Virgin Inflation

We have long heard about the 72 virgins awaiting the Muslim who martyrs himself while killing infidels.  Turns out there's been a dramatic increase in the heavenly virgin population:

In a recent speech, Hamas PLC Speaker Ahmad Bahr, extolling the virtues of martyrdom and Jihad, said that 2.5 million black-eyed virgins were waiting at the gates of a single palace in the Garden of Eden, a palace which could be entered only by prophets, by the righteous, and by martyrs:"In the Garden of Eden, there is a palace... with 500 gates. At every gate, there are 5,000 black-eyed virgins.' Brothers, 500 multiplied by 5,000 is 2.5 million." In the speech, aired on the Hamas-owned Al-Aqsa TV on September 5, 2010, Bahr also said: "When a man is having sex with his wife, he should be praying for a son who would wage Jihad for the sake of Allah... As long as we continue on this path, nobody on Earth will be able to confront the resistance, or to confront the mujahideen, those who worship Allah and seek martyrdom."

I thought 72 was a bit much but 2.5 million is really overselling it. Who's going to have time for all that?