鈥淏urial at sea was allowed in the case of long travel without having access to land for the fear of body deterioration,鈥 Ahmed Nezar Kobeisy, a Medina University-trained scholar who now teaches Islamic studies at the King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, says in an e-mail.
鈥淚n this case of Osama bin Laden, the reason seems to be more political than religious.鈥