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CNN, Associated Press, LA Times, Washington Post and NPR Feature MPAC’s Statements about Osama bin Laden’s Death

May 5, 2011


 

"No Land Alternative' Prompts Bin Laden Sea Burial" (CNN)
Osama bin Laden was buried at sea from the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier because there was no alternative to bury him on land within the 24 hours required by Islamic law, President Barack Obama's homeland security and counterterrorism adviser said Monday.
 

"Muslim Leaders In Washington Say Osama Bin Laden's Death Is A Relief" (Associated Press)
The leaders of Washington-area Muslim groups say Osama bin Laden's death has left their community feeling a sense of relief.

Speaking at a news conference Monday the director of the Washington office of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Haris Tarin, said he hoped Bin Laden's death would begin a new chapter in the United States' relationship with Muslim countries.

The president of the Islamic Society of North America, Imam Mohamed Magid, said he, too, was feeling hopeful and relieved that an icon of terrorism is gone.


"Bin Laden's Death May Ease Anti-Muslim Sentiment In U.S." (LA Times)
The reactions reflected unalloyed joy and deliverance: It was "double good news," a "victorious day," the dawn of "a new era." These were the voices of Muslim American leaders and scholars, for whom the news of Osama bin Laden's death came bundled with an extra ribbon of relief.

"American Muslims have kind of been in a kettle, a boiling kettle, and the fire has been this terrorism," said Ihsan Bagby, an associate professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Kentucky. "Hopefully, the demise of Qaeda and this terrorist philosophy will put out the fire."


“Muslim American Leaders Hope Bin Laden’s Death Starts A New Chapter For Muslims” (Washington Post)
Yasmin Hussein was 13 when Osama bin Laden’s attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon transformed the lives of Muslim Americans. She, her mother and sister stayed home for two weeks, fearing harassment or worse. For years, the District resident said, “I just felt like the label was tattooed on my forehead.”

But on Sunday night, she and other Muslim Americans joined hundreds of others in front of the White House to celebrate the news that bin Laden was dead — news that Hussein, now 23, called a “milestone.”


“Muslim Public Affairs Council Greets Bin Laden's Death With 'Sense Of Felief'" (89.3 KPCC - NPR Southern California)
People are reacting this morning to the death of Osama bin Laden. The Muslim Public Affairs Council's website this morning read "MPAC Greets Bin Laden's Death With A Sense Of Relief." Salam Al-Marayati, president of MPAC in Los Angeles, spoke with KPCC.

Why relief? "We've been dealing with the specter of terrorism for so long that the elimination of bin Laden represents a swift blow against terrorism," says Al-Marayati. "The Middle East, unfortunately, has been devastated by terrorist violence. We see people like bin Laden sitting on his empty throne of self-righteousness, sending young people to their deaths and killing civilians in our name."

 

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