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Hundreds of Emiratis attended the funeral of an American expatriate thought to have only one surviving relative.
A large number of Emirati citizens who did not know Louise Jane Mitchell, 93, attended her funeral outside Abu Dhabi on Saturday in a show of community spirit.
It is understood Ms Mitchell is survived by a son and no other relatives.
News of Ms Mitchell’s death was only learned when Janaza UAE, a social media account promoting UAE funerals, posted about her.
🔹After we posted the news of the death of an elderly American woman who had recently converted to Islam…people flocked to her funeral which was hugely attended by…
May God Almighty have mercy on her and let her live in a spacious garden pic.twitter.com/gzSKAiMOya– UAE Funeral Services (@Janaza_uae) November 18, 2022
Emirati vlogger Majed Alarmy shared the story of her funeral on Twitter, saying many of the mourners were strangers.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Sheikh Saif bin Zayed shared Mr Alarmy’s description of the funeral, saying it was a showcase of the spirit of the UAE community.
Mr Alarmy said: “The woman had convert to islam. Her funeral took place in the same cemetery where my parents were buried, next to the mosque.
“Information about funerals is at WhatsApp groups. The mosque can accommodate 500 people.The number of men who attended the funeral was full mosque There were people all the way to the parking lot, so there were almost 1,000 people.
“Men who didn’t even know her came to the funeral.
An elderly American woman living in Abu Dhabi recently passed away. After news of her death broke, hundreds of Emiratis who did not know her gathered at her funeral to pray for her. This is active citizenship in the UAE.
Thanks brother Majed for sharing this story pic.twitter.com/kQAPExa8ME– Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan (@SaifBZayed) November 20, 2022
“In Islam, they say that if 40 people attend a person’s funeral and pray for that person, it is enough to remove their sins.
“Only Allah knows what a beautiful thing she has done to make so many people appear. May Allah grant her Paradise.
“For those who talk about women’s rights in Islam hundreds of men carried her body to the cemetery. This religion comes to uplift women and I ask Allah to lift her up to heaven. This is Islam and this is reality.”
Updated: November 21, 2022 at 2:45 am
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