On Monday, The City Council of Schlieren, a town of 13,000 inhabitants on the outskirts of Zurich, rejected a proposal to create a space for Muslims within the town’s cemetery. Many religious organizations have reacted branding the decision as a “regrettable setback in integration policy.” This is a particular travesty because 16.5% of the population…
DOSWELL, Va. — Officials in the county where the remains of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev have been buried say they were stunned to learn of the burial and they are looking into whether the law was followed in the process. “As long as everything was done legally, there’s really very little we can…
DOSWELL, Va. — The Virginia woman whose actions led to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev being buried about 30 miles north of her Richmond home said the angry backlash from local officials, some cemetery neighbors and online critics has been unpleasant, but she has no regrets. “I can’t pretend it’s not difficult to…
DOSWELL, Va. — Martha Mullen was on her way to Starbucks on Tuesday when she heard on the radio that Massachusetts officials couldn’t find a cemetery willing to bury Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. “My first thought was, Jesus says love your enemies and not hate them after they’re dead,” Mullen, a Richmond mental…
Francesco Bianco April 17, 2013 Imam Mufid Abu Touq explained that “The future mayor [of Catania needs to] create a cemetery for us Muslims. ” Further the Imam explains, “Catania needs a mayor who does not look for his own interests but who works for the people of this city.”
