"The imam was initially reluctant to lead the prayers," local police ... workers that campaigned for Begum's funeral, recalled the indignity with which women were usually buried.

The women "were on their way back home from the ... we belong to Allah and indeed we will return back to him." Their funeral prayers will be held after jummah prayers at the family's masjid ...

Perhaps long overdue, there has been a recent burgeoning of books and programs for parents suffering the loss of unborn or ...

Neighborhood women washed the body and dressed it in a ... We children would pay our respects on our way home from school and pray at the bedside of the dead person. We did not have any fear ...

Former president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury has died at the age of 94. He passed away while undergoing treatment at Medical ...

Doha, Qatar – Thousands of people on Friday attended the funeral prayer for the late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at Doha’s grand mosque amid tight security. Haniyeh’s funeral prayer was ...

Members of a pacifist Christian sect that emerged in 18th century Russia were exiled to Georgia about 200 years ago for ...

In ancient Greece, funeral singers, who were predominantly women, held a hallowed role. The song leader, or chief mourner, was the medium between the bereaved and the dead, and together the singer ...

Boaz says pregnant women were also not allowed to view dead bodies of a senior member of the family or even attend their funeral ... also encouraged to do their prayers from home, but were ...

A senior bishop warned earlier this year that a shortage of priests would soon affect funerals On Sunday, a group of 29 men and women will become ... they will also lead prayers at a graveside ...

Firefighters killed by a fallen tree as they rushed to stamp out a blaze. A retired father with plans to travel abroad ...

The 33-year-old, who debuted this summer in the women's marathon at the Paris Olympics ... reserved for senior Ugandan officers - and prayers by the local clerics. Uganda's sports minister ...