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The most populous Islamic nation on earth is a massive archipelago, land lubber.


So, if you're referring to Indonesia, how many burials at sea are they known for? (discounting the scattering of cremated ashes)

We're talking only whole bodies, dunked in the drink.

I'm going to ball park it at less than 10%, probably dialing in at perhaps 1%, or at most 2%.


Cremation is forbidden according Islamic practice (http://www.islamopediaonline.org/fatwa/what-islams-viewpoint...).

Burial at sea is explicitly within Islamic practice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial_at_sea#Islam).


His point is that it's not an islamic custom to bury people at sea, and he's completely right. The custom is to bury people in the ground, facing mecca, the same day of the death. That doesn't mean burial at sea never happens or isn't allowed or preferred under relatively rare circumstances, but an islamic custom it certainly is not. The custom would be to have buried him in the ground, not take him onto a ship and them dump him in the ocean, lashing him between planks to obviate bloating so that one may find him washed ashore and bury him properly. In short, he wasn't buried according to islamic custom at all.


Supposedly, the US did consult with Imams on how to deal with this fringe case.

It's not common, but guidelines exist. The Arabs were not without their own traders and explorers.


This is interesting, I'd love to read/hear more about it. Is the negotiation an above-board thing? What are the conditions and costs to getting this kind of exception ensured?


From what I've heard, it's something like 100 000 USD a year for a 100 Mbit connection.


Funny thing is: this is the same price payed in Brazil for a 100mbps MPLS link.


Funny you should say that. I'm in NYC and I like the tap water. When I travel--like to Texas recently--I can't drink the tap water, it tastes horrible to me. And New Yorkers take a lot of pride in our water actually, it tastes hugely different from most of the rest of the country. Goes to show how personal taste is I guess.


You have to burn off all the fracking compounds before drinking Texas tap water.

http://www.newsweek.com/fracking-wells-tainting-drinking-wat...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B9-tmudFg0


The water in Greenpoint, though, is notoriously bad.

edit - Greenpoint, the neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY for any who don't know.


Groundwater is bad in Greenpoint but that's not where tap water comes from in New York. Nearly all drinking water in New York City comes from reservoirs & lakes upstate. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/wastewater/wwsystem-history...


We have plenty of bad things in Greenpoint but I'm not sure our tap water is one of them. At least it's not stopping me from drinking it right now.

Also, hello neighbors!


I've had Google alerts for "Silk Road" for the past 3 or 4 years. My focus is on black markets but I've inadvertently learned a lot about China's development plans (and a few cool historical articles as well).


How did the power and economic reach of pre-modern organizations like the British East India Company compare to modern megacorporations? -- http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/17mvv1/how_di...


Nice. I tried asking a similar question on corporate violence a ways back and got moderated out.


To kill "dark web" we need a good alternative. I'm all ears!


Well, I suppose it depends on what you're talking about. If you're talking about Tor hidden services, "Tor hidden services" seems like a pretty good alternative.

Yes, non-technical people don't know what this means, but they can learn. Non-technical people don't know what the "dark web" means either, but it sure sounds mysterious, and has the added danger that they often erroneously think they do, but have no idea what they're talking about.


Yes, this is how it works.

As a reporter who receives these kind of emails from PR flacks all day, I can say that it is as simple and stupid as this in most cases. I can't say with 100% certainty that no one ever just pays a reporter to write PR bullshit but most of the time it's gross laziness.


I'm not sure that claim itself makes it likely or unlikely. Could be the truth, could be an obfuscation tactic. No way of knowing at this point.


That's exactly the point of the article: Why no charges after the indictments?


He may have made a deal.


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