Boston bomb suspect's aunt: Mosque won't bury Tamerlan Tsarnaev

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53. I believe the reason is to protect Islamic Society of Boston

and not because Tsarnaev is considered as a bad muslim or not seen as a muslim, I believe the mosque leaders just don't want to have anything to do with the body to protect the Islamic society from any prejudice. As far as I concern, Tsarnaev is still a muslim even though he's not a good one, as long as he believes in 5 pillars of Islam then he's still a muslim and every muslim, even the most evil criminal deserves a proper burial by the muslim society.

Because in Islam, burying the dead is an obligation that's called "Fardhu Kifayah", meaning it's the responsibility of the whole society that can be carried by a number of people in the society. If no one in the society is willing to carry that responsibility then the whole society is considered committing a sin. However, in this "special" condition it's understandable because the goal is for greater good of everybody else, the innocent people in the society itself.