Islamic Scholars: OBL's Burial At Sea 'Humiliates Muslims,' Violates Islamic Law

[FrankRep]

Islamic Scholars: OBL‘s Burial At Sea ’Humiliates Muslims,’ Violates Islamic Law (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/islamic-scholars-obls-burial-at-sea-humiliates-muslims-violates-islamic-law/)

The Blaze
May 2, 2011


The Obama administration, through counter-terrorism chief John Brennan, took great pains to explain to reporters today that Osama bin Laden was buried at sea in “strict conformance with Islamic precepts and practices.”
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But Muslim clerics said Monday that Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea was a violation of Islamic tradition that may further provoke militant calls for revenge attacks against American targets.
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Something Fishy is going on..


Usama Bin Laden Has Been Buried at Sea (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/05/02/usama-bin-laden-buried-sea/)

Fox News
May 02, 2011


Usama bin Laden has been buried at sea, a U.S. official told Fox News.

After bin Laden was killed in a raid by U.S. forces in Pakistan, the official said the body would be handled according to Islamic practice and tradition.

That practice calls for the body to be buried within 24 hours, the official said. Finding a country willing to accept the remains of the world's most wanted terrorist would have been difficult, the official said. So the U.S. decided to bury him at sea.

[RM918]

Where's the line in the Quran that tells you can storm someone's house and goddamned shoot them in the face? Why the sudden care about their traditions now?

[Mini-Me]

Where's the line in the Quran that tells you can storm someone's house and goddamned shoot them in the face? Why the sudden care about their traditions now?

To be fair, the varying opinions on burial at sea could be legitimate, and the feds could have hypothetically done it to avoid adding insult to injury. The opposite extreme is, "Not only did we kill him, but we cut off his ears and nose, replaced his blood with pig's blood, and irrevocably melted pig skin and pig flesh into his own, before crucifying his body on the White House lawn." Just because there are varying opinions on the proprietary of burial at sea, does not by itself throw a red flag up about the motivation behind it.

To me, the rationale given is not suspicious in and of itself. Instead, it only became suspicious because they did so IMMEDIATELY without any independent verification, and then reportedly proceeded to burn down the house where they said they found him. Those are the red flags that make me think of the difference between the "good reasons" and the "real reasons." I mean, if anyone without the immunity of the government claimed to kill Osama, dispose of the body in the most irrecoverable way, and burn down the "scene of the crime" so to speak, who would take their word for it? That's not the kind of thing people do when they want credibility. That's the kind of thing people do when they're trying to destroy evidence and cover something up. Evidence of what? I don't know, but it's definitely suspicious.

[FrankRep]

So Much for Verifying that It Was Osama that Was Killed (http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/05/so-much-for-verifying-that-it-was-osama.html)


Economic Policy Journal
May 2, 2011

AP reports that Osama bin Laden's body was buried at sea. The United States government says it has done so to observe Islamic law.


Here is the Islamic law: (http://www.al-islam.org/laws/burial.html)



620. * It is obligatory to bury a dead body in the ground, so deep that its smell does not come out and the beasts of prey do not dig it out, and, if there is a danger of such beasts digging it out then the grave should be made solid with bricks, etc.

621. If it is not possible to bury a dead body in the ground, it may be kept in a vault or a coffin, instead.

622. The dead body should be laid in the grave on its right side so that the face remains towards the Qibla.

623. * If a person dies on a ship and if there is no fear of the decay of the dead body and if there is no problem in retaining it for sometime on the ship, it should be kept on it and buried in the ground after reaching the land. Otherwise, after giving Ghusl, Hunut, Kafan and Namaz-e-Mayyit it should be lowered into the sea in a vessel of clay or with a weight tied to its feet. And as far as possible it should not be lowered at a point where it is eaten up immediately by the sea predators.

624. If it is feared that an enemy may dig up the grave and exhume the dead body and amputate its ears or nose or other limbs, it should be lowered into sea, if possible, as stated in the foregoing rule.

[doodle]

So Much for Verifying that It Was Osama that Was Killed

First it was reported that DNA sample of OBL from old CIA Prison time was used for verification.

Now it is being reported that DNA of some OBL relative was used and they are 99.9% sure it was him.


First report said 3 people were killed, now another report is saying 22 people were killed.


Fog is too foggy so far.

[Icymudpuppy]

It could be argued that there would definitely be a call to exhume the body if it were buried on land.

[jmdrake]

It could be argued that there would definitely be a call to exhume the body if it were buried on land.

Fine. Where are the pictures? Pics or it didn't happen.

[Icymudpuppy]

Fine. Where are the pictures? Pics or it didn't happen.

I agree. I still think he's been dead for a decade, and this is just a propaganda ploy.

[MelissaWV]

What does Muslim law say about extracting DNA to be left separate from the body after death, taken by one's enemies?

Or about being shot in the head in your room with your wife?

[Depressed Liberator]

Some extremists may be angry about this. Otherwise, the vast majority are happy that this scum is dead.