The Guardian reports that some Islamic scholars and clerics are claiming that Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea was in violation of shari’a law and may spur calls for retaliation against the United States:
Mohammed al-Qubaisi, Dubai’s grand mufti, said of Bin Laden’s burial: “They can say they buried him at sea, but they cannot say they did it according to Islam. Sea burials are permissible for Muslims in extraordinary circumstances. This is not one of them.”
Abdul-Sattar al-Janabi, who preaches at Baghdad’s Abu Hanifa mosque, said: “What was done by the Americans is forbidden by Islam and might provoke some Muslims.
“It is not acceptable and it is almost a crime to throw the body of a Muslim man into the sea. The body of Bin Laden should have been handed over to his family to look for a country to bury him.”
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AMA citation:
Gelman C. Sea burial of Osama bin Laden prompts criticism from scholars, clerics. The Immanent Frame. 2011. Available at: http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2011/05/02/sea-burial-of-osama-bin-laden-prompts-criticism-from-scholars-clerics/. Accessed May 24, 2013.
APA citation:
Gelman, Charles. (2011). Sea burial of Osama bin Laden prompts criticism from scholars, clerics. Retrieved May 24, 2013, from The Immanent Frame Web site: http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2011/05/02/sea-burial-of-osama-bin-laden-prompts-criticism-from-scholars-clerics/
Chicago citation:
Gelman, Charles. 2011. Sea burial of Osama bin Laden prompts criticism from scholars, clerics. The Immanent Frame. http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2011/05/02/sea-burial-of-osama-bin-laden-prompts-criticism-from-scholars-clerics/ (accessed May 24, 2013).
Harvard citation:
Gelman, C 2011, Sea burial of Osama bin Laden prompts criticism from scholars, clerics, The Immanent Frame. Retrieved May 24, 2013, from <http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2011/05/02/sea-burial-of-osama-bin-laden-prompts-criticism-from-scholars-clerics/>
MLA citation:
Gelman, Charles. "Sea burial of Osama bin Laden prompts criticism from scholars, clerics." 2 May. 2011. The Immanent Frame. Accessed 24 May. 2013. <http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2011/05/02/sea-burial-of-osama-bin-laden-prompts-criticism-from-scholars-clerics/>
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