Muslims leaders from across Britain have refused to bury the three
ISIS-claimed attackers who brought terror to central London and killed
seven.
British police identified Khuram Shazad Butt and Rashid
Redouane, as two of three attackers who struck pedestrians with a van on
London Bridge and stabbed pub-goers after crashing.
One
eyewitness said that an attacker shouted “this is for Allah” during the
assault, but more than 100 imams and Muslim scholars from across
Britain have said that they cannot even bury the terrorists after such
actions that claim to be in the name of Islam.
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Though
at no time is it acceptable, that such ruthless violence was
perpetrated during the season of Ramadan, in which Muslims worldwide
focus on pious devotion, prayer, charity and the cultivation of good
character, demonstrates how utterly misguided and distant the terrorists
are from our faith and the contempt which they hold for its values,” read a statement released by the Muslim Council of Britain.
“In
light of other such ethical principles which are quintessential to
Islam, we will not perform the traditional Islamic funeral prayer for
the perpetrators and we also urge fellow imams and religious authorities
to withdraw such a privilege.”
Police said that Butt, a 27-year-old British citizen, was known to authorities, but that Redouane was not.
A vigil was held Monday evening for the victims of the attack, including 30-year-old Canadian Christine Archibald.
Sadiq Khan, London’s first Muslim mayor, promised the gathered crowd that terrorism would not win in its desire to instill fear.
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