{"id":215814,"date":"2021-01-12T17:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=215814"},"modified":"2021-01-12T17:30:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T12:00:25","slug":"a-peaceful-car-protest-in-australia-against-the-forced-cremation-of-covid-19-victims-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/a-peaceful-car-protest-in-australia-against-the-forced-cremation-of-covid-19-victims-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"A Peaceful Car Protest In Australia Against The Forced Cremation Of Covid-19 Victims In Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span class=\"s2\">By Amaani Siddeek &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Sri Lankan Muslims in Sydney gathered as a motorcade to protest against the \u2018<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Forced+cremation+\">cremation-only<\/a><\/span>\u2019 policy being implemented in Sri Lanka &#8211; a policy that has been identified as discriminatory and a human rights violation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">The policy, which was implemented in April of 2020, has received global backlash for its forceful cremation of <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=COVID-19\">COVID-19<\/a><\/span> fatalities with reports of some cremations being done without the consent of the family, sparking protests in countries across the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\">The motorcade headed by the Austra-Lanka Muslim Association (ALMA) made its way around Western Sydney towards Sydney CBD on Sunday, 10 January 2021, bearing posters that called out the Sri Lankan Government saying that the \u201cSri Lankan Government is denying the burial rights of Christians and Muslims.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Car-Protest-In-Australia-Against-The-Forced-Cremation-Of-Covid-19-Victims-In-Sri-Lanka-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-215817\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Car-Protest-In-Australia-Against-The-Forced-Cremation-Of-Covid-19-Victims-In-Sri-Lanka-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Car-Protest-In-Australia-Against-The-Forced-Cremation-Of-Covid-19-Victims-In-Sri-Lanka-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Car-Protest-In-Australia-Against-The-Forced-Cremation-Of-Covid-19-Victims-In-Sri-Lanka-2-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Car-Protest-In-Australia-Against-The-Forced-Cremation-Of-Covid-19-Victims-In-Sri-Lanka-2-768x409.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">ALMA President, Ubaidur Rahmaan Mahmood said, \u201cCremation has left the minority communities &#8211; especially the Christian and Muslim communities &#8211; feeling helpless.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s1\">The Sri Lankan Government continues to cite \u201cground water contamination\u201d as its primary reason for implementing a \u2018cremation-only\u2019 mandate for all COVID-19 fatalities. The claim has since been debunked by epidemiologists and virologists across the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p9\"><span class=\"s1\">The World Health Organization clearly identified that burial of coronavirus fatalities is safe and that burial rights may be permitted if adapted for COVID-19 safety regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s1\">Nearly 10 months into the pandemic and with numerous petitions, protests and global outcry, Sri<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Lanka remains one of only two countries in the world that continues to implement the policy. \u201cThis has nothing to do with science,\u201d Mr Mahmood said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMany opposition politicians [in Sri Lanka] have pointed out that the hardline policy of the government is nothing but to hurt the feelings and religious practices of the Muslims.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">As the car parade made its way throughout Sydney, protesters expressed the need for proactive global intervention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely devastating,\u201d one protester, Mohamed Fazli, said, \u201cwe believe burning is a punishment that only God has the right to do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p9\"><span class=\"s1\">For many Muslims in Sri Lanka and around the world, burial of the deceased is one of many sa<\/span><span class=\"s1\">cred rights that must be upheld by those who are alive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">But under the stringent policy, the extensive burial rites dedicated to the deceased are unable to be carried out, leaving the surviving families distraught from the loss and from the inability to hon- our them properly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt is our responsibility to bury the dead,\u201d said Mr Fazli. \u201cWe have failed them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\">Burial rites are not just present in Islam but are also upheld by many Christians, Jews and through- out other cultures as well, prompting many communities to rally together against the human rights violation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p12\"><span class=\"s1\">In early December 2020, protests held in the UK saw Muslims, Christians and Catholics unite in <\/span><span class=\"s1\">solidarity against the policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe at South Asia Solidarity Group, stand in solidarity with the Muslims, Christian and Catholic communities of Sri Lanka who are at present facing the thoroughly inhumane and arbitrary policy laid down by the Sri Lankan government,\u201d said protest organizer Baazir Rahman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMourning and grieving for their loved ones has become a fraught political issue, provoking great pain and anger amongst the Muslims and Christians.\u201d<a 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