London: Anger over Plans to Dig Up 350K Bodies to Make New Muslim Cemetery

[Mike Ellis]

And the grovelling to Islam continues, and continues, and still continues.

Anger over plan to dig up 350,000 bodies in historic London cemetery for Muslim burial site | the Daily Mail

Anger over plan to dig up 350,000 bodies in historic London cemetery for Muslim burial site
By BETH HALE
Last updated at 01:20am on 12th October 2007

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 we'll allow them to dig up our ancestors."

But the Labour-controlled council's 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 we'd start afresh."

He said a corner of the cemetery would be reserved for Muslims who are buried in shrouds at a depth of 6ft and on their side facing Mecca.

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Apparently the Bible verse about the meek inheriting the Earth has been misinterpeted. In 2007 the meek don't even get to keep their ancestor's graves...