Tag: burial
Rising numbers of Islamic burials pose challenges to German cemeteries
For a long time, German Muslims have predominantly buried their dead abroad: especially the members of the country’s large Turkish community preferred to find...
‘He tainted Islam’: Muslim community refuses to bury French priest killer
The Muslim community in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray in northern France, where two jihadists slit Father Jacques Hamel’s throat, is refusing to bury one of the attackers,...
Lorraine opens new Muslim burial plot
Between 150 and 200 people assisted at the inauguration of the Barthou cemetery, the new cemetery of Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy. The new cemetery contains a section...
Book planned on burial of marathon bombing suspect
BOSTON — After Peter Stefan offered to handle funeral arrangements for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, he was besieged by criticism, picketers...
