‘Despicable’: Sydney police stop Muslim mourners from watching funerals from cars
by Mostafa Rachwani from World news | The Guardian on (#5PKGT)
NSW police say people were in breach of public health orders as four men arrested at Rookwood cemetery
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In Islam, it is essential that the dead are buried as soon as possible. The body is washed, prayed over, taken to the cemetery and buried, with some small prayer or invocation said by the grave.
It is usually a quick process, sometimes drawn out by lingering family, but one that can be shortened in times of difficulty, such as in a pandemic.
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