“Muslims and Christians in the same ground” is the title of an initiative which will take place in the Marghera cemetery Thursday, April 4 at 4PM. The public meeting is dedicated understanding the funerary rites practiced in both Islam and Catholicism. The initiative is sponsored by the Immigration service of the City of Venice, in…
The Palestine-born resident of Hickory Hills served in the Arab League, helped build the Bridgeview mosque, and worked as a government diplomat until his death at 73-years-old. Abdallah was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in 1999, left to rest underneath a stone obelisk bearing his name beside about 500 other Muslim graves in the cemetery. On…
News Agencies – March 28, 2012 A young man who claimed responsibility for France’s worst terror attacks in years will be buried Thursday in a Muslim cemetery near the southern city where he was killed in gunfight with police, religious leaders said. Burying Mohamed Merah is a sensitive issue for both his native France…
News Agencies – March 7, 2012 The province of Ontario has granted a license to the Toronto Muslim Cemetery Corporation, allowing it to operate the site in Richmond Hill. The corporation says the cemetery is a joint project between Sunni and Shia Muslim communities and will open in June. The group plans to open the…
News Agencies – February 6, 2012 France inaugurated its first municipal Muslim cemetery in the city of Strasbourg, a move hailed by Islamic leaders as a step in recognizing one of the country’s largest minority groups. Local officials and Muslim leaders attended a ceremony in the northeastern French city to launch the cemetery, which has…
