Monday, March 1, 2010

Religions of the world regarding cremation

The Baha'i Faith
The Baha'i faith is an independent world religion, which began in Persia on May 23, 1844. Bah'u'llah, the prophet founder of the Baha'i faith has declared the fundamental principles which are the oneness of God, the oneness of religion and the oneness of humankind. The language of the Baha'i Faith was originally Arabic.
The Baha'is wish is to have a comforting and dignified funeral. The deceased is not to be embalmed. Cremation is forbidden. Internment is to occur within one hours travel time from where the death occurred. Baha'is may donate their bodies or organs to medical science, but provisions must be in place to treat the deceased with dignity and bury the remains within one hours travel time from the place of death.