Large numbers join absentee funeral prayer for Sinwar in Istanbul 

A large number of worshippers attended absentee funeral prayers for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Istanbul yesterday, Anadolu reported. The Young Activists Platform organised the event, which took place at the central mosque in Istanbul’s Basaksehir district, with a large number of people attending. After the prayer, attendees took part in a march that started in front of the mosque to protest the crimes committed by Israel, backed by the United States, against the Palestinian people. In a speech during the event, Marwan Aburas, head of the Palestine branch of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, emphasised that Sinwar had always wished to attain martyrdom on the battlefield, saying, “This is what has happened.” He pointed out that “the Zionists, […]