On a recent gray day, the earth next to the Islamic Garden at National Memorial Park near Falls Church was upturned for expansion. There, deceased Muslims are often propped on one shoulder inside ...

Death, along with taxes, may be a certainty, but the way that it is handled differs wildly across the world. In Britain, the choice for a funeral is usually quite simple: burial or cremation. But ...

Following the recent article about the campaign to legalise open-air cremations in the UK, Davender Kumar Ghai, from the Newcastle based Anglo Asian Friendship Society, writes about funeral customs ...

While Irish wakes and funerals are well known for being large affairs full of emotion, reminiscing, prayer, and song, these traditions are nothing new. As far back as the 12th century, the Irish were ...