Thousands join funeral prayers for Ismail Haniyeh in several states


KUALA LUMPUR: Mosques in the country on Thursday (Aug 1) held funeral prayers in absentia for Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike.

In addition to mosques under the supervision of the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) and the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department (Jawi), the funeral prayers were also held in several states as a sign of solidarity from Malaysian Muslims towards the struggle of Palestinian against the oppression of the Zionist regime.

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