Islamic Death Customs

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Term Paper Title	Islamic Death Customs
# of Words	386
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.54

Islamic Death Customs

     The people of the Islamic religion aka Muslims hold their dead in very high
respect. They have some interesting customs when it comes to death. Muslims always
treat their dead with the best that they have available. They also think more highly of death
than life.
     Muslims believe that their life on earth is just a transition period preceding their
afterlife. They think that dead ones who don’t have burials or ones whose deaths aren’t
avenged that there spirits are left to wander aimlessly around earth. The grave stones that
are placed are usually left blank for belief that is the only proper thing to mark a grave.
Cemetaries are usually located near the edge of citys, near the gates, or the slope of a
mountain is also common. It is common for muslims to whisper the shahada into the eat of
a dying man while his face is turned towards Mecca. Mecca is the holy city for the
muslims and the shahada is a prayer of the Islamic culture. After someone has died the
body is washed several times with soap, usually an even number. Then perfume is applied
and finally a white cloth is wrapped tightly around the ...

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