I can't say I'm surprised by the negative reactions from those who live near the site where Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev after the news broke that he'd been buried somewhat covertly at a small Islamic cemetery not too far from Richmond, Virginia. Nor could I say I'm not disappointed by the lack of understanding and compassion it displays. I'm thinking specifically of Imam Ammar Amonette of the Islamic Center of Virginia who's responsible for this comment.
“Now everybody who’s buried in that cemetery, their loved ones are going to have to go to that place.”
And his point would be...well, what exactly? Is there some sort of morals clause to be satisfied for a proper burial? Does Amonette think it's his place to judge?
Last I checked, Tsarnaev is dead, which makes any remaining judgment the province of (insert name of deity here). Here on Earth, we give our enemies a decent burial not because we're weak but because we're strong enough to show compassion. Failing that, we can tell ourselves we do it so we can gloat over their worm-ridden bodies. Either way, what's so damn hard to understand here?
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