God bless our troops and lets hope no one gets the idea of booby trapping the bodies.
"There is an expansion of thought perculiar to the proximity of the grave; being near death makes us see the truth."
Victor Hugo, Les Miserables, page 1126 in tbe Signet Classic paperback edition.
Very moving. I thank them even though they may never get credit there in the Muslim world.
This act demonstrates a sense of propriety and magnanimity that defies human expectation. To paraphrase Chester Nimitz, "Uncommon nobility is a common virtue" in these quarters.
It's good to be an American.
I wonder if the Iraqis know. What a tender and thoughtful thing to do.
honorable folks at Graves Reg...
Meanwhile...
ISLAM ONLINE.net - Fatwa Applications - Ask The Scholar - Question from a person from Canada - Topic: "JIHAD AGAINST THE U.S. LED FORCES: MASS SUICIDE?" (April 24, 2003)
http://www.islamonline.net/fatwaapplication/english/display.asp?hFatwaID=97200 ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Dear questioner, we commend your pursuit of knowledge and we earnestly implore Allah to bless your efforts in this honorable way.
First of all, we would like to state that perhaps the US and its allies have attained some benefits by invading Iraq. However, this does not mean that they managed to defeat Islam. Hence, Muslims have to resist the invading forces by all possible means. They must not ever yield to pessimism and desperation and submit to the authority of those invaders as some authors in their works encourage Muslims to do nowadays. Sticking to the Islamic teachings, Muslims will defeat all evil forces and Allah will give them victory over their enemies. But let Muslims exert their best efforts.
Responding to your question, Sheikh Faysal Mawlawi, Deputy Chairman of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, states the following:
“It is improper for a Muslim to say that fighting against the invading enemy is mass suicide, for this accordingly means to submit to the enemies of Islam who are stronger than Muslims.
In fact, fighting against the enemies who are invading Muslim countries is a legal obligation, and whoever gets killed in the course of such fighting is a martyr or shahid in the Cause of Allah. Muslims are enjoined to prepare whatever they can to resist invading forces, not to refrain from jihad until they prepare an army comparable to the enemy forces. Referring to this, Allah Almighty says: “Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed) force.” (Al-Anfal: 60)
In this Qur’anic verse, Allah Almighty directs Muslims to the fact that by preparing all possible means of resistance, they will dismay the enemy. The rest of the foregoing verse says: “Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed) force and of horses tethered, that thereby ye may dismay the enemy of Allah and your enemy.” (Al-Anfal: 60)"