irreality

It has been days since the cowardly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, and the bodies of the terrorists are due to be buried as per their religious followings require.

There’s one problem however.  Hanif Nalkhande and the Jama Masjid Trust, the keepers of the local 7.5-acre Muslim Badakabrastan graveyard, is refusing to bury the bodies.

“People who committed this heinous crime cannot be called Muslim,” said Hanif Nalkhande, a trustee. “Islam does not permit this sort of barbaric crime.”

Of course, there are other Muslim graveyards in Mumbai, but Jama Masjid has so much influence in the city that none of the graveyards are likely to accept the bodies either.

Hanif’s words will likely be burried under other stories and lost, and I’m sure will draw the ire of those who support terroristic acts like these.  Infact, local scholar Maulauna Zubair Ahmed is already speaking out against the decision.  But here’s to the hope that there are more Muslim men like Hanif, who are willing to speak out and call these acts what they really are – heinous, barbaric crimes, that go against the true will of Allah.