Malaysian PAS Party Spiritual Leader Haron Din's Remains Buried In US

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 (Bernama) -- The remains of PAS spiritual leader Dr Haron Din were buried at the Five Pillars Muslim Cemetery in Livermore, California on Friday. His daughter Dr Huda Haron said the burial was held at 5.57pm local time (8.57am Saturday in Malaysia) after the funeral prayers, which were held at Masjid Annur in Santa Clara, San Francisco. Haron, 76, died at 10.10am Friday (Malaysian time) at Stanford University Hospital in San Francisco, from heart complications. Dr Huda thanked all involved in making the funeral arrangements. "Alhamdulilah (Praise be to God).... father has been buried in a Muslim cemetery. It was made possible through the assistance of many people. My family is very grateful," she said on her Facebook page. She added that the family was deeply touched that many people came to pay their last respects to him. "Solat jenazah ghaib (absentee funeral prayers) for the PAS leader were held in several places Saturday among them at Madrasah Addiniah Al-Islamiah (MADI), Kampung Jejawi Dalam, Arau, Perlis and Masjid Sultan Salahudin Abdul Aziz Shah in Shah Alam. Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) is a political party that aims to establish Malaysia as a country based on Islamic legal theory derived from the primary sources of Islam, the Quran, Sunnah as well as Hadiths. It is also the first opposition party in independent Malaysia's history to defeat the Barisan Nasional coalition in a Malay dominated state. -- BERNAMA