Hindu Crematorium opens in UAE
The UAE has added another feather in its cap, with a crematorium for Hindus and Sikhs for their dead. This was a long-standing demand and the UAE government has shown a pragmatic and tolerant attitude by sanctioning this crematorium
A New Era
I have been in the UAE for almost 2 years and one aspect of life here intrigued me as there was no proper crematorium for the Hindus and Sikhs to dispose of their dead and carry out the resultant rituals. As people are aware unlike in Islam and Christianity, where the dead body is buried, in Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists the body is cremated on a funeral pyre. Mostly sandalwood mixed with normal wood is used, but now at many places, electric crematoriums have come up and these make the task easier.
This lacuna is now laid to rest and a crematorium has opened in the UAE at Sharjah. This is an electric crematorium and is built on a 10-acre plot gifted by Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah. Sharjah is part of the United Arab Emeritus.
Half the cost of the crematorium was borne by the Indian government and the other half by local Hindu residents. The cost of the facility was over one million Dirhams.
A secular approach
The facility is a great help to Hindu residents of the UAE and another example of the pragmatic approach and tolerance of the Muslim government here. The cost of cremation is about 3500 dirhams and overall is a great boon to the Hindu and Sikh residents of this place, who earlier had to send the bodies back to India for the last rites. This was not only time-consuming as well as cost a pile of money.
This is another feather in the cap of the UAE government and brings out the tolerance that is the hallmark of the Koran. Another example of this tolerance is the Sikh temple in Dubai( largest outside India) and now the land is donated by the ruler of Abu Dhabi for a Hindu temple. I wish other Muslim states take a leaf from the book of the UAE.
This is another feather in the cap of the UAE government and brings out the tolerance that is the hallmark of the Koran. Another example of this tolerance is the Sikh temple in Dubai( largest outside India) and now the land is donated by the ruler of Abu Dhabi for a Hindu temple. I wish other Muslim states take a leaf from the book of the UAE.
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