<P> The Baha'i Faith forbids cremation, "He feels that, in view of what' Abdu'l - Bahá has said against cremation, the believers should be strongly urged, as an act of faith, to make provisions against their remains being cremated . Bahá'u'lláh has laid down as a law, in the Aqdas, the manner of Bahá'í burial, and it is so beautiful, befitting and dignified, that no believer should deprive himself of it ." </P> <P> Traditionally, Zoroastrianism disavows cremation or burial to preclude pollution of fire or earth . The traditional method of corpse disposal is through ritual exposure in a "Tower of Silence", but both burial and cremation are increasingly popular alternatives . Some contemporary adhererents of the faith have opted for cremation . Parsi - Zoroastrian singer Freddie Mercury of the group Queen was cremated after his death . </P> <P> Neo-Confucianism under Zhu Xi strongly discourages cremation of one's parents' corpses as unfilial . Han Chinese traditionally practiced burial and viewed cremation as taboo and as a barbarian practice . </P> <P> Traditionally, only Buddhist monks in China exclusively practiced cremation because ordinary Han Chinese detested cremation, refusing to do it . But now, the atheist Communist party enforces a strict cremation policy on Han Chinese . However, exceptions are made for Hui who do not cremate their dead due to Islamic beliefs . </P>

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