Prayers for Faraaz
Prayers and milad mahfil for Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, who was brutally killed along with 19 other hostages in a militant attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka on July 1, 2016, were held yesterday after Asr prayers to seek salvation of the departed soul.
Family members, relatives, friends and well-wishers were present at the programme held at the residence of Latifur Rahman, maternal grandfather of Faraaz and chairman of Transcom Group. Narinda Pir Shah Syed Muradullah Ahmed administered the prayers attended by eminent citizens and officials of Transcom Group.
Muradullah Ahmed said Faraaz sacrificed his life for his friends and such sacrifice entitles him to a martyr’s honour.
Faraaz was the son of Simeen Hossain and Muhammad Waquer Bin Hossain.
During the siege at the upscale Gulshan eatery, the terrorists particularly targeted foreigners. The gunmen were asking who could recite verses from the holy Quran and who could not.
Faraaz, a student of economics at Emory University in Atlanta, USA, recited from the holy Quran, and was given the chance to walk out. But he chose to stay with his friends -- Abinta Kabir, a Bangladesh-born US citizen and fellow student at Emory University, and Tarishi Jain, an Indian student at the University of California, Berkeley -- with whom he had gone to the café on that fateful night.
Faraaz was buried at Banani Graveyard on July 4.
Zaraif Hossain, brother of Faraaz, said, “Faraaz is being remembered in and outside the country. We are proud of the honour with which people are recalling him.”
Meanwhile, prayers for Faraaz were also held at different places across the country yesterday.
In Brahmanbaria, a milad mahfil was held at Brahmanbaria branch office of Transcom Distribution Company Limited (TDCL) in Ghatura area of Sadar upazila after Asr prayers.
A milad mahfil was held at Transcom Distribution Company Limited’s Faridpur branch as well.
In Chandpur, milad mahfils were held at Transcom Distribution Company Limited office on Mission Road of Natun Bazar and W Rahman Jute Mill Mosque in Puran Bazar.
Besides, milad and doa mahfils were held at Rajshahi, Bogura, Feni, Patuakhali and Cox’s Bazar.
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