Mosque Refuses to Bury Cop Killer

Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:15:09 pm PST

This is interesting; a mosque where Philadelphia cop killer Howard Cain might have developed that “prayer bump” on his forehead (by grinding it into the ground five times a day—it’s considered a mark of devotion) is now refusing to give him a funeral.

Good for them.

The leadership of the Germantown Masjid has refused to conduct funeral services for Howard Cain, the bank robber who killed Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski with a Chinese-made semi-automatic rifle.

“No, we will not bury him at Germantown Masjid,” said Tariq El Shabazz, managing director of the mosque. “We don’t want one slight scintilla hinting that we condone his behavior.”

On Sunday evening, a friend of Cain’s family asked if Cain’s burial could take place at the mosque on Germantown Avenue near Logan Street, El Shabazz said. El Shabazz declined to conduct the service after researching Islamic law and meeting with Saadiq Abdul Jabbar, chief executive of the mosque; Imam Talib Abdullah, and others.

“We don’t tolerate that kind of behavior,” El Shabazz said. “Their actions are not from Islam. You don’t dress like a woman, you don’t rob people or transgress against them or commit murder. On all three grounds, they are dead wrong.

”We are not saying that Muslims should not bury him, or that he should not have Janaza [funeral prayers],“ he added. ”He is a Muslim and he has that right, but we don’t want that here."

Previously at LGF:
Burqa Bandit in Philly?