Thai Muslims attend prayers to bid farewell to late Muslim spiritual leader

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Thai Muslims across the country attended prayers at mosques to bid farewell to the late Muslim spiritual leader Chularajmontri (Sheikhul Islam of Thailand), Aziz Phithakkumpol, who passed away on Sunday at Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital.

 

Aziz’s body was flown on an Air Force C-130 transport plane from Don Mueang airport to his place of birth place in Songkhla province yesterday (Sunday), for funeral rites today at the central masjid of Songkhla.

 

President of the Privy Council, General Surayud Chulanont, attended the funeral on behalf of His Majesty the King, while Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Culture Minister Sermsak Pongpanich, representing the government, also attended.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-10-23

 

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