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Sri Lanka angers Muslims by enforcing cremations for virus deaths
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka made cremations compulsory for coronavirus victims on Sunday, ignoring protests from the country’s minority Muslims who say it goes against Islamic tradition.
Of the seven deaths from the infectious disease so far in the island nation, three were Muslims. The bodies were cremated by authorities despite protests from relatives.
“The corpse of a person who has died or is suspected to have died, of … Covid-19 shall be cremated,” Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said Sunday.
The World Health Organization has said victims “can be buried or cremated”.
More than 200 people have tested positive for coronavirus so far in Sri Lanka, where an indefinite, nationwide curfew has been imposed.
The cremations have been criticised by rights groups.
“At this difficult time, the authorities should be bringing communities together and not deepening divisions between them,” Amnesty’s South Asia Director Biraj Patnaik said earlier this month.
The country’s main political party that represents Muslims, which make up 10% of the 21 million-strong national population, has accused the government of “callous disregard” for religious rituals and the families’ wishes.
Tensions between Muslims and the majority Sinhalese population came to a head last Easter after local jihadists were accused of suicide bombings at three hotels and three churches that killed 279 people.
Weeks later, Sinhalese mobs attacked Muslims, killing one and wounded dozens more. Hundreds of homes and vehicles were destroyed and the authorities were accused of failing to stop the violence — a charge denied by Colombo.
Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church said Sunday it forgave the suicide bombers, adding that “we offered love to the enemies who tried to destroy us”.
The Sri Lankan government shouldn't cremate Muslim's corpse who died due to Covid-19 virus. It is against syariah. Please respect. This is very sensitive to Muslims.
ReplyDeleteNow, as that was being the case, and
Muslims are minorities in Sri Lanka, there's nothing they can do. Collect the ashes and do this:
("Dalam keadaan mayat tersebut hanya tinggal abu sahaja, maka tatacara pengurusannya adalah sedikit berlainan. Abu tersebut perlu dikumpulkan dan dibungkus dengan kain kafan, dan ditayammumkan sebagai ganti kepada mandian ke atas mayat biasa, sebelum disolatkan serta dikebumikan di tanah perkuburan Islam. Atau jika tidak memungkinkannya, maka hanya dikafankan sahaja.")
During the CCP Virus crisis, especially around Wuhan, authorities required all remains of those who had or suspected to have had the CCP Virus to be cremated immediately, without religious rituals.
ReplyDeleteNo exceptions for Muslims.
The international CCP lap-dogs did not raise even a wee tiny little protest.
Wuhan area is not exactly the NW so the number of Muslims living in Wuhan would be relatively few, and enough to raise alarms to Malaysian concern - furthermore, there was no media report (unless such reports were not noticed)
Deletemissing words - should be "and **their deaths NOT** enough to raise alarms to Malaysian concern"
DeleteAllah must be having a good laugh at mankind.
ReplyDeleteNot just Muslims but all other religions are having to re-write the funeral rituals. All meaningless man-made rituals of course.
The only ritual that we must follow is the one recommended by the Saintologists, the folks at MOH. Don't go near, wash or touch the corpse.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/07/828317535/coronavirus-is-changing-the-rituals-of-death-for-many-religions
https://www.france24.com/en/20200409-spread-of-coronavirus-forces-jews-and-muslims-in-france-to-abandon-death-rites