How Long Island families are moving away from traditional funerals and burials
The Roman Catholic Church still teaches that bodily burial is preferable to cremation, since “like Christ in His Resurrection ...
BMC shifts responsibility for cemeteries and crematoriums to ward offices
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in a first, has decided to shift the responsibility of managing and maintaining ...
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Cultural Perspectives on End-of-Life Planning: Traditions, Taboos, and Practical Considerations
The United States is an ever-changing cultural landscape. As a nation of immigrants, we are a complex patchwork of individuals from ...
Killings in Syrian village foreshadowed flare-up of sectarian violence
The bloodletting between Alawites and forces backing Syria’s new government surprised many. But tensions had been building ...
Tallying the Dead Once Again: Photos and Videos From the Gaza Strikes
For two months, a cease-fire spared Palestinians the grim task of identifying bodies. With Israel resuming its assault, they are back at it.
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Farm outside Charlottesville welcomes living and dead to natural burial ground
As a so-called green cemetery, the bodies buried at Panorama are placed in the earth in biodegradable boxes or burial shrouds, rather than metal caskets or concrete vaults. Toxic embalming ...
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Protesters take away bodies from Quetta hospital morgue
Some clips showed masked individuals retrieving bodies, encased in burial shrouds, and placing them in coffins. BYC activists confirmed that protesters had taken away a number of bodies from the ...
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Home Office deportation worker is sacked for sharing post by Reform UK MP Richard Tice on Whatsapp
In a post on X from 2024, Tice, the Reform leader at the time, commented on a GB News article titled: How Home Office Islamic Network aims to recruit Muslim staff and 'influence policymakers' from ...