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Old 2nd Jan 2015, 14:13
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Originally Posted by Suastiastu
"It might be useful ..."
Maybe useful to you and a sense of curiosity shared by tabloids- but not to families who want to bury their dead, preferably in tact.
Yes, the same goes for motor accident victims as well. Some are even buried on the same day they died.

A TV news reporter reported that the first body found and buried had severe head injuries to the extent that she was not recognizable and that identification had to be done by other means. I noticed also that the body was buried in a wooden coffin which is not normal for a Muslim burial. Muslims are usually washed first, then wrapped in white cloth and buried with only the cloth that they were covered with. They are placed on their side with their face facing towards Mecca.

For a Muslim burial to take place with the use of a coffin would suggest that the above standard practice was not possible for reasons you can deduce.

(apologies for the morbid description)
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