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To: bestintxas

For context: Islam requires that dead bodies be buried by sundown, none of this “keep ‘em in the cooler until relatives can join the wake” et al. Faced with hundreds of corpses littering the grounds of the holiest shrine, getting the job done before dusk was urgent.

Nice to be part of a more considerate culture, one that (IIRC) just last week interred the remains of a WWII soldier, taking whatever pains & however long to arrange proper burial of our own.


5 posted on 09/28/2015 10:51:14 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The world map will be quite different come 20 January 2017.)
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To: ctdonath2
Isn't it because Saudi Sunnis will not touch the bodies of Shiites?
8 posted on 09/28/2015 10:55:58 AM PDT by donna (Pray for Revival.)
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Yes, it’s very, very nice. I didn’t know that the WWII soldier had been interred with due respect and dignity. Thank you for sharing that.


19 posted on 09/28/2015 12:56:37 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal (I believe it! He's alive! Sweet Jesus!)
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