FPI to pray for Bin Laden

The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) says it is planning to organize a mass prayer after the killing of wanted terrorist and Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden by US troops on the weekend.

In a text message sent to tempointeraktif.com on Monday night, the organization said it wanted to pray for Bin Laden.

The event, the message says, would be held at the FPI headquarters in Petamburan, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The message, however, did not provide further information as to who else had been invited to the event.

Osama Bin Laden was found dead after a massive blitzkrieg by a group of US Navy Seals on Sunday night in the upmarket area of Abbottabad in Pakistan. US officials said Osama's remains had been quickly buried at sea after being treated in an Islamic way.

How about Ba;asyir?

Terrorism suspect Abu Bakar Ba'asyir says the late Osama bin Laden, who was shot dead last week by US forces, will go to heaven.

"I don't know if it’s true, but if he is dead, God willing he will go to heaven," Ba'asyir said before a hearing on Monday.

Ba'asyir added that Bin Laden had fought in the name of Islam and would be rewarded for it.

When asked whether he was ever acquainted with Bin Laden, Ba'asyir shook his head and quietly said "No".

The terrorism trial of Abu Bakar Ba'asyir is set to hear the prosecutors' sentence demands on Monday.