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Thread #85585 Message #1586720
Posted By: artbrooks
19-Oct-05 - 11:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: US forces in Afghanistan desecrate bodies
Subject: RE: BS: US forces in Afghanistan desecrate bodies
As far as I can tell, facing a body toward Mecca is required by Muslim burial customs, but cremation is frowned upon. Sounds more like ignorance to me than intentional desecration.