Ida Khalil demonstrates how to wash and prepare a body for burial at Beit Anan Community Center in Paterson, New Jersey, Oct. 22. PATERSON, N.J. — More than a dozen women watch closely as Ida Khalil ...

Citing a growing Muslim population in South Florida, an Islamic Center wants to open a cemetery that adheres to the religion’s specific burial rites on a seven-acre plot in the Redland. “As this ...

A Thorold Muslim community says they're in a battle with city hall over a basic human right after being denied the right to bury a woman who died last week.

In Nigeria, whether Muslim women attend funerals or not largely depends on regional and cultural practices, more than religious rulings alone. The question of whether Muslim women can attend burials ...

If you’ve ever had a Muslim friend or neighbour pass away, you may have noticed they were buried the same day, sometimes within just a few hours. No long waiting. No casket viewing. No week-long ...

Plans for a 9,000 plot Muslim burial site on rural farmland in Cornwall have been withdrawn after a furious public backlash. A planning row erupted after a charity - The Gardens of Mercy - requested ...

On Monday 15, February 2021, two men who played key roles in Kenyan politics were laid to rest. One, 89-year-old Simeon Nyachae who died on February 1, 2021. The other, Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji aged ...

Among the Muslims who admired bin Laden, like Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, many probably believe that by being killed in his war against the infidel colonial aggressor, i.e., the United States, ...

Sydney Muslim leaders say they will refuse to perform Islamic funeral rites or receive the bodies of the Bondi terrorists as ...

Just as the Texas Funeral Service Commission was trying to push its agenda forward in the final days of the legislative session, the commission's board chair texted its executive director a series of ...

Even as Australia reels from the terror attack at Bondi Beach on Dec 14, another alleged act of hate crime has taken place — ...

From left, neighbors Esequiel Martinez, Matthew Rendini, Indiana Gonzalez, Margarita Valencia, Karel Alvarez, and Alexei Enriquez stand in front of a farm in the Redlands that’s also the site for a ...