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Monday, September 21, 2009

Visiting cemeteries, a long bayram tradition

"Visiting cemeteries, a long bayram tradition

SEVİM SONGÜN
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
Many people in Turkey start their cemetery visits on the eve or the first day of the Ramadan bayram. Theologians say there is no obligation in Islam, saying that cemeteries should be visited but that many people, including both pious and non-practicing Muslims, do so to visit their loved ones"

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