'We won't taint Islam' Muslim community refuses to bury ISIS killer who murdered French priest in France

France: Muslim community leaders in France have declined to bury one of the extremist Abdel Kermiche 19 who was responsible for the murder of a Catholic priest Father Jacques Hamel Hamel in Normandy France last week citing that they did not want to “taint” Islam by having any connection with the terrorist.

Speaking on the decision, president of the local Muslim cultural association and imam, Mohammed Karabila, told Le Parisian:

“We’re not going to taint Islam with this person.

“We won’t participate in preparing the body or the burial.”

Mr Karabila also insisted that the mosque’s religious leadership would not take part in any funeral proceedings for such people.

Karabila added that if the mayor’s office were to request the mosque to receive the body, and Kermiche’s family said they wanted a burial, his mosque would obliged to assign someone to supervise the process. Local Muslims have supported the community leaders’ decision.

Kermiche’s family are yet to declare if they will perform a funeral for their son.

Kermiche and his accomplice Abdel-Malik Petitjean, 19, took hostages before killing Father Jacques Hamel and seriously wounding another person.
The pair were shot dead by police as they attempted to escape the church, using nuns as human shields.