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Anger over plan to dig up 350,000 bodies in historic London cemetery for Muslim burial site.
 HT: LGFThe craziness keeps getting worse: Anger over plan to dig up 350,000 bodies in historic London cemetery for Muslim burial site. It is a peaceful resting place for 350,000 souls - an historic graveyard which now serves as a nature reserve. But plans are afoot to dig up the ancient graves at Tower Hamlets Cemetery - and reopen it as a 21st century burial site. Officially it would be known as a multi-faith cemetery but it is likely that it would principally answer calls for a Muslim graveyard in the largely-Asian East London borough. The local newspaper has been bombarded with letters from historians and nature lovers declaring: There is no way well allow them to dig up our ancestors. But the Labour-controlled councils environment spokesman Abdal Ullah appeared to be in no doubt about the feasibility of the plan when he said: To preserve the respect and dignity for everyone, I think most of the graves would have to be cleared out and wed start afresh. Posted by: Icerigger 2007-10-14 |
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