Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Homeward Bound: Muslims in Germany Choose to be Buried Abroad - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

"Muslims in Germany Choose to be Buried Abroad

By Michael Scott Moore in Berlin

As the first generation of Muslim immigrants to Germany get older, over 70 percent still plan to be buried in the country of their birth. Is integration a problem even in death?

Yemos Vurgun was the frail matriarch of a Turkish immigrant family when she died in 1994, aged 90, and although she'd spent her last 14 years in Berlin, her son Ali Riza put her travel papers in order: She had one last trip to make."

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