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  Updated: September 19, 2005

Ayat Al-Attar buried in Holy Najaf, thousands say goodbye

By: Ismail Zabeeh

HOLY NAJAF, Iraq: Martyred Dr. Ayatullah Sheikh Muhammad Mehdi Al-Attar was laid to rest in the shrine of lofty-ranked companion of Imam Ali (A), Komayl bin Zeyad An-Nakh’ei, in the holy city of Najaf.

The Ayatullah, kidnapped along with his brother Alhaj Abbas Ali Akbar Al-Attar and two of his aides while they were on their way to the holy city of Najaf that houses holy shrine of Master of Believers Al-Imam Ali bin Abi Taleb (A), was found dead in Al-Latifiyah with signs of torture and cuts of knife also visible on his body.

Ayatullah Al-Attar, one of Holy Najaf Hauzah scholars and a leader of Hezb Ad-Dawah party of Prime Minister Ibrahim Al-Jafari, spent all his life in serving Islam.

Thousands of people attended his funeral led by representatives of Grand Maraje’ in Holy Najaf, and scholars and students of Holy Najaf Hauzah besides political and social figures.


Najaf Hauzah’s Ayat Al-Attar found martyred in Latifiyah

HOLY CITY OF NAJAF, Iraq: As dead bodies of more than 150 laborers, martyred in Kazemiyah and Baghdad bombings, reached holy city of Najaf for burial, corpse of abducted Dr. Ayatullah Sheikh Mehdi Al-Attar has been found from a pit in Al-Latifiyah, a stronghold of terrorists.

 
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