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DesertFlower

(11,649 posts) Sun May 5, 2013, 06:28 PM May 2013

uncle can't find a place to bury nephew [View all]

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/05/18070158-tsarnaev-uncle-arrives-in-mass-but-family-cant-find-a-place-to-bury-bombing-suspect?lite

i feel sorry for this man. why won't a cemetery take the body? it's just a body -- not going to hurt anyone.

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uncle can't find a place to bury nephew [View all] DesertFlower May 2013 OP

They found a place to bury Lee Harvey Oswald. madaboutharry May 2013 #1

and Timothy McVeigh..even though he was cremated. SummerSnow May 2013 #2

just found this: DesertFlower May 2013 #3

like Jews they are supposed to be buried within 24 hours BainsBane May 2013 #37

Why can't they just sneak the body out in the middle of the night, LeftofObama May 2013 #4

Oswald is buried in Fort Worth. GentryDixon May 2013 #7

I bet the cemetaries are afraid of property damage leftyladyfrommo May 2013 #5

That Would Be My Bet Too. dballance May 2013 #31

I hope he can find someplace LeftInTX May 2013 #6

they have cemetaries with areas for muslims DesertFlower May 2013 #9

Bury him at sea Travis_0004 May 2013 #8

in the documentary "heir to an execution" DesertFlower May 2013 #10

sounds like a personal problem arely staircase May 2013 #11

why do they need to bury him ? JI7 May 2013 #12

islamic law. DesertFlower May 2013 #13

cremation is not an option ? JI7 May 2013 #14

not allowed under islamic law. DesertFlower May 2013 #17

Of course not. Anything that would resolve the situation is not allowed by that religion. Honeycombe8 May 2013 #21

Cremation is not allowed under Jewish Law nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #23

Is he Jewish? nt Honeycombe8 May 2013 #26

Read the post I am answering to nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #30

catholics - you can cremate but still have to entombed somehow, so i guess the problem would remain arely staircase May 2013 #40

It depends what branch of the Catholic Church you talk to nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #45

my sister NanceGreggs DesertFlower May 2013 #51

according to my friend jewish DesertFlower May 2013 #42

Yeah see above nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #46

He's only causing trouble now because people think his physical body rotting morningfog May 2013 #25

His religion is making somewhat of a situation. The gravesight will be vandalized repeatedly, Honeycombe8 May 2013 #28

You do know that cemeteries have Jewish sections, Muslims sections, Hindu, which nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #32

i agree. my mom passed in '08 and i had DesertFlower May 2013 #44

It, I'm guessing, but feel pretty sure it is the vandalism, gawker factor arely staircase May 2013 #41

Well Aren't You the Enlightened, Reasonable One? dballance May 2013 #33

send him to his parents. mercuryblues May 2013 #15

I wouldn't want to be the caretaker Mariana May 2013 #16

jewish cemeteries have been DesertFlower May 2013 #19

Exactly. Mariana May 2013 #54

i remember when i was a kid my mom -- DesertFlower May 2013 #18

Why not cremate him? No problem there. Then spread the ashes. nt Honeycombe8 May 2013 #20

His uncles do not wish to violate the laws of their religion REP May 2013 #53

Throw him off a boat, like OBL. Or bury him in unmarked grave at some prison. Honeycombe8 May 2013 #22

He should be buried in his homeland, why have him spend eternity in the soil of a country Raine May 2013 #24

Do you really thin khe was trying to destroy it? morningfog May 2013 #27

Eternity? He's decomposing nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #36

OBL was given a burial at sea. That was appropriate to his religion. Raine1967 May 2013 #29

It's not your choice but the uncle nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #34

Of course it isn't my choice. I'd never want that choice. Raine1967 May 2013 #43

Wht don't the ship his body back to Chechnya? Cali_Democrat May 2013 #35

Because his uncle is the legal guardian nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #39

thank you. i started this thread DesertFlower May 2013 #47

And Americans might not understand nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #48

i agree. nt DesertFlower May 2013 #52

nadin, maybe you can help me out with this query: Raine1967 May 2013 #49

Yes, it was as simple as her nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #50

Like bin Laden, the burial at sea treestar May 2013 #38