The Roman Catholic Church still teaches that bodily burial is preferable to cremation, since “like Christ in His Resurrection ...

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The bloodletting between Alawites and forces backing Syria’s new government surprised many. But tensions had been building ...

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Beyond minor variations in shrouding and ritual, the primary difference is that Muslim family ... in the war, burial volunteer Mohammed Abu Mussa testified to the shortage of shrouds and other ...

For two months, a cease-fire spared Palestinians the grim task of identifying bodies. With Israel resuming its assault, they are back at it.

The imagery also appears to capture bodies covered in shrouds and the excavator seen in one of ... The villagers said they ...

Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza scrambled to get their loved ones to hospitals, saying there was no warning before a wave ...