Dead Russian Spy Converted to Islam - Confirmed
Charles Johnson
Mon Dec 4, 2006 at 8:13 am PST • Views: 462
On November 24, LGF noted a report that poisoned Russian intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko had converted to Islam. Most LGF readers dismissed it as either an unfounded rumor or an attempt to grab publicity by Chechen Islamists.
But it turns out to be true. Dead Russian spy to be buried as a Muslim. (Hat tip: WriterMom.)
Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian intelligence agent poisoned in London, is to be buried according to Muslim tradition after converting to Islam on his deathbed.
The spy’s father, Walter Litvinenko, said in an interview published today that his son - who was born an Orthodox Christian but had close links to Islamist rebels in Chechnya - made the request as he lay dying in University College Hospital.
“He said ‘I want to be buried according to Muslim tradition’,” Mr Litvinenko told Moscow’s Kommersant daily.
“I said, ‘Well son, as you wish. We already have one Muslim in our family - my daughter is married to a Muslim. The important thing is to believe in the Almighty. God is one.’”
Frank says: