Submitted on Saturday 21st March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 14th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Protect the right of burial for any Muslims who pass away due to Covid-19 virus
With the increasing death toll in the UK due to the coronavirus we need reassurance that the right of burial for Muslims and people of other faiths is protected.
The British Muslim community are very concerned about any plans to cremate the bodies of Muslim victims who pass away due to Covid-19 infection. Such actions are against the beliefs of all Muslims & we require assurances that cremation of Muslim bodies will not occur under any circumstances.
We understand Parliament is due to consider an alternative way but as British Muslims, any other way other than burial is not allowed & totally unacceptable.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305167.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: www.gov.uk/coronavirus
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read correspondence with Government Ministers asking further questions: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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