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The Federation of Muslim Councils (FMC) has said it supports any move to establish morgues to care for Muslim dead bodies in accordance with Islamic traditions that all Muslims must accept.
A statement signed by the group’s general secretary, Alhajj Muhammad Amir Kpakpo Addo, indicated that the non-partisan and apolitical Muslim organization supports the campaign promise made by the National Democratic Congress to that effect.
Page 82 of the 2020 NDC People’s Manifesto clearly explains that the next NDC government will “facilitate the establishment of morgues in accordance with Islamic customs and practices and will work with the Ministry of Health to establish focal teams responsible for the procedures. that they comply with Islamic customs and practices in all public mortuaries ”.
According to the statement, the campaign promise “smells like good thoughts to Muslims” and should be welcomed, adding: “It is therefore false for any Muslim to stand in the way of Islam by contesting the promise to provide ultimate I respect dead Muslims regardless of who makes the promise. ”
The statement explains why it is necessary to establish morgues for Muslims.
“Islamic tradition also requires men to handle the corpses of men and vice versa, without unnecessarily exposing the private parts of the Muslim corpse, except to the extent inevitably necessary.
However, situations arise where the burial of the corpses cannot be carried out immediately as Islam wishes. For example, incessant rain or the investigation of a crown in the matter of the death of a Muslim can hinder the earlier disposal of the corpse.
“In any of these scenarios, it would be necessary to preserve the corpses while awaiting the autopsy or burial,” the statement read.
“Even during conservation in the morgue or elsewhere, prior to burial, Muslim corpses should be given the last decent and worthy respect. Muslims often blame hospital and morgue staff for treating their dead loved ones in a way that is unsympathetic to Islamic practices.
“Unfortunately, also, the corpses of Muslim men and women are combined in morgues in their nakedness, without observing the Islamic moral practice of women who handle the corpses of women and vice versa,” the statement said.
Read the full statement below:
FEDERATION OF MUSLIM COUNCILS (FMC) SUPPORTS SPECIAL MORTUARIES FOR MUSLIMS
The Federation of Muslim Councils (FMC) supports the establishment of morgues to care for dead Muslims in accordance with Islamic tradition.
The provision of morgues in accordance with Islamic practices and the management of Muslims has been at the center of a furious joke between the two main political parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during about two weeks. a development that the FMC has been following with great interest. Both parties have issued public statements in their jokes.
As an apolitical and non-partisan Muslim umbrella organization, what matters most to the FMC in the ongoing debate is only what is in the best interest of Muslims according to the principles of religion. Islamic tradition demands that Muslims be buried as soon as possible after being declared clinically dead. Islamic tradition also requires men to handle men’s corpses and vice versa, without unnecessarily exposing the private parts of the Muslim corpse, except to the extent that it is inevitably necessary. However, situations arise where the burial of corpses cannot be carried out immediately as Islam wishes. For example, incessant rain or the investigation of a crown in the matter of the death of a Muslim can hinder the earlier disposal of the corpse. In any of these scenarios, it would be necessary to preserve the bodies while awaiting the autopsy or burial.
Even during preservation in the morgue or wherever, prior to burial, Muslim corpses should receive the last decent and worthy respect. Muslims often blame hospital and morgue staff for treating their deceased loved ones in a way that is unsympathetic to Islamic practices. Unfortunately, too, the corpses of Muslim men and women are combined in the morgues in their nakedness, without observing the Islamic moral practice of women handling the corpses of women and vice versa. Any installation to address concerns should be welcomed.
Therefore, it is false for any Muslim to stand in the way of Islam by contesting the promise of giving one last decent and worthy respect to dead Muslims, regardless of who is making the promise.
In fact, the FMC has learned of the commitment in the NDC manifesto to facilitate the establishment of mortuaries in accordance with Islamic customs and practices and to collaborate with the Ministry of Health to establish focal teams responsible for procedures that comply with the Islamic customs and practices. public funeral homes (Page 82 of the Peoples’ Manifesto, 2020). This promise certainly smells like good thoughts to Muslims and must be accepted.
It is in light of this, that the FMC supports the establishment of morgues in our hospitals or the creation of special sections for Muslims in public mortuaries in order to keep and handle dead Muslims in accordance with Islam. before the burial.
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