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Funerals in Islam follow fairly specific rites, though they are subject to some interpretation and local variation in custom. In all cases, however, sharia (Islamic religious law) calls for burial of the corpse, preceded by a simple ritual involving bathing and shrouding the body, followed by salah (prayer). Cremation of the body is generally forbidden. From Wikipedia under the
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