The interment at sea "runs contrary to the principles of Islamic laws, religious values and humanitarian customs," al-Tayeb said in a statement.
He said that the beat should be given full respect regardless of their nations or beliefs, adding that a corpse would be respected once it is buried.
A senior US Defense official alleged that bin Laden's body has been buried at sea after the procedures for Moslem burial were followed on the grace of the USS Carl Vinson for one hour. He said that his consistency was washed and set in a blank sheet, then verses of the Qur'an were cited and the remains was eased into the North Arabian Sea. The official added that finding a country willing to take the corpse of the world's most wanted man was difficult, so the US decided to forget him at sea.
This is while burial at sea is not an Islamic practice.
The Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI), the country's highest Islamic body, slammed the US decision to bury bin Laden at sea. "A Muslim, whatever his profession, even a criminal, their rites must be respected. There must be a petition and the consistency should be clothed in clean cloth before being interred in the earth, not at sea," MUI chief Amidhan said.
"Many others have condemned it, especially as it was through with extraordinary hatred against him."
A group known as the Islamic Defenders Front announced plans to have a "deal appeal for bin Laden" in Jakarta on Wednesday. Mourners were invited to "show gratitude to the late martyr Sheikh Osama bin Laden".
Also, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's office issued a command which neither applauded nor condemned the cleanup of Bin Laden.
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