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Originally Posted by dlish
"buried according to islamic traditions"? what a bunch of bollocks!
ive never heard of an islamic funeral at sea. the only tradition that the US wanted to adhere to it seems was that 'two suns should not fall on the dead'. which basically means that the dead need to be buried within 24hrs.
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With all due respect to your much greater knowledge of all things, particularly Islam, I do offer this from the Al-Islam.org site:
Rules about Burial of the Dead Body
If this is correct, there are exceptions allowed to tradition. Now, that being said, respect for Islam or tradition probably had very little to do with it, and desire to mollify Muslims worldwide was probably paramount - they found a "loophole" that met their desire to put the body where no one would ever know, and used it.