Was burying Osama Bin Laden at sea the right choice?

[swatiraohnlu]

Osama bin Laden was reported killed by US Navy Seals on May 1, 2011. He was then buried within 24-hours in accordance with Islamic tradition, after being given a traditional Muslim burial ceremony including being cleaned, dressed in a white robe, and given final rites by a Muslim individual. The fact that he was buried at sea, however, is not considered "traditional" by many Muslim scholars and religious figures, and has upset some segments of the Muslim world. The fact that he was buried at sea has also upset individuals that would have liked to have seen his body, in America and in the Muslim world, as confirmation of his death.

DO you think burying Osama Bin Laden at sea was the right choice?

 

[swatiraohnlu]

Islamic law flexible to special burials such as Bin Laden's. Khalid Latif, chaplain at New York University and director of its Islamic Center, said Islamic law is fairly "flexible" in how it handles burials, especially in exceptional cases such as Bin Laden's. The question would be not "how to bury a body, but how Osama bin Laden's body would be buried."