Sri Lanka to cremate Muslim COVID-19 victims despite objections
2020-12-10 08:47:27 source：The Aljazeera
December 9, 2020
Sri Lanka said it would cremate the bodies of 19 Muslim coronavirus victims, overriding the families’ objections against the compulsory policy.
The island nation has been experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases since October, with the number of infections increasing more than eightfold since then to more than 29,300 and 142 dead.
Coronavirus victims’ bodies are claimed by families and then cremated – a practice forbidden under Islamic law – under the strict supervision of health authorities.
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