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Mosques throughout the nation hold funeral prayers for MH17 victims – Bernama

Most mosques throughout the country today held funeral prayers for the victims of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 tragedy.

In Putrajaya, Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah, accompanied by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, joined about 5,000 Muslims in performing the funeral prayers after the Friday prayers.

After performing the funeral prayers, Tuanku Abdul Halim joined the others for the “tahlil” session led by Grand Imam of the National Mosque, Tan Sri Syaikh Ismail Muhammad.

In Johor, about 200 Muslims held the funeral prayers at Masjid At-Taqwa, Taman Pelangi, Johor Baru after the Friday prayers.

Yesterday, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom in a statement called on all mosques to hold funeral prayers in the absence of the dead simultaneously with the funeral prayers for the victims of the MH17 crash before the remains were laid to rest after arriving from Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Earlier, the special Malaysia Airlines aircraft which brought the remains of the 20 Malaysian victims of the crash landed at the KL International Airport (KLIA), Sepang at 9.54am.

The aircraft had taken off from the Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam at 9.40pm last night for the 12-hour flight to Kuala Lumpur, carrying the first batch of the remains of the victims in 17 coffins and three urns bearing the ashes of three victims. – Bernama, August 22, 2014.