I know this is an older post but I just came across your blog due to your post on another site.

This post made my day. I don’t know if you come from an Islamic background or if you’re just well-informed but it is not often I hear people discredit Osama as claiming to be a Muslim. I am a Muslim and it drives me mad when people refer to him and other terrorists as “Jihadis” or “Islamic Extremists” because, as you said, he and other organizations never gave regard to Islamic traditions–they just hold the name, know Arabic, and pray five times a day. So I’m glad you called it ironic that it was claimed he was buried according to Muslim tradition. If the world had more well-informed people like yourself, we wouldn’t be on the brink of an Islamocaust today.