She contacted Worcester police "after receiving an offer of a burial plot from the administration of the Islamic Funeral Services of Virginia, " the society said.

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He says the documents also show that she was still a famous figure in Florentine society: the whole parish turned out for her funeral.

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But earlier this year, members of the Anglo-Asian Friendship Society asked Newcastle City Council to allow them to build an al fresco site for funeral pyres.

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