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Muslim community vows 'never to forget' Sara Sharif
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The Muslim community came together at the UK's oldest mosque for a funeral ceremony for Sara Sharif. Large crowds descended on Shah Jahan Mosque in Woking for a Ghaibana Janazah, a traditional Islamic funeral prayer, for the 10-year-old who was murdered by her father and stepmother at their home in Horsell.
The mosque was crowded full of men and women, with many struggling to fit in the room to join the communal prayer. After the Janazah head Imam Hafiz Hashmi told the crowds: "Families and friends share the responsibility of looking out for one another, and we must do everything in our power to ensure that no other child suffers in such a devastating manner."
'Sara's body was laid to rest in Poland as part of a Christian funeral service held by her mother. But members of Woking's Islamic community felt, because Sara was raised as part of the Islamic faith; it was their religious obligation to perform Ghaibana Janazah in her name. A Ghaibana Janazah is performed when the deceased person is absent from the funeral.'