RIYADH/DUBAI, May 3 (Reuters) - Clerics in Saudi Arabia, a staunch U.S. ally and the country of Osama bin Laden's birth, dismissed Washington's assertions it observed Islamic rites in disposing of the ...

Although there appears to be some room for debate over the burial - as with many issues within the faith - a wide range of Islamic scholars interpreted it as a humiliating disregard for the standard ...

A government watch dog group announced Thursday that they were suing the United States Navy for failing to give information pertaining to the funeral ceremony, rite or ritual of Osama bin Laden prior ...

WASHINGTON -- Internal emails among senior U.S. military officers indicate that no sailors watched Osama bin Laden's burial at sea from the USS Carl Vinson and traditional Islamic procedures were ...

Was it really him? How do we know? Where are the pictures? RELATED: Watch Video and Read President Obama's address to the world about Osama bin Laden's death. Already, those questions are spreading in ...

Navy officials have asked a federal court not to require release of documents concerning the burial of Osama bin Laden because they fear doing so would hand Al Qaeda an opportunity to stir up new ...

Rudy Giuliani defended the Obama administration Monday night for holding Islamic burial rites for Osama bin Laden and submerging him in a water grave, saying it was important to show the difference ...