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Scholar Predicts Entire Arabian Sea Will Become Osama Shrine Claims many Bin Laden followers are already calling it "Martyr's Sea." By Josh Voorhees | Posted Friday, May. 6, 2011, at 12:42 PM EDT <http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/05/06/bin_laden_burial_islamic_scholar_ predicts_entire_arabian_sea_wil.html?wpisrc=newsletter_slatest#article_comme nt_box> <http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/05/06/bin_laden_burial_islamic_scholar_ predicts_entire_arabian_sea_wil.html?wpisrc=newsletter_slatest#article_comme nt_box> 131 109825375 The White House says that it buried Osama Bin Laden at sea, in part, to deny his followers the chance to create a shrine honoring the al-Qaida leader. Turns out, things might not work out as planned. One of Britain's leading Islamic scholars claims that some radical Muslims are already calling the Arabian Sea the "Martyr's Sea" and that the entire body of water could soon become the site of a pilgrimage, the <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1383698/Osama-Bin-Laden-dead-Radica l-Muslims-burial-location-Martyrs-Sea.html> Daily Mail <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1383698/Osama-Bin-Laden-dead-Radica l-Muslims-burial-location-Martyrs-Sea.html> reports. "Given Muslim ideas of holiness diffusing over large areas it is possible that a pilgrimage will develop as radicals stand on beaches contemplating the virtues of their dead hero," Abdal Hakim Murad, Cambridge University's Muslim chaplain, reportedly said in an interview on British radio. Murad was also critical of the decision to bury Bin Laden in the Arabian Sea in the first place, saying that a number Islamic scholars have deemed the move "religiously improper." "Even mass murderers deserve a religiously valid burial," he said, according to the paper. "We are judged on how we behave in a position of strength." The White House has taken pains to defend the burial decision, saying that the U.S. made sure to follow Islamic practices. President Obama made his feeling on the matter crystal clear in an interview with CBS News' 60 Minutes that will air Sunday. "We took more care on this than, obviously, Bin Laden took when he killed 3,000 people," the president said, referring to the attacks of 9/11. "He didn't have much regard for how they were treated or desecrated." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
