Posted on 12/04/2006 8:50:44 AM PST by BMC1
Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian intelligence agent poisoned in London, is to be buried according to Muslim tradition after converting to Islam on his deathbed.
The spy's father, Walter Litvinenko, said in an interview published today that his son - who was born an Orthodox Christian but had close links to Islamist rebels in Chechnya - made the request as he lay dying in University College Hospital.
"He said ’I want to be buried according to Muslim tradition’," Mr Litvinenko told Moscow's Kommersant daily.
"I said, ’Well son, as you wish. We already have one Muslim in our family - my daughter is married to a Muslim. The important thing is to believe in the Almighty. God is one.’"
Nine Scotland Yard detectives were preparing to fly to Moscow as early as today to speak to witnesses who met Litvinenko around the time of his poisoning, which is believed to have happened on November 1 at a sushi restaurant in Piccadilly.
The Russian foreign ministry confirmed today that visas had been issued to the investigators and the prosecutor-general's office also offered "to provide all necessary help to British colleagues within the framework of international agreements and the law of the Russian Federation".
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He probably committed suicide, then.
converted to Islam on his deathbead does not sound credible to me somehow
Shouldn't he have been buried several days ago? Does this mean he missed his ride?
Oh boy, this opens up the entire thing to a new realm. A bad one.
deathbead=death bed
Print up another 72 virgins, Allah.
hmmm!
Perhaps the radiation preserves. Works on food.
The important thing is to believe in the Almighty. God is one.
No, the important thing is not to turn your back on the One True God and turn your soul over to a false God. If he thought the suffering he experienced from the radiation was bad, he's learning right now about an eternity cast into the fires of hell.
Owl_Eagle
If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.
Curiouser and curiouser....
Just in time for the 72 virgins!
Seriously folks.. reminds me of an old joke
A devout Republican told friends on his deathbed that he was converting to Democrat. "Why?" they asked. Well better another dead democrat than a good republican.
I wonder if they will be radioactive?
"I said, ’Well son, as you wish. We already have one Muslim in our family - my daughter is married to a Muslim. The important thing is to believe in the Almighty. God is one.’"
His father is Orthodox and said this?
Suicide: That's what I wrote when I first heard he was a Muslim. The entire thing resembles the Anthrax scenario....made for the media. An observation of an "attack" to be viewed for its' effectiveness with trails all over the place.
This changes everything. Was the guy working with Chechen terrorists? Was he a secret islamist? This story gets weirder and weirder.
I don't understand...
How can Muslim religion be so attractive?
I mean the first pages tell how mo-hummed got the koran squeezed out of him by an 'angel'- no kidding- I am surprise he just confused the big steaming pile for a book.
I thought suicide the minute I heard he'd been poisoned, but immediately disregarded the idea. Why would he kill himself just to embarrass Putin? Now I know. He wanted the 72 virgins.
So many Muslims, ...so little bacon fat.
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