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Norwegian PM attends Somali girl's funeral

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Nina Fox   

OSLO — Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday attended the Muslim funeral of Somali-Norwegian 18-year-old Mona Abdinur, one of the 69 people killed in the July 22 massacre on the island of Utoeya.

Stoltenberg was accompanied by his wife Ingrid, her head covered with a black scarf, when he arrived at the Muslim section of an Oslo cemetery just after 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) to eulogise over the young murder victim's coffin, draped in a Somali flag and a ribbon in the red, white and blue of the Norwegian flag.

Abdinur was a member of the youth division of Stoltenberg's Labour Party, which had organised the camp on Utoeya that was attacked on the afternoon of July 22.

"Mona was our sunshine, is what her friends and family have said. They now have to continue their road ahead without Mona. In their pain, I want to say, they are not alone," the prime minister said.

"There are many of us who are crying with them. (You are) a small family, but you are part of the big Norwegian family," he added in the address that was broadcast live.

Due to Muslim traditions which call for burial as quickly as possible -- preferably within the first 24 hours -- all the victims of last month's twin attacks who have so far been laid to rest have been Muslim or originally from Muslim countries.

A national ceremony will be held on August 21.

It will be attended by the families of all 77 people who died when rightwing extremist Anders Behring Breivik went on his "crusade" against multiculturalism and Islam, first bombing government offices in Oslo before massacring mainly teenagers on Utoeya.

 

Ilaahey ha u naxariisto and may Allah lessen her family's grief (Amiin).

Sorry didn't post pictures, as I thought it would be inappropriate and disrespectful to the little girl and her family (May Allah SWT grant her Jannah).

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Allah ha u naxariisto ,,,,, and kudos to the Norwegian PM

 

You can post the link to the photos as some of us are interested to see ....

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Aaliyyah   

alle ha unaxaristo sabar iyo imaan ehelkeedana haka siiyo..

 

inshallah aan ka faaideesano ramadaantan..ilaaahay wuxu nasiiyay another chance to ask his forgiveness and start a new page!...alle og keena ramadaanta so socota alle ku simi doono..

 

salaam

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Abwaan   

Ilaah ha u naxariisto, ehelkeedana samir iyo iimaan haka siiyo. One of my relatives who live in Norway told me about that Muna was one of the victims killed in Utoeya as I know her family.

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Nina Fox   

Somalida waa funny characters horta. When the news broke out the same day people were saying WIIL somali eh aa ku dhintey, midna dhaawac waaye. Another person told me WIILKA dhintey is my cousin. Unless Mona is a 21'st century boy's name, dunno how any of the above is true.

Beenta maxee ku falaan horta umadaan. And lying about a deceased noless, subxanallah.

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