- Tuesday, April 30, 2024
By: Sarwar Alam
Houston’s Muslim community gathered to offer prayers at the funeral service for a 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student killed in a mass shooting at her southeast Texas high school. About 1,000 people, many with Pakistani roots and wearing traditional Muslim dress, converged on an Islamic center in Stafford to honor Sabika Sheikh, whose body was brought by hearse to the somber service from Santa Fe, the nearby small rural town where a student murdered 10 people including eight students. Sabika Sheikh Among the mourners was the late teen’s first cousin who lives in the United States. She said Sheikh’s relatives are…
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