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Originally Posted by AkamaruChewtoy
The disposal of the body is being explained as "respect for Islamic tradition" following death where the body has to be prepared and set to rest within 24 hours or something like that.
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And in 24 hours, they could go to the nearest building with the tools necessary for autopsy, call someone from NATO/UN/whatever to do the autopsy and then do that. As far as I know, no such thing was done.
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The burial at sea is a method to keep a land grave from being discovered and turned into a shire or place of worship for the extremists who followed him.
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They can still make a shrine for him. There are countless shrines for sea victims on the shore nearest the incident, so what's stopping his followers from doing the same?