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My bittersweet history with Islamic funerals
The call comes just as I’m hailing a cab to Charles De Gaulle airport, Paris.
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“I’m sorry to tell you this but dad died this morning,” my cousin tells me from his home in Istanbul. “The funeral will be held today.”
Struggling with suitcases, two sick children and the news that my beloved uncle had unexpectedly passed away, I howl for a period but then clear my head, “Wait!
I’m only four hours’ away. Just wait until I get there!” I know what’s about to happen, but I’m desperate for a delay.
“We can’t wait.
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You know that. We’ll see you when you get here.”
Mere hours after his untimely death, my uncle is buried alongside his parents and brother in Istanbul’s largest cemetery. I miss the service by less than two hours and, although this is the umpteenth family funeral I’ve not attended, the grief is even harde