DESCRIPTION:  For many immigrant families, the pandemic has halted the tradition of repatriating bodies to their country of origin, and finding a plot in France has become ever more difficult.

TOPICS:  Infection Control Guidance:  Individual, Community; Community Support:  Pastoral Care;  Other:  Reimagining burial rituals; Impact on religious communities

SOURCE:  New York Times

RELIGIOUS TRADITION(S):  Islam

DATE AUTHORED:  5/2/2020