Quote Originally Posted by wombat2u2004 View Post
I was just watching a bit of news about it, and they said that burying him at sea would stop those planning some sort of pilgramage to a martyrs gravesite.
Yup, heard something similar on the news now. Spoke to someone this afternoon who has lived several years in a muslime country, and she said burying as muslime at sea was an insult to him because a muslime has to be buried with his head towards Mekka. She also said he didn't deserve any better.