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Forced Cremation of Covid Dead in Sri Lanka Further Marginalizes Muslim Community
…a pandemic and cremated before reaching his first birthday. Officials at a Sri Lankan hospital claim the baby tested positive for Covid, a result that confused the parents, who have tested negative. Cremation is a common method to dispose of the dead throughout the world. However, the practice is not universally accepted. Muslims consider cremation a forbidden practice that desecrates the body. As one hadith notes, only Allah is allowed to punish…
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