic State, the motivating ideology for this kind of attack is the same: the guarantee of Islamic Paradise. “Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed.” (Qur’an 9:111)

“Live: Suicide bombings rock Istanbul airport,” by Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News, June 28, 2016: