Radical Muslims name Osama's burial spot 'Martyr's Sea'

London, May 5 (ANI): Radical Muslims are already calling the site of Osama bin Laden's ocean burial the 'Martyr's Sea', according to one of Britain's leading Islamic scholars.

The US said the decision to drop bin Laden's body into the North Arabian Sea was taken to avoid creating a shrine for the slain Al Qaeda chief.

But Abdal Hakim Murad, Muslim Chaplain at Cambridge University, claimed that the move could backfire on the Americans.

The Daily Mail quoted Murad as saying that it was 'disappointing' that bin Laden wasn't taken into custody.

He said: "By tipping him into the sea, the Americans may have created a kind of shrine. Some radicals are already calling the Arabian Sea the Martyr's Sea."

A leading Islamic scholar has warned that his burial could lead to his supporters gathering on beaches contemplating the virtues of their dead hero. (ANI)