Tag: cemetery
Why does a decision about the Islamic cemetery in Amersfoort take so long? And answer five more questions
In addition, the municipality of Leusden makes it more complicated. Rusthof, the ideal location according to the SvAM, is managed by the municipality of Amersfoort, but is located on Leusder…
‘We no longer want to bury anyone outside the borders’, yet Amersfoort Muslims have to wait longer for their own cemetery
At Rusthof there is already the possibility to opt for eternal grave rest. Last year, the municipality approved a decision that makes it possible to take over a piece of…
Amersfoort Muslims are running out of patience, march through the city must reinforce the call for their own cemetery
And that, according to the mosque boards, is the sore point. For them it is an urgent problem, because burial according to Islamic rules is very important. For example, Muslims…
“In the cemetery of the film”, the almost impossible quest of Thierno Souleymane Diallo
Telling a history of African cinemas from the quest for the first film directed by an African is the project of a documentary screened at the 73rd Berlinale: In the…
“In the cemetery of the film”, Guinean film, enters in competition
The Berlin Film Festival is screening this Saturday in the Panorama category the film In the film cemetery, the first feature film by Thierno Souleymane Diallo. In this docu-fiction, the…
Arrival of Islamic cemetery in Amersfoort still uncertain, mosques may go to court
In several places in the Netherlands there is an increasing demand for Islamic burial with perpetual burial rights. Although earlier generations with an Islamic background still wanted to be buried…
at the Kahramanmaras cemetery, a continuous stream of victims
The balance sheet continues to rise, reassessed several times a day, in Turkey and Syria following Monday’s earthquakes. The bar of 20,000 deaths has now been crossed. In Kahramanmaras, in…
Two teenagers arrested after desecration of a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem
Israeli police said they had arrested two suspects after the desecration this week of Christian graves at a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem. They are two teenagers, presumably Jewish. With our…
Suspected dangerous object – cemetery cordoned off
It was at half past nine that the alarm came to the police. A passerby had seen an object on a bicycle that didn’t look like it belonged there. The…
Centuries-old shoe and muzzle found in the expansion of the Zegveld cemetery
Both finds were kept wet and kept in the dark. Via the municipal archaeologist, they are concerned with an expert. He will preserve the footwear and examine how old they…