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Funeral prayers for Osama were held in mosques in Kolkata and Chennai

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Funeral prayers for Osama were held Friday in mosques in Kolkata and Chennai. The Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan mosque in Kolkata,Maulana Nurur Rehman Barkati,held the special Friday prayer for the “peace of Osama’s soul”. There were reportedly placards at the prayer meet reading “Disrespect to Holy Quran is intolerable”. In Chennai,Maulana Shamsudeen Qasimi,Imam of Makkah Masjid in Anna Salai said,“America killed him inhumanly and left his body in the sea without performing Janazah. So we conducted Janazah for him.”

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