Osama Bin Laden is Dead! (5-1-2011)

Finally, 3519 days since the September 11th attacks, Osama Bin Laden has been killed. He was killed in a mansion, along with some of his family/friends. God bless the USA
Amid the justified celebrations over the killing of Osama bin Laden, an awkward question is starting to rear its head: Did U.S. policymakers err in burying the al Qaeda leader at sea?
Already, the decision has provoked criticism from some Islamic scholars, who say a maritime burial isn't in keeping with Muslim law. And there are signs that the move could help fuel skepticism, especially among President Obama's critics, about whether bin Laden was really killed at all.
The Pentagon has said the body was treated in accordance with traditional Islamic procedures--including washing the corpse--before it was placed in the waters of the northern Arabian Sea.
U.S. officials have said they wanted to avoid the al Qaeda leader's grave site becoming a shrine for his followers. They've also said it would have been difficult to find a foreign country willing to accept bin Laden's remains, especially in so short a time: Islamic tradition and practice call for the body of the deceased to be buried within 24 hours of death.
But several Muslim authorities said today that the sea burial in fact violated Muslim tradition--and warned that it could help trigger calls for revenge from militant Muslims.
The sea burial "runs contrary to the principles of Islamic laws, religious values and humanitarian customs," Sheik Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand Imam of Cairo's al-Azhar mosque, told the AP.
And Mohammed al-Qubaisi, Dubai's grand mufti, echoed that view. "If the family does not want him, it's really simple in Islam: You dig up a grave anywhere, even on a remote island, you say the prayers and that's it."
He added: "Sea burials are permissible for Muslims in extraordinary circumstances," he added. "This is not one of them."
And Abdul-Sattar al-Janabi, who preaches at Baghdad's Abu Hanifa mosque declared: "It is not acceptable, and it is almost a crime to throw the body of a Muslim man into the sea," adding that the action "might provoke some Muslims."
But the religious verdict may not be quite that open and shut. Imam Shamsi Ali, of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York, told The Lookout that in emergency circumstances, any Islamic law can be overlooked. "For example, you're not allowed to eat pork," he said, but added that if you were starving to death, it would be considered acceptable. Ali said that because the United States appears to have been unable to find a country to take bin Laden's body within 24 hours, this might have qualified as such an emergency.

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[cutecatsss]

HAHAHAHAHA YES

[Bixandthetwiggy2]

go fuck ur parents and suck ur dads cock hell like that gpo get a life

[xArabianxBeastx]

So let me get this straight, he was randomly killed, dumped in the middle of the ocean, and he was "shot" while unarmed (avoiding bringing him to Guantanamo). Sounds A-Okay.

[MisizQT]

And it took you pricks 10 years to find him even though America is a rich country. If you idiots used logic and researched his background it would be pretty obvious he was in Pakistan, Afghanistan those areas.

[MisizQT]

People who dont agree with my comment:: None of you guys actually knew him in real life and just because the media exposes him as a bad image doesnt mean that he was a bad person.No-one knows for sure if he was behind 9/11 its just what Obama,Bush etc say. So you guys are just assuming that he was a bad person. So you cant say nothing about him. So RIP :)

[MisizQT]

You all Biatch as haters i love him and he will go to heaven because he is a lovely sweet person. He WAS NOT<<< behind 9/11 but all these fkin american niggers are blaming him for it. He did nothin wrong!

[Reigo100]

@TheMatthess idc hes cool :D

[TheMatthess]

@Reigo100 he is reponsable for thousands of deaths, he will burn in hell, as satans bitch

[Reigo100]

Rip Osama Bin Laden. :( Omg Why u nubs hate him ?