Do not bury dead terrorists in Mumbai: Muslims By RINA,
New Delhi: The president of a Mumbai organization Muslim Council of India, Ibrahim Bhai demanded the authorities of Jama Masjid Trust to neither allow interring the terrorists killed in recent Mumbai terrorist attacks nor consider them a Muslim because they have committed a barbarous act which is clearly un-Islamic. Members of Muslim Council of India today handed over their president's letter containing the same demand to the authorities of Jama Masjid Trust, the organization that supervises over Mumbai's Bada graveyard, situated in L. T. Marg Police Station area, and takes care of abandoned Muslim corpses. They also requested the authorities to not allow interring terrorists anywhere in Mumbai. When contacted in this connection, the trustee of the Trust Hanif Nakhande confirmed receiving the letter and said, "Personally, I agree with the opinion of the Council but according to Shari'ah, you cannot stop interring a Muslim from being buried in a Muslim graveyard, even if the deceased has been greatest sinner." Later, the member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali corroborated the demand raised by the Council. He said, "The terrorists were no longer a Muslim. It is appropriate to not let them buried in any Muslim graveyard." Some other Muslims have also expressed the same opinion. Moreover, the president of Ulama Association Maulana Athar said in this regard, 'It is not allowed in Islam to kill any one with a sense of revenge. Whatever these terrorists have done is un-Islamic and the more we condemn it the less it would be. Therefore, such people should not be given place in the graveyard.' Maulana Zaheer Abbas Rizwi, a Shi'a leader supported the decision of the council asking who have given right to avenge for crores of Muslims to a few terrorists. 'The book according to which the Muslims throughout the world lead there live never allows killing innocents,' he added. Responding to a query senior inspector Jayant Sarmokadam said, "We hand over abandoned Muslim corpses to Qabristan Trust and they conclude final rituals using Trust's fund. If the Trust refuses to offer funds, police will have to bear the expenses." Common Muslim opinion is that the terrorists should be identified and the corpses be handed over to the country wherefrom they came. Interrogations with the only terrorist captured alive, Ajmal Qassab, have made Indian authorities to conclude that all indications point toward Pakistan. However, the corpses of all nine terrorists killed in Mumbai are still lying in the mortuary of Mumbai's J. J. Hospital. http://www.twocircles.net/2008dec02/do_not_bury_dead_terrorists_mumbai_muslims.html -- Thanks Best Regards ABDUL VAHID K Dubai UAE +971503455387 +971552298487
