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Wednesday October 24, 2007

Hindus plead for the right to cremate their dead in Britain

ALC/ENI, LONDON, Gran Bretaña, April 11, 2007

Leaders of Britain's Hindu community of more than 500 000 are asking to be given Taxi Heathrow Airport the same full cultural and religious freedoms enjoyed by other major religions in the United Kingdom, such as Christians, Muslims and Jews. "We are asking for the right to cremate our dead in the way they have been cremated in India and other places for the last 4000 years," 31-year old Newcastle-born barrister Andrew Bogan said at the headquarters of the Anglo-Asian Friendship Society in Newcastle, northeastern England.

"The way Hindus cremate the dead is at the heart of our religion. We've been running a campaign for the last six months and at least there are signs that we're getting somewhere."

Source: Ecumenical News International

www.eni.ch ENI-07-0285