BasilRathbon   10 #1633 Posted September 24, 2008 There's a simple way around this.  If you find yourself feeling really ill on a Friday, why not become a Muslim so that you can be buried at the weekend, should the need arise? If you survive the weekend you can always convert back on the Monday.  Hope that helps! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
The_DADDY (2)   10 #1634 Posted September 24, 2008 There's a simple way around this. If you find yourself feeling really ill on a Friday, why not become a Muslim so that you can be buried at the weekend, should the need arise? If you survive the weekend you can always convert back on the Monday.  Hope that helps!  :hihi: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mizz   10 #1635 Posted September 24, 2008 It is discrimination, and they need pulling up for it. Just don't tell the Daily Mail, they'll make front page news of it forever.  I have sent the Mail a copy,hope they publish it and embarrass the council. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Suffragette1 Â Â 10 #1636 Posted September 24, 2008 I'm sure this is not true. A friend of mine wrote a novel which feautured a funeral on a Satruday; I queried it and she checked with a vicar who said you can have a Christian burial on a Saturday. It may only be problematic in terms of finding a 'slot' as it were as a lot of weddings take place on Saturdays. Â Excellent advice Basil. Instead of organ donor cards, maybe we should have Muslim conversion cards just in case we're run over by a bus on a Friday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HotPhil   10 #1637 Posted September 24, 2008 Maybe, but if the reason given for not being able to have the burial was due to faith, then it's discrimination. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Heyesey   11 #1638 Posted September 24, 2008 Maybe, but if the reason given for not being able to have the burial was due to faith, then it's discrimination.  So far as I'm aware, the Muslim faith is the only one that requires an almost-immediate burial. Denying the same service to people of other faiths is not discriminating against them, because they don't ask for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
retep   68 #1639 Posted September 24, 2008 There's a simple way around this. If you find yourself feeling really ill on a Friday, why not become a Muslim so that you can be buried at the weekend, should the need arise? If you survive the weekend you can always convert back on the Monday.  Hope that helps!  Don't they stone the ones that convert away from the religion, maybe just a slight flaw in the plan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HotPhil   10 #1640 Posted September 24, 2008 So far as I'm aware, the Muslim faith is the only one that requires an almost-immediate burial. Denying the same service to people of other faiths is not discriminating against them, because they don't ask for it. But they did ask for it and were reportedly denied access to the service because of their faith. That's discrimination. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
catzeyesF Â Â 10 #1641 Posted September 24, 2008 Is this somehow muslims fault? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
retep   68 #1642 Posted September 24, 2008 Is this somehow muslims fault?  No, its a governmental failure local and nationally, to see what damage can be done by pandering to minority groups. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
catzeyesF Â Â 10 #1643 Posted September 24, 2008 No, its a governmental failure local and nationally, to see what damage can be done by pandering to minority groups. Â You you think it makes people hate the minority though? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HotPhil   10 #1644 Posted September 24, 2008 Not a muslims fault. No doubt some folk in a non-elected department will have been too focussed on giving themselves cushy policy-deciding roles on committees to make themselves look busy rather than actually thinking what their policy means and how idiotic (and legally questionable) it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...