Traditional long funeral processions were banned from the early months of the revolution because they often turned into demonstrations against the regime. (AFP)
By Jafra Bahaa
DAMASCUS
The violent repression of the Syrian revolution does not just affect survivors, for the dead have also become a source of concern for the regime, which is seen in the latest procedure of searching coffins for “security reasons.”
The Syrian regime now prohibits the closing of coffins during funerals in the capital Damascus and the family of a dead person can only use a cloth to cover the body while the coffin remains open.
This violates a long-established tradition in Syria where a coffin is to remain closed on the way from the deceased’s house to the mosque, where funeral prayers are performed, and then from the mosque to the cemetery.....
By Jafra Bahaa
DAMASCUS
The violent repression of the Syrian revolution does not just affect survivors, for the dead have also become a source of concern for the regime, which is seen in the latest procedure of searching coffins for “security reasons.”
The Syrian regime now prohibits the closing of coffins during funerals in the capital Damascus and the family of a dead person can only use a cloth to cover the body while the coffin remains open.
This violates a long-established tradition in Syria where a coffin is to remain closed on the way from the deceased’s house to the mosque, where funeral prayers are performed, and then from the mosque to the cemetery.....
FULL ARTICLE HERE: 'Crackdown on coffins:' dead Syrians haunt their regime
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