I attended a Muslim funeral today

A dramatic and remarkable experience.

It was...at times...loud, chaotic and highly emotional.

And then there were moments when the 200 + in attendance were completely silent...as the casket was opened at the grave site...and the brothers positioned the body to face Mecca before burial.

After the casket was lowered into the grave...the son approached with a shovel...and began to place dirt into the grave. Then the brothers joined him.

When the grave was covered...an Imam from the local Mosque spoke. His words were beautiful. His intentions were not so different from what I heard in my church growing up as a kid.

I left the cemetery reflecting on the thought...that we really aren't so different from one another in the things we want from life...and at the moment of our passing.

What a beautiful...peaceful afternoon it was...on that hillside in the sun.

Posted: 08/29/2019 at 3:50PM

I attended a Muslim funeral today -- great2bahokie 08/29/2019 3:50PM

The act of placing dirt into the gerave is symbolic in the sense -- vt_mughal 08/29/2019 5:54PM

Oddly enough I went to a White-person funeral today -- vt_mughal 08/29/2019 5:50PM

Ahhh, I am a white person of Irish and German descent -- VaTechie 08/30/2019 10:32AM

Went to a Jewish funeral years ago that was very similar -- HokieMacDaddy 08/29/2019 4:01PM

Yes, a funeral from a different culture is an interesting event -- Tafkam Hokie 08/29/2019 3:57PM

Boss? ** -- CPRVHokie 08/29/2019 3:55PM

Yes. ** -- great2bahokie 08/29/2019 3:55PM

Sorry about that. Glad to hear the funeral was nice. ** -- CPRVHokie 08/29/2019 3:59PM

Was it in English? Or do you know Arabic? ** -- HokieSignGuy 08/29/2019 3:54PM

The Imam spoke in English ** -- great2bahokie 08/29/2019 3:56PM

I attended a Muslim funeral today

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