Tamerlan Tsarnaev finally buried

The dead body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the suspects of the Marathon bombing, was in a deep freezer at a funeral home in Boston until Wednesday. Apparently no one wanted to bury him at his hometown in Cambridge, MA. The Islamic Center of Cambridge/Boston wanted nothing to do with Tamerlan. They refused to participate or allow burial in the graveyard. Other Islamic centers in Boston have also said No. Not a single cemetery in MA (Muslim or otherwise) was willing to take his body. I can understand why most folks wouldn't want their loved ones buried close to a murderer.

There were some offers from other centers; the Colorado Islamic center and some centers from Canada. But that's not really workable. The funeral director made some inquiries about the logistic at the state and local government but found them unwilling. You can't really post a dead body to random people or places. His family has the final say on where Tamerlan may be buried, of course with the help and cooperation with the local authority. Generally, the will of the deceased is followed but as we all know, this is not a regular funeral.

Tamerlan confessed to being a Muslim when he was alive. Tamerlan's uncle Ruslan Tsarni was in Boston to arrange Tamerlan's funeral according to Islamic funeral rites. His uncle was the only members of Tsarnaev's family who had harshly condemned both of his nephews for their actions. The rest of Tsarnaev's family believed that this whole thing (the Boston Marathon bombing) is just a government setup and that the Tsarnaev brothers were merely the fall guys.

I understand people's anger and outrage at Tamerlan. His actions were inexcusable. He will be punished by God. They don't want his body buried in their backyard. Well, it's good to see Muslim communities standing up and dissociating themselves from sinful people, evil doers and the worse of the worse.

Generally, the state is obligated to provide a plot (I guess a place to dump his body) if they cannot find any takers. There was a bit of drama in regards to the actual burial of Tamerlan Tsanaev. Like always people's emotions got the best of them. They refused to let him be buried in Massachusetts. Some people wanted Tamerlan to be cremated; had his ashes thrown somewhere. Some suggested dumping his body into the sea; just like what they did with Bin Laden. There was also a suggestion to send his body back to his parents in Russia which was also not workable because the Russian authority doesn't really give dead terrorists back to the family. Russian buries them secretly in unmarked graves.


Yesterday, we found out that Tamerlan was secretly buried in a Muslim cemetery in Virginia with the help of a local woman, Martha Mullen.

Martha Mullen of Richmond played a part in the decision to bury Tsarnaev in Virginia. "I was listening to NPR and I heard the story ... that he was unable to be buried and that people are protesting him. And it made me think of Jesus' words: Love your enemies. I felt that, also, he was being maligned probably because he was Muslim."

A lot of people are not happy over this decision to bury Tamerlan in Virginia. I can understand why people are not very happy. No one was consulted or asked. They went quietly and buried him without anyone's knowledge. You can't do that.

The leadership of the Islamic center didn't consult anyone. That's not called leadership.

Martha Mullen was right to point out that Americans were really showing their ugly side by refusing to bury a dead body. Tamerlan is dead. It's over. There's no point to go overboard in punishing Tamerlan's family by denying them a funeral.

I disagree with Martha Mullen when she said we should love your enemies. Why should we like much less love our enemy. In regards to Tamerlan, we are not really talking about something minor like slaps on the right cheeks and turning the other cheeks.

Some people living in the vicinity of the cemetery are outrage. Massachusetts's problem is now theirs. They shouldn't have to deal with the infamous Boston bombers being buried in their neighbourhood.

References
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/05/07/colorado-muslim-society-at-odds-with-founder-over-tsarnaev-burial-offer/

http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/05/10/boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-tamerlan-tsarnaev-buried-doswell-virginia-according-two-sources/WJZCb0rTWtLFZTMzKzST4L/story.html

http://www.necn.com/05/10/13/Some-members-of-Islamic-community-angere/landing_nation.html?&apID=109d58ce6f8d4259945831e6df46a08c

http://viableopposition.blogspot.ca/2013/04/chechnya-backgrounder.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/report-dzhokhar-tsarnaevs-repeated-requests-for-a-lawyer-were-ignored-2013-5