Flying High

I don’t know.  What is the Islamic position on throwing somebody’s bullet-riddled body off a Navy Seals helicopter? (via cvandi)

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/02/my-take-burying-bin-laden-at-sea-an-elegant-solution/?iref=NS1

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.

Burial at sea is permissible under Islamic law and it doesn’t seem to me like many Muslims will be in uproar over this treatment of Osama’s body.  Sounds fine to me.

(via cvandi-deactivated20110618)