Moderate Muslims Get Some Backbone

The moderate, law-abiding Muslims of India have a clue, and a backbone. See the complete news story HERE.

This story shows me, at least, that some of the Muslims of the world really do believe that terrorism is not the way.

The bodies of the nine dead gunmen lie in a morgue awaiting last rites. The sole surviving militant, Pakistani national Ajmal Amir Kamal, 21, is being questioned by police. Unclaimed bodies thought to be Muslim are traditionally given to the nearest Islamic graveyard for burial after three days. But the Muslim Council issued orders to cemeteries that the nine should not find a resting place in India. Even before the council's orders, a Muslim graveyard in the heart of Mumbai broke with Islamic tradition and refused to bury the bodies of the nine terrorists. The influential Muslim Jama Masjid Trust, which runs the 3ha Badakabrastan graveyard, said it would not bury the gunmen because they were not true followers of Islam. Hanif Nalkhande, a spokesman for the trust, said: "People who committed this heinous crime cannot be called Muslim. Islam does not permit this sort of barbaric crime."