[mani]

oooooooooh i just remmeber what else i was gonna blah blah on about

taking the dead to be buried in pakistan/india

basically in india/pak families tend to have a graveyard for family members as my family does. when i went there last yr i went to my sis's graveside and there was alot of folk from my ancestors buried there. so people who lived there in their youth, where they had their childhood memories wanna be buried there. thats all it is.

i for one have told family members that when i die i want to b buried in accrington. simple reason - i was bred here i grew up here and here is where i am most at peace. ok its accy but its home too. my daughter and family members can come when they want etc wihtout having to spend £600 to b visiting my grave...

my sis who grew up in pak said she wanted to b buried there. so we did as her wishes were. i personally disagreed with her that she wud b makin a mistake. her kids are here, her family is here how often wud we get a chance to pray by her graveside in pakistan? i've never been a staunch supporter of takin bodies back to pakistan.

and one of the biggest reasons of it all is ironically its against the beliefs of islam for a body to b taken else where and buried there. according to islam a body shud b buried as soon as. obviously circumstances permittin.

a friend of mine died in the tsunami thing - he was holidaying in sri lanka though he was pak himself. they did find his body but his parents decided to let it b there and not to the uk or pak - there were a few ppl who raised eyebrows and gave it their high and mighty bring the body back here - i was like whats the point? they found the body after 5 days and it wasnt in the most perfect condition. his parents were there for the burial y dont u just use that hot air from ur mouth to pray for him instead of causing his parents more grief?