- Tuesday, April 23, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
HOUSTON’S Muslim community gathered to offer prayers last Sunday (20) at the funeral service for 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student Sabika Sheikh. About 1,000 people, many with Pakistani roots and wearing traditional Muslim dress, converged on an Islamic center in Stafford to honour Sabika, 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. Among the mourners was the late teen’s first cousin who lives in the US. She said Sheikh’s relatives are completely devastated. “The family back home, we are in touch with…
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