Christian Woman Helps Bury Boston 'Bomber' in Muslim Cemetery

Christian Woman Helps Bury Boston ‘Bomber’ in Muslim Cemetery

US News • May 2013 • Views: 2,114

A Christian woman today revealed that she helped authorities coordinate the secret burial this week of Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev in a Muslim cemetery in Doswell, Virginia.

‘Jesus says [to] love our enemies,’ Martha Mullen, 48, told the Boston Globe’s Wesley Lowery in an exclusive interview. ‘So I was sitting in Starbucks and thought, maybe I’m the one person who needs to do something.’

Tsarnaev was buried under a shroud of secrecy Wednesday evening at the Al-Barzakh Cemetery in central Virginia, about 15 miles from Richmond.

More: Tamerlan Tsarnaev Secret Burial Site in Virginia: Christian Woman Helps Bury Boston ‘Bomber’ in Muslim Cemetery

Some people just have a good head for what’s right. She’s one of them…

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22 comments

Cardio (formerly JRCMYP) Sat, May 11, 2013 8:47:31am

Seriously. I’ve been embarrassed by our state’s reaction to this issue. That poor uncle who got left with the shit job of having to get this guy’s body in the ground was shown no compassion by the people of Massachusetts. We suck.

Mattand Sat, May 11, 2013 9:35:06am

Why is the word “bomber” in quotes in the headline?

CriticalDragon1177 Sat, May 11, 2013 10:22:24am

re: #2 Mattand

I have the same question. Is there any reasonable doubt at this point?

Mattand Sat, May 11, 2013 12:06:09pm

re: #3 CriticalDragon1177

I have the same question. Is there any reasonable doubt at this point?

Yeah, to be honest, the only people who write headlines like that tend to be the mouthbreathers who follow Alex Jones. Hope I’m wrong…

Shiplord Kirel Sat, May 11, 2013 2:57:43pm

The right thing to do. Our rules against desecrating the dead do not come from any concern for dead terrorists, good riddance to them. Those rules come from our concern for ourselves, and our desire to continue the long, long journey up from savagery.

Bubblehead II Sat, May 11, 2013 5:53:09pm

Once the Family disowned him, they should have cremated and flushed away this piece of shit at sea. P.C. Gone awry once again.

//// Let us respect his Religion.

CL, Sorry, this asshole doesn’t deserve a “decent” burial.

Heavy Metal had something along this line with , Capt Stern.

I paraphrase here. The best we can hope for is a quite burial in a undiclosed location so the grave is not desicrated.

End of program.

End of Line.

Mattand Sat, May 11, 2013 6:16:05pm

re: #6 Bubblehead II

Once the Family disowned him, they should have cremated and flushed away this piece of shit at sea. P.C. Gone awry once again.

The people who scream the loudest about political correctness are usually the ones pissed off that they get called on their bigotry.

Heavy Metal had something along this line with , Capt Stern.

What in God’s name are you referring to here?

Bubblehead II Sat, May 11, 2013 6:22:05pm

Heavy Metal and Tron.

You Tube it.

Bubblehead II Sat, May 11, 2013 6:41:22pm

re: #7 Mattand

The people who scream the loudest about political correctness are usually the ones pissed off that they get called on their bigotry.

Now I get to call WTF? Provide sourses.

What are you refering to here?

Are you calling me a Religioiusn Racist?

Please post

Stephen T. Sat, May 11, 2013 6:54:51pm

re: #3 CriticalDragon1177

I have the same question. Is there any reasonable doubt at this point?

I’m guessing the quotes act in the same way the word alleged would in a longer headline.

Bubblehead II Sat, May 11, 2013 7:09:26pm

Night Liazards.

Dark_Falcon Sat, May 11, 2013 8:08:16pm

re: #6 Bubblehead II

The burial isn’t about respect for him, its about the US not looking it doesn’t respect Islam. For Tsarnaev’s body to be cremated and his ashes scattered would be to provide Al Qaeda with more propaganda to use to convince young Muslim men that we are oppressing them.

Giving Tsarnaev a proper Islamic burial needs to be regarded in a COIN* context: To defeat terrorists and insurgents we need to separate them from the population, and respect for Islam as a religion is part of winning the respect needed to do so.

*: COIN = COunter INsurgency

Mattand Sat, May 11, 2013 9:28:34pm

re: #9 Bubblehead II

Are you calling me a Religioiusn Racist?

Please post

“Religioiusn”?

You know, there’s nothing wrong with admitting English isn’t your first language.

Bert's House of Beef and Obdicuts Sun, May 12, 2013 2:26:52am

re: #12 Dark_Falcon

It’s also the ethically correct decision.

Bert's House of Beef and Obdicuts Sun, May 12, 2013 2:27:45am

re: #6 Bubblehead II

The asshole is dead. He no longer exists. You cannot harm him in any way by doing things to his corpse.

Sionainn Sun, May 12, 2013 6:59:14am

Bubblehead’s post reminds me of the people trying to justify torture. We are supposed to be better than that.

Dark_Falcon Sun, May 12, 2013 7:11:56am

re: #16 Sionainn

Bubblehead’s post reminds me of the people trying to justify torture. We are supposed to be better than that.

With Enhanced Interrogation you can argue the point, though; In that case it is possible to argue that the value of the intelligence gained thereby is likely to outweigh moral and political costs incurred. Disrespecting someone’s corpse has no such defense. It’s purely a “Hurr, hurr, hurr” action, intend to show you hate the enemy.

Note: I’m saying the argument can be made. I’m not making that argument here.

Sionainn Sun, May 12, 2013 8:51:04am

re: #17 Dark_Falcon

With Enhanced Interrogation you can argue the point, though; In that case it is possible to argue that the value of the intelligence gained thereby is likely to outweigh moral and political costs incurred. Disrespecting someone’s corpse has no such defense. It’s purely a “Hurr, hurr, hurr” action, intend to show you hate the enemy.

Note: I’m saying the argument can be made. I’m not making that argument here.

Bullshit. Torture is torture and it doesn’t give us any valuable information. The argument cannot be made.

Locker Sun, May 12, 2013 9:40:33am

re: #18 Sionainn

Bullshit. Torture is torture and it doesn’t give us any valuable information. The argument cannot be made.

Bullshit. Everything is relative and any argument can be made. Personally I find it torture to have to watch Lost over and over (mostly it’s the stupid music) and most probably don’t agree. Most of us do agree (including myself) that water boarding is torture. Lot’s of people would also agree that solitary confinement is torture even though we use it in our own prison system.

Additionally torture can and has given us and anyone else using it valuable and completely useless information. When to use it and why are also relative. I’m a no torture guy but if some fucker had my daughter tied up somewhere and I caught him then torture would be a mild description of what I’d do to get the information.

Locker Sun, May 12, 2013 9:42:33am

re: #15 Bert’s House of Beef and Obdicuts

The asshole is dead. He no longer exists. You cannot harm him in any way by doing things to his corpse.

Agreed but as Falcon is trying to demonstrate, doing things to his corpse can harm “us”. Deliberate misunderstanding is a fine art in this country and it pisses me off. No one is advocating love for said asshole.

Shiplord said it better and a lot earlier but I wanted to post my agreement.

palomino Sun, May 12, 2013 6:27:52pm

re: #17 Dark_Falcon

With Enhanced Interrogation you can argue the point, though; In that case it is possible to argue that the value of the intelligence gained thereby is likely to outweigh moral and political costs incurred. Disrespecting someone’s corpse has no such defense. It’s purely a “Hurr, hurr, hurr” action, intend to show you hate the enemy.

Note: I’m saying the argument can be made. I’m not making that argument here.

Why not just call it torture? You’re not writing for the NY Times or the DoD.

We can either be honest, admit we’ve tortured, and then try to provide a coherent rationale. Or we can sit back and live in fantasyland, where if we call torture something else, then we didn’t do it.

palomino Sun, May 12, 2013 6:30:28pm

re: #19 Locker

Bullshit. Everything is relative and any argument can be made. Personally I find it torture to have to watch Lost over and over (mostly it’s the stupid music) and most probably don’t agree. Most of us do agree (including myself) that water boarding is torture. Lot’s of people would also agree that solitary confinement is torture even though we use it in our own prison system.

Additionally torture can and has given us and anyone else using it valuable and completely useless information. When to use it and why are also relative. I’m a no torture guy but if some fucker had my daughter tied up somewhere and I caught him then torture would be a mild description of what I’d do to get the information.

Which is perfectly understandable (I’d do the same), but not particularly relevant here since you’re not a nation-state bound by treaties and international law.

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