Western media are lying Osama Bin Laden’s burial

"All in favour of an infidel's sea burial, raise your hand"

Twitter is going berserk over Osama Bin Laden’s death – not least because of his speedy sea burial, which CNN ensured us “was handled in keeping with Muslim customs.” (CNN.com)

Which is interesting – because I couldn’t help but wonder how Muslims, who are like the Star Wars sand-people of Tatooine, developed the habit of tossing their loved ones into the sea.

Muslims are pretty specific about their burial practices, which Wikipedia describes thusly:

Burial rituals should normally take place as soon as possible and include:

  • Bathing the dead body, except in extraordinary circumstances as in battle of Uhud.
  • Enshrouding dead body in a white cotton or linen cloth.
  • Funeral prayer .
  • Burial of the dead body in a grave.
  • Positioning the deceased so that the head is faced towards Mecca.”

Wikipedia’s page has 16 references to the word ‘grave’ and not one mention of ‘sea’. In the sea, he’s hardly going to point towards mecca, he’s going to be slopping about all four points of the compass while he’s nibbled at by fish.

That’s a fairly obvious error…

That’s not just shoddy journalism, it’s downright dishonesty.

How can the White House honestly keep a straight face and say they’re trying to make friends with the Muzzies and then go across the world, murder Osama without a trial, and toss him into the sea? It’s like saying to your neighbour: “I really care about you and your family and I hope we can get along” and then sneaking into their house, stabbing their disobedient dog to death and shitting on its face.