KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—As the bodies of those killed on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 decompose, some stricken families of those on board look set to suffer more frustration if religious burial rites are passed over.
Islam typically has strict requirements for burial of the deceased. Rites include bathing corpses, dressing them in white cloth and performing prayers, then burying them in a Muslim cemetery usually before sunset on the day of death. In the case of Flight 17, it seems likely that none of that will happen.
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