Last in, first out?Why wasn't the muslim family told to move plots?
Last in, first out?Why wasn't the muslim family told to move plots?
The only facts you know are 1 & 2
3 is conjecture as is your following statement
You're also assuming that the objection is on the basis of religion.
Can't possibly be conjecture. Burbage Parish Council have already called (and had) an extraordinary council meeting about this (behind closed doors though, so I'll put forward the conjecture that the parish councillors are bricking themselves)
Why wasn't the muslim family told to move plots?
Suspect that there'll be a big backlash from their community if it doesn't go their way.Well I don't fancy the muslims chances on this one. The romas will stick to their guns.
Well I don't fancy the muslims chances on this one. The romas will stick to their guns.
Knowing that councils are riven with pc, I bet that was an interesting meeting. Who do we please, the gypos or Peace Religion? Easy decision when it's the indigenous majority V a minority. But minority V minority?
Well I don't fancy the muslims chances on this one. The romas will stick to their guns.
The only facts you know are 1 & 2
3 is conjecture as is your following statement
You're also assuming that the objection is on the basis of religion.
Can't possibly be conjecture. Burbage Parish Council have already called (and had) an extraordinary council meeting about this (behind closed doors though, so I'll put forward the conjecture that the parish councillors are bricking themselves)
Seeing as the Roma grave has already been "bricked up" , I can't see any complaint from the Muslim family being upheld. (but ya just get this gut feeling it will)
"As an Orthodox Jew, one would like to be in consecrated ground, with fellow Jewish people. There are some people who aren't as Orthodox but they are Jewish and they want to buried with the same sort of people. That's why we go for Jewish ground as opposed to multi-cultural ground," he said
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/0/24209072[/QUOTE]
The graveyard would be able to comply fully with Sharia law which states Muslims are traditionally buried in their own section of land, next to others of the same faith.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...aves-green-belt-land-sparks-fury.html[/QUOTE]
Secondly, we can assume that Parish Councils etc are fully aware of this, and especially those that operate and publicise themselves as multi-faith.
Thirdly, the article states that the council “cocked up”:
Fourthly, from the original article, the Parish Council contacted the Gypsy family on Monday, perhaps when they were aware of the preparation of the plot. The funeral wasn’t until Friday.This was not our fault. It’s the council’s cock-up. Before we bought the plots I even asked if it would be a problem and was told it would be fine.
From the oiginal aticle
The article was written on Friday.
So, alternative arrangements could have been made.
Reading between the lines, I would suspect that the plots were mistakenly sold to the Gypsies, after some reassurance at some previous time was given to the Muslims that the area was reserved for Muslims, an attempt was made by the Parish council (buying back one of the plots for planting of a hedge, alternatives plots) but then a certain amount of intransigence was in evidence:
So who is at fault? Clearly the Council made a mistake which they tried to correct. The Gypsies were intransigent because they had the plot that they wanted. The Muslims have behaved in accordance with their contract with the Council, and in accordance with their faith.“The grave was already being dug and bricked out when we had a call last Monday at 5.45pm from Julie Perrin at the parish council asking us if we could move plots.
“We said no - we bought the land and it was too late to find another plot.
“We have no issues with the Muslim family. I think they were under the impression it was a Muslim plot but it isn’t. But they should have tolerance to us.”
Yet again the title of the thread suggests it was all the fault of the Muslims.