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Agence France-Presse (AFP) said the Osama Bin Laden's Widespread Death Photos which have been Broadcasted by at least two Pakistani TV stations and Spread widely are fake. The AFP said the lower half of Laden's face in the death photo is from one of his handout photos. The upper half of his face may be from another picture of dead body.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) said the Osama Bin Laden's Widespread Death Photos which have been Broadcasted by at least two Pakistani TV stations and Spread widely are fake. The AFP said the lower half of Laden's face in the death photo is from one of his handout photos. The upper half of his face may be from another picture of dead body.
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U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Sunday night that dreaded terrorist and al Qaeda leader bin Laden was killed in "a firefight" with U.S. forces led by the CIA. bin Laden was reportedly killed - shot on the head - in a mansion that was stormed by U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Soon thereafter, to respect Islamic rituals and practice of burying a body in 24 hours, the U.S. forces smuggled his body out of Pakistan and buried it at sea. A senior U.S. official said that as it was difficult in finding a country where his body could be buried, they decided to bury him at sea.
Soon thereafter, to respect Islamic rituals and practice of burying a body in 24 hours, the U.S. forces smuggled his body out of Pakistan and buried it at sea. A senior U.S. official said that as it was difficult in finding a country where his body could be buried, they decided to bury him at sea.
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The AFP reported Pakistan television stations as saying that the lower half of Laden's face in the death photo is from one of his handout photos. The upper half of his face may be from another picture of dead body.
Even among Americans, some still believe bin Laden is alive and well as neither the Talibans nor al Qaeda has come out with an official statement that bin Laden is dead.
One reveler in Time Square quipped that this is just a well-crafted media propaganda to boost Obama's flagging ratings before elections.
"If Osama whas really been killed and buried at sea, why aren't clear evidence being produced? Why isn't the government showing us clear photos or videos of his dead body? Is he really dead? I doubt whether his body has been thrown into the sea," the reveler, who identified himself only as 'Nick' said.
Meanwhile, even if it is true that bin Laden is truly dead and truly buried at sea, it has failed to appease Islamic scholars, who claim that only those who died at sea, away from land, can be buried at sea.
As bin Laden died on land, he should have been buried on land, according to Islamic rites, that include placing the body in a grave with the head pointed toward the holy city of Mecca. Moreover, Muslim prayers have to be recited and the body need to be ritually washed, as is usually required by Islamic law. And, even if the body is buried at sea, it needs to be wrapped in a shroud and buried only after a brief Islamic service is held, the scholars said.
The scholars feel the Americans have humiliated the Muslims by disregarding Islamic practice and customs.
"The Americans want to humiliate Muslims through this burial, and I don't think this is in the interest of the U.S. administration," Omar Bakri Mohammed, a radical cleric in Lebanon, said.
"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 or land to bury him," another Islamic scholar from Iraq, Abdul-Sattar al-Janabi, who preaches at Baghdad's famous Abu Hanifa mosque, said.
"They can say they buried him at sea, but they cannot say they did it according to Islam," Mohammed al-Qubaisi, Dubai's grand mufti, said about bin Laden's burial. "Sea burials are permissible for Muslims in extraordinary circumstances. This is not one of them."
Another Muslim scholar also said a simple solution would have been to hand over bin Laden's body to his family or bury him in an unmarked grave.
"What the Americans have done is forbidden by Islam and could alienate Muslims further and anger them. It could trigger a retaliation," the scholar said.
What do you think? Is Osama bin Laden really dead? Leave your comments below.
Even among Americans, some still believe bin Laden is alive and well as neither the Talibans nor al Qaeda has come out with an official statement that bin Laden is dead.
One reveler in Time Square quipped that this is just a well-crafted media propaganda to boost Obama's flagging ratings before elections.
"If Osama whas really been killed and buried at sea, why aren't clear evidence being produced? Why isn't the government showing us clear photos or videos of his dead body? Is he really dead? I doubt whether his body has been thrown into the sea," the reveler, who identified himself only as 'Nick' said.
Meanwhile, even if it is true that bin Laden is truly dead and truly buried at sea, it has failed to appease Islamic scholars, who claim that only those who died at sea, away from land, can be buried at sea.
As bin Laden died on land, he should have been buried on land, according to Islamic rites, that include placing the body in a grave with the head pointed toward the holy city of Mecca. Moreover, Muslim prayers have to be recited and the body need to be ritually washed, as is usually required by Islamic law. And, even if the body is buried at sea, it needs to be wrapped in a shroud and buried only after a brief Islamic service is held, the scholars said.
The scholars feel the Americans have humiliated the Muslims by disregarding Islamic practice and customs.
"The Americans want to humiliate Muslims through this burial, and I don't think this is in the interest of the U.S. administration," Omar Bakri Mohammed, a radical cleric in Lebanon, said.
"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 or land to bury him," another Islamic scholar from Iraq, Abdul-Sattar al-Janabi, who preaches at Baghdad's famous Abu Hanifa mosque, said.
"They can say they buried him at sea, but they cannot say they did it according to Islam," Mohammed al-Qubaisi, Dubai's grand mufti, said about bin Laden's burial. "Sea burials are permissible for Muslims in extraordinary circumstances. This is not one of them."
Another Muslim scholar also said a simple solution would have been to hand over bin Laden's body to his family or bury him in an unmarked grave.
"What the Americans have done is forbidden by Islam and could alienate Muslims further and anger them. It could trigger a retaliation," the scholar said.
What do you think? Is Osama bin Laden really dead? Leave your comments below.
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