Friday, October 17, 2014

#Ebola and Islamic burial ritual

American Thinker


Oh-oh! This is the most politically incorrect dimension of the spread of Ebola in West Africa. Which is why you won’t see any of the mainstream media touch it with a ten foot pole.  Paul Sperry reports in Investor’s Business Daily: 

Islamic burial rituals are a key reason why health officials can't contain the spread of the deadly disease in West Africa.

 Many of the victims of Ebola in the three hot-spot nations there — Sierra Leone and Guinea, as well as neighboring Liberia — are Muslim. Roughly 73% of Sierra Leone's and about 85% of Guinea's people are Muslim. Islam, moreover, is practiced by more than 13% of Liberians.

When Muslims die, family members don't turn to a funeral home or crematorium to take care of the body. In Islam, death is handled much differently...  READ MORE

H/T  Bekkaa Coulson

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