[LINK] bin Laden is dead

[Marghanita da Cruz]

kim holburn wrote:
<snip>
> Clearly one where it's OK that governments send execution squads into other
> countries.
> 

I would guess, the Pakistanis opted for the
execution squad over Iraq style shock and
awe approach.

Googling "dead bodies islam" returns:

Rules About Burial of the Dead Body
> 623. * If a person dies on a ship and if there is no fear of the decay of the dead body and if there is no problem in retaining it for sometime on the ship, it should be kept on it and buried in the ground after reaching the land. Otherwise, after giving Ghusl, Hunut, Kafan and Namaz-e-Mayyit it should be lowered into the sea in a vessel of clay or with a weight tied to its feet. And as far as possible it should not be lowered at a point where it is eaten up immediately by the sea predators.
> 
> 624. If it is feared that an enemy may dig up the grave and exhume the dead body and amputate its ears or nose or other limbs, it should be lowered into sea, if possible, as stated in the foregoing rule. 
<http://www.al-islam.org/laws/burial.html>

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> Burial at Sea
> 
> If the death occurs at sea, and there is a fear of the decay of the body, the prayers should be recited, and the body lowered into the sea in a vessel of clay, or with weights tied to its feet. Additionally, if there is a concern about the exhumation and defiling of the body by an enemy, then it should be lowered into the sea in the same fashion.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_funeral>

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