Prof. Mazrui’s Burial to Go Contrary to Islamic Traditions. See Why and How

Muslims worldwide are known to stick to strict rules and regulations, among them being how and when to bury their dead. In the Islamic laws, the deceased should be buried within 24 hours of their death and going beyond that is contrary to the strictly adhered to Islamic laws.

However, following the death of the renowned Kenyan scholar, Prof. Ali Mazrui, who is a Muslim, the rules and regulations are bound to be broken because of the distance between Kenya and the USA, where Prof. Mazrui died.

The celebrated greatest writer of our time died in Binghamton, USA early today and the news came as a shock to not only his native Kenya, but also the whole world. He was a famous academia.

The scholar was an Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and the Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York.

He was the first non-president chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology after the Moi era.

Mazrui, who was born in Mombasa in 1933, is survived by two wives who are Nigerian and British nationals and five children.

Among Kenyans to send deep condolences to his family was President Uhuru Kenyatta who described him as a towering academician whose intellectual contributions played a major role in shaping African scholarship.

Prof. Mazrui will be buried this Saturday at his family’s graveyard in Fort Jesus, Mombasa.