This causes a PR nightmare for Somalis and Muslims in general. Ahmed, an unrepentant terrorist, took innocent lives down with him. Thus, giving him a proper burial sends the wrong signals that the community isn’t doing enough to condemn terrorism. The Somali community would have done a great service—to mend relations with the mainstream society—for themselves had they taken a stance similar to the one the Indian Muslims adopted. Influential Indian Muslim clerics refused to give burial service to the nine gunned down Mumbai terrorists.
I wonder whether the Somali community believes that Ahmed was a true believer who died for an Islamic cause.The men are not true followers of the Islamic faith, according to the influential Muslim Jama Masjid Trust, which runs the 7.5-acre (three-hectare) Badakabrastan graveyard in downtown Mumbai.
"People who committed this heinous crime cannot be called Muslim," said Hanif Nalkhande, a trustee. "Islam does not permit this sort of barbaric crime."
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