The Muslim cemetery opened last November, and more than two dozen Muslims have been buried there so far. Across the country, Muslim groups have faced similar backlash over building cemeteries.

The Muslim cemetery has about 1,000 gravesites and is expanding. A spokesperson for Sacramento Metro Fire told KCRA 3 that they are still assessing the damage from the fire.

The Greater Sacramento Muslim Cemetery, which held its first burial in 2000, serves a growing faith community in which it is a religious requirement to be buried among other Muslim believers.

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, California (KCRA) — Hundreds of acres of land were charred as the Excelsior Fire burned through Sacramento County over the weekend. The flames ripped through nearly 900 acres ...

Citing a growing Muslim population in South Florida, an Islamic Center wants to open a cemetery that adheres to the religion’s specific burial rites on a seven-acre plot in the Redland.

But he said the East Moriches cemetery would fill a need for Muslim plots, noting the special needs for Muslim burials. “Cremations are on the rise, though Muslims do not cremate, so I would ...

Muslim cemetery considered a game changer for the community. To understand the importance of a dedicated Muslim cemetery, one has to go back more than a decade. Before 2012, ...

The Muslim burial section of Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery was damaged A £5,000 Crimestoppers reward has been offered after 85 graves were vandalised in the Muslim section of a cemetery. The ...

In September 2020, the Beppu Muslim Association believed it was close to securing approval from the town of Hiji, on the southern island of Kyushu, to establish a cemetery where Muslims could be ...

MIAMI — Citing a growing Muslim population in South Florida, an Islamic Center wants to open a cemetery that adheres to the religion’s specific burial rites on a seven-acre plot ...