User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 05-08-'14 – Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced/@comment-4136513-20141123202622/@comment-3046679-20141123221012

Burning was forbidden in Middle-eastern culture, not Assassin-specific.

@Anon, are you serious? Or simply unaware the Hidden Blades have been redesigned by Altair, and this fact was known since AC2.