As David Cameron warns of painful budget cuts needed to reduce the £160bn deficit, nationalists will be delighted to know that there is still money left for ethnic minorities.
An example of this comes from the Daily Star where a few days ago it reported that a cemetery is to be adapted at a cost of £150,000 to make it suitable for Muslims to be buried there.
Muslim burial plots need to face north-east, with the prophet Mohammed’s birthplace of Mecca to the south-east on their right.
Designated spaces at High Wycombe cemetery in Buckinghamshire are running out.
So the council has decided on new burial areas, walls, paths and steps. Work is expected to start in the autumn.
One local resident, who did not wish to be named, grumbled: “Yet again, thousands of pounds are being spent for the benefit of the Muslim community.” Councils have a statutory duty to provide burial space for people of all faiths.
The idea of burying Muslims alongside Christian graves was ruled out after a report prepared for councillors said it would be unpopular would involve extra maintenance costs.
A request made for land at a local Church of England burial ground to be deconsecrated for Muslim use was refused.
Muslims must try to complete funeral rites within 24 hours of a death.
Bodies are buried in their graves, without coffins, if local laws allow this, on their right sides – which must face Mecca.
Tombstones, flowers and markers are discouraged.
Church of England diocesan registrar Canon John Rees, said: “Everyone resident in a parish has a right to be buried in its churchyard if it is not full.
“In this case control of the cemetery lies with the council, not the church.”
Would the Turkish, Saudi, Pakistan governments spend money to make a cemetery suitable for Christians who want to be buried there?
We know the answer and we cannot blame those countries because, just like us they want to preserve their society and culture, unlike our elected politicians in Westminster.
Let’s not forget that it was our PM a few years ago who stated that, “native Britons should adapt to the Muslim way of life” (para).
You couldn’t make it up.
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS



