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.