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Burying bin Laden at sea an elegant solution

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By Stephen Prothero

As I watched news reports of the death of Osama bin Laden late Sunday night and into the morning, I worried about one thing: What would be done with his body?

One of the perverse promises of Islamic terrorism is that it can transform ordinary people into martyrs for Allah. So I did not want to see bin Laden’s burial place turned into an Al Qaeda Mecca — a pilgrimage site for Muslim extremists and an assembly line for martyrs to come.

Now comes word that the mastermind behind Al Qaeda has been buried at sea.

U.S. officials said early this morning that bin Laden’s body had been treated in “accordance with Islamic practice.” Islamic practice, however, calls for corpses to be buried as quickly as possible — ideally within hours. And it forbids cremation.

The United States needed some time, of course, to make the case that the corpse they were holding was, in fact, that of bin Laden — to perform an autopsy, perhaps, and to take photos and perhaps videos to show to the world.

Yet it needed to do all this quickly and in a manner that did not turn the Al Qaeda leader into more of a martyr than he has already become.

Bin laden's sea burial will make it tough for the 72 virgins to reach him !!

Burial at sea is an elegant solution to this problem. It is permissible under Islamic law, and it does not provide any one location that followers can turn into a shrine to global terrorism.

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52 responses to “Burying bin Laden at sea an elegant solution”

  1. aureagle Avatar
    aureagle

    An operation in Pakistan,
    claiming of killing osama bin laden in abbottabad
    after killing, throwing body into the sea and saying that they did it to respect Islam
    for evidence circulating a photograph of osama bin laden which is a photoshopped fake.

    if you collect these bits you’ll find out that there is a huge number of lies associated with this whole drama

    1. Osama bin laden is not killed, they have killed someone else and portrayed that poor man as osama bin laden.

    2. usa planned a drama of killing osama bin laden in pakistan to tell the whole world that osama was given refuge in pakistan and accusing pakistan as a terrorist country so that they can hit pakistan as their next move in ther war against Muslims.

    3. osama bin laden is indeed a c.i.a agent

    Eagle
    http://eseaf.com

  2. antar2011 Avatar
    antar2011

    i do not like this article and i am disappointed that it was considered good enough to be published on this site.

    there are many underlined racist comments in this article that it is shoking.

    while there are many pple especially muslim who are saying to the world that they are happy/relieved he was killed, it is not enough for this author…he still claims that muslims have already see him as a martyr.

    he is a martyr to terrorist like him [and not necessarilyonly muslim terrorist] which are becoming few.

    the new wave of change in the arab world is not only a change of govt but a change in the thinking of majority of young arab muslims…IF they were thinking of advocating for this terrorist before in retaliation for the injustice of the regime on them, they would not do it now. hence the use of advocating rather then supporting.

    the majority of arab muslims have always understood Osama Bin Laden was a burden on islam and muslims around the world…so no his shrine would not have been turned to a ‘Mecca” [ 7asha the house of Allah for the comparison].

    if he was to be buried anywhere it would have been in his homeland of Saudia Arabia…the saudis would not allow it to become a global terrorism gathering.

    the incompetent statements in this article exposes the racist fear of pple like the author who have repeatedly turned a deaf ear to the calls of many muslim scholars and pple for the condemnation of the actions of Bin laden.

    the photo in the article on the other hand indicates sarcasm on a belief in islam. it is as usual misrepresented and so does nothing to the credibilty of the editor who has chosen to publish this article on this site.

    1. Fadi81 Avatar
      Fadi81

      disagree….hes not talking about normal muslims, hes talkin about the fanatic following…and the picture/sketch comedy is kinda cute in my opinion…

  3. Avatar
    Anonymous

    i do not like this article and i am disappointed that it was considered good enough to be published on this site.

    there are many underlined racist comments in this article that it is shoking.

    while there are many pple especially muslim who are saying to the world that they are happy/relieved he was killed, it is not enough for this author…he still claims that muslims have already see him as a martyr.

    he is a martyr to terrorist like him [and not necessarilyonly muslim terrorist] which are becoming few.

    the new wave of change in the arab world is not only a change of govt but a change in the thinking of majority of young arab muslims…IF they were thinking of advocating for this terrorist before in retaliation for the injustice of the regime on them, they would not do it now. hence the use of advocating rather then supporting.

    the majority of arab muslims have always understood Osama Bin Laden was a burden on islam and muslims around the world…so no his shrine would not have been turned to a ‘Mecca” [ 7asha the house of Allah for the comparison].

    if he was to be buried anywhere it would have been in his homeland of Saudia Arabia…the saudis would not allow it to become a global terrorism gathering.

    the incompetent statements in this article exposes the racist fear of pple like the author who have repeatedly turned a deaf ear to the calls of many muslim scholars and pple for the condemnation of the actions of Bin laden.

    the photo in the article on the other hand indicates sarcasm on a belief in islam. it is as usual misrepresented and so does nothing to the credibilty of the editor who has chosen to publish this article on this site.

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      Anonymous

      I like to smoke what you’re smoking. The picture is exactly what he looks like, what sarcasm?. He hid behind his wife when the seals approached him. They shot him with guided bullet from a Berrata gun (his favorite). End of story, one less terrorist HA does not have to deal with.

      1. Avatar
        Anonymous

        “End of story, one less terrorist HA does not have to deal with. ”

        LOL! wtf are you smoking???

        HA is also considered a terrorist organization by many nations….its only a matter of time before all fanatics hiding behind religion meet their own fate and demise…technology and comunication is spreading to fast for these old heads to keep up.

      2. Avatar
        Anonymous

        reports say actually there was a struggle/fight before he was shot..
        so no he did not hide behind his wives.

        look we hate the actions of this man, but lets respect the dead by telling it like it is.

        1. Avatar
          Anonymous

          ya, lots of different reports circulating bout him or another using the wife as a hostage…but for the most part it can be guaranteed that he was finished with ease…

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        Anonymous

        reports say actually there was a struggle/fight before he was shot..
        so no he did not hide behind his wives.

        look we hate the actions of this man, but lets respect the dead by telling it like it is.

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      Anonymous

      disagree….hes not talking about normal muslims, hes talkin about the fanatic following…and the picture/sketch comedy is kinda cute in my opinion…

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        Anonymous

        the 70 7our ayn is a promise for all God fearing muslims, not the fundamentalists….so showing it in a cartoon is certainly biased….not cute at all, but sick.

        i stand totaly against the actions of Bin laden and i think he was a misguided soul who interpreted islam the wrong way….but at the end of the day he is also a human being and so his body should have been given the respect it deserves…hence body not soul.

        throwing a body at sea and not burrying it is NOT the proper islamic way.

        1. Avatar
          Anonymous

          look dont be offended by this. as far as my opinion is concerned I find it funny- heres Osama finally got we had coming to him, and he finds himself with 70 nun virgins! what a shitty ending lol…thats why I find it funny, I try not to over think comedy and such as it would limit the humour in the world completely….

          as for Osama being a “misguided soul” – lol, that is putting mildly dont you think???? the fact that he is a human being, that doesn’t grant us a respectful death…he is nothing more than a deranged lunatic murderer, and as such he deserves nothing more than a disgraceful discarding of his remains…

          this is not about Islam, its about Justice.

        2. guss043 Avatar
          guss043

          forget proper Islamic way, sorry am not going to be politically correct,he have to qualify as human being first before being a moslem or other , burying him in sea is more than he deserves , he should be cremated at least his dead body would have been in the same inferno that he created for innocent people on sep 11 . Asking for proper Islamic way is considering a ben Laden a devoted moslem , do you consider him a good moslem to be given proper burial. Well his country leader didn’t want his body, isn’t Saudi Arabia the Law of Islam? is it proper let say if Hitler was shot to give him a proper funeral in the church by the fact that Hitler was born Christian, my opinion the Sea wasn’t proper , the Sea is pure ,Ben Laden, Hitler ,Saddam deserve cremation or total melting so their body disappear as their soul will be condemned by God to eternal fire

  4. marroush Avatar
    marroush

    It is over for Bin Laden, he sleeps with fishes (literally), USA and the world is ar last free of the endless war inspired by his name

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    Anonymous

    It is over for Bin Laden, he sleeps with fishes (literally), USA and the world is ar last free of the endless war inspired by his name

  6. marroush Avatar
    marroush

    Remember when Bin Laden was with his buddies days after Sptember ’11 in a cave somewhere laughing about the thousands that died. I remember that smirk on his face and the laughter… I wonder what he looked like when he looked out the window of his castle the other night. Can you imagine what he was thinking when he saw the helicopters and all of those Navy Seals.. I don’t think he was laughing this time.. Adios Bin Laden!

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    Anonymous

    Remember when Bin Laden was with his buddies days after Sptember ’11 in a cave somewhere laughing about the thousands that died. I remember that smirk on his face and the laughter… I wonder what he looked like when he looked out the window of his castle the other night. Can you imagine what he was thinking when he saw the helicopters and all of those Navy Seals.. I don’t think he was laughing this time.. Adios Bin Laden!

  8. marroush Avatar
    marroush

    I hope the al-Quaida and Taliban extremists take note that their great leader used a woman as a human shield to try to save his own butt, his wife at that. Pathetic!

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    Anonymous

    I hope the al-Quaida and Taliban extremists take note that their great leader used a woman as a human shield to try to save his own butt, his wife at that. Pathetic!

  10. lebnaneh Avatar
    lebnaneh

    how do you know he is dead i thing the seals commados took that bag of crap with them and he is somewhere where they can take more information of him ,he will tell them whatever they want those people are soft a shit they only hard when they are hidding in caves or underground i recken he is still alive somewhere underground where the american can beat the shit out of him daily

  11. Avatar
    Anonymous

    how do you know he is dead i thing the seals commados took that bag of crap with them and he is somewhere where they can take more information of him ,he will tell them whatever they want those people are soft a shit they only hard when they are hidding in caves or underground i recken he is still alive somewhere underground where the american can beat the shit out of him daily

  12. guss043 Avatar
    guss043

    he have to qualify as human being frrst befre considered moslem, hijacking planes with kids and killing people in the Towers full of civilian is not a human bing act , so forget your islamic way for ben laden , the sea is to good for him , he should be cremated as this body is possessed by evil , burying him with dogs will be an insult for the digs , cremation was the best way , Inferno for his body as he made an inferno in Sep 11 , and you sound underneath you are sympathizing with Ben Laden

    1. antar2011 Avatar
      antar2011

      he was a human being in the same way Sharon, Yetinyaho, George W Bush Jr, Stalin, Mousilini, Napolean and other mass murderers, were….those that dies are buried and those remain alive will be given respect and get buried…what makes OBL different?

      do not put words into my mouth..i repeatedly said his actions were misguided and evil….if he was the one responsible for the killing…USA itself does not have clear cut evidence…

      i look at it through this way….

      Muslims have condemned repeatedly whoever did 9/11,and other terrorist acts,

      but i have not seen yet people like you condemn the assassination of a person who was never put on trial or given due process.

      i am sorry but doesn’t it disturb you at all that the USA have just hunted a person and murdered him based on evidence that they themselves are supplying, in a foreign country without the knowledge of that country’s government? Especially given the recent leaks regarding the incarceration of innocent people at Camp-X?

      I am a muslim and i can safely say that i don’t know anyone in real life that thinks OBL was a great man.

      but at the same time I can’t say if he masterminded 9/11 or not, and not to put too fine a point on it, neither can you.

      unless you like just repeating the constant barrage of garbage that spouts forth from the media.

      now that he has been murdered and had his body allegedly thrown overboard – perhaps with cement shoes mafia style, which would be fitting for his murderers – it’s highly likely we will never know, which is very sad for people who love justice and very convenient for the USA if you ask me.

  13. guss043 Avatar
    guss043

    he have to qualify as human being frrst befre considered moslem, hijacking planes with kids and killing people in the Towers full of civilian is not a human bing act , so forget your islamic way for ben laden , the sea is to good for him , he should be cremated as this body is possessed by evil , burying him with dogs will be an insult for the digs , cremation was the best way , Inferno for his body as he made an inferno in Sep 11 , and you sound underneath you are sympathizing with Ben Laden

    1. Avatar
      Anonymous

      he was a human being in the same way Sharon, Yetinyaho, George W Bush Jr, Stalin, Mousilini, Napolean and other mass murderers, were.

      do not put words into my mouth..i repeatedly said his actions were misguided and evil….if he was the one responsible for the killing…USA itself does not have clear cut evidence…

      i look at it through this way….

      Muslims have condemned repeatedly whoever did 9/11,and other terrorist acts,

      but i have not seen yet people like you condemn the assassination of a person who was never put on trial or given due process.

      i am sorry but doesn’t it disturb you at all that the USA have just hunted a person and murdered him based on evidence that they themselves are supplying, in a foreign country without the knowledge of that country’s government? Especially given the recent leaks regarding the incarceration of innocent people at Camp-X?

      I am a muslim and i can safely say that i don’t know anyone in real life that thinks OBL was a great man.

      but at the same time I can’t say if he masterminded 9/11 or not, and not to put too fine a point on it, neither can you.

      unless you like just repeating the constant barrage of garbage that spouts forth from the media.

      now that he has been murdered and had his body allegedly thrown overboard – perhaps with cement shoes mafia style, which would be fitting for his murderers – it’s highly likely we will never know, which is very sad for people who love justice and very convenient for the USA if you ask me.

  14. Stallone Rocky Maria Avatar
    Stallone Rocky Maria

    What makes people think its over in fact things just got started, the only for sure thing we know is that we are in war with al-Quaida. For many people think Bin Laden is daed But do u know that for sure, where the proof. After the fact that we went in with thoughts of the WMD in Iraq which still this day had found none my thoughts in the government eyes are not feel. Americans want closer well give us the photos we all have the right to see it. It not the politicians that are fighting this war its the son and daughters of American people. I say release the photo to a site that is control by the goverment and show us the video that others already saw. What the different in seeing another death. nothing or is it a fact that this can be another government lies or cover up story.

    1. antar2011 Avatar
      antar2011

      it does raise this question doesn’t it?

      but even more strange is the reason they are giving the public in not releasing the photos..

      the man was unarmed so really it should have been a simple arrest and taken for jail…but if it really what they claim to be that OBL’s body was guesome… then one can imagine what they have done.

      but anyway some pple believe that OBL have been dead since 2008 with a kidney failure….

  15. Stallone Rocky Maria Avatar
    Stallone Rocky Maria

    What makes people think its over in fact things just got started, the only for sure thing we know is that we are in war with al-Quaida. For many people think Bin Laden is daed But do u know that for sure, where the proof. After the fact that we went in with thoughts of the WMD in Iraq which still this day had found none my thoughts in the government eyes are not feel. Americans want closer well give us the photos we all have the right to see it. It not the politicians that are fighting this war its the son and daughters of American people. I say release the photo to a site that is control by the goverment and show us the video that others already saw. What the different in seeing another death. nothing or is it a fact that this can be another government lies or cover up story.

    1. antar2011 Avatar
      antar2011

      it does raise this question doesn’t it?

      but even more strange is the reason they are giving the public in not releasing the photos..

      the man was unarmed so really it should have been a simple arrest and taken for jail…but if it really what they claim to be that OBL’s body was guesome… then one can imagine what they have done.

      but anyway some pple believe that OBL have been dead since 2008 with a kidney failure….

  16. Stallone Rocky Maria Avatar
    Stallone Rocky Maria

    What makes people think its over in fact things just got started, the only for sure thing we know is that we are in war with al-Quaida. For many people think Bin Laden is daed But do u know that for sure, where the proof. After the fact that we went in with thoughts of the WMD in Iraq which still this day had found none my thoughts in the government eyes are not feel. Americans want closer well give us the photos we all have the right to see it. It not the politicians that are fighting this war its the son and daughters of American people. I say release the photo to a site that is control by the goverment and show us the video that others already saw. What the different in seeing another death. nothing or is it a fact that this can be another government lies or cover up story.

    1. Avatar
      Anonymous

      it does raise this question doesn’t it?

      but even more strange is the reason they are giving the public in not releasing the photos..

      the man was unarmed so really it should have been a simple arrest and taken for jail…but if it really what they claim to be that OBL’s body was guesome… then one can imagine what they have done.

      but anyway some pple believe that OBL have been dead since 2008 with a kidney failure….

  17. libnan1 Avatar
    libnan1

    I just saw on the Onion that Bin Laden was shot sitting on the toilet seat!!!!!!

  18. Avatar
    Anonymous

    I just saw on the Onion that Bin Laden was shot sitting on the toilet seat!!!!!!

  19. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    The oceans are already polluted enough, I may give up eating sushi.

  20. Avatar
    Anonymous

    The oceans are already polluted enough, I may give up eating sushi.

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