More than 130 imams across Britain refuse to bury the London Bridge terrorists.
Religious leaders across the country said they will not perform the traditional Islamic prayer for the attackers who killed seven people and injured almost 50 in the atrocity in the London bridge attacks. The faith leaders have refused to carry it out for jihadis Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba – calling their actions “indefensible”. According to the UK Sun, in a strongly-worded statement on the Muslim Council of Britain’s website – the largest Muslim body in the UK – the faith leaders said the terrorists’ actions were “completely at odds with the lofty teachings of Islam.” The statement said: - - - “Consequently, and in light of other such ethical principles which are quintessential to Islam, we will not perform the traditional Islamic funeral prayer over the perpetrators and we also urge fellow imams and religious authorities to withdraw such a privilege. “This is because such indefensible actions...