美国头号恐怖份子本拉登传出遭击毙后火速被海葬,不过,却被回教神职人员抨击做法草率,甚至有侮辱的意味。事实上,从古至今中东地区的人死后,很少人用棺木埋葬死者,通常都用白布包裹后,直接将遗体埋葬在坟墓里。
本拉登1日与美国特种部队的交火中丧命,根据美国一名不愿透露姓名的官员表示,根据伊斯兰教习俗,人死后要在24小时内埋葬,而要查找愿意接受头号恐怖分子遗体的国家,是相当艰难的任务,因此决定海葬本拉登,但并为透露确切地点。
我们来看一段英文报道:
Muslim clerics said Monday that Osama bin Laden's burial at sea was a violation of Islamic tradition that may further provoke militant calls for revenge attacks against American targets.
Although there appears to be some room for debate over the burial — as with many issues within the faith — a wide range of senior Islamic scholars interpreted it as a humiliating disregard for the standard Muslim practice of placing the body in a grave with the head pointed toward the holy city of Mecca.
Sea burialscan be allowed, they said, but only in special cases where the death occurred aboard a ship.
周一穆斯林神职人员称奥萨马本拉登的海葬违反伊斯兰传统,可能会引发好战分子对美国采取进一步的打击报复行为。
尽管关于葬礼还争论不休,一些争论是围绕宗教信仰方面,许多资深伊斯兰教学者认为海葬是对传统的穆斯兰教葬礼的侮辱,其标准做法是将尸体置于墓穴,头朝向圣地麦加。
他们说海葬也是允许的,但是只能出现在一些特别的场合,如在航行中的船上死亡。
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