Thread: Muslim clerics: Burial at sea violates Islamic tradition

Bin Laden’s burial at sea questioned by Islamic scholars

By HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press May 2, 2011 06:23PM

CAIRO — 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.

Although there appears to be some room for debate over the burial — as with many issues within the faith — a wide range of Islamic scholars interpreted it as a humiliating disregard for the standard Muslim practice of placing the body in a grave with the head pointed toward the holy city of Mecca.

Sea burials can be allowed, they said, but only in special cases where the death occurred aboard a ship.

“The Americans want to humiliate Muslims through this burial, and I don’t think this is in the interest of the U.S. administration,â€

Tough s--t! Personally I would have planted him at a pig farm.