Imam of the Nur-E-Islam Masjid in El Soccoro, Maulana Shiraz Ali, calls for justice for Shabana Mohammed and other innocents. He was speaking at Mohammed's funeral service at her home at Akal Trace, Santa Cruz, yesterday, where hundreds of mourners came to pay their respects. Quoting from a passage in the Quran of Allah commanding the people to be just, Ali said, “This is a world where we see a lot of injustice.
“This is not the time nor the place, but I know that it is in your mind as well as mine that much of what we're seeing going on in the world today in terms of wars and trials that Muslims and non-Muslims are facing. “You would see that a lot of this is based on injustice, and we know that what we saw occurring to our sister Shabana was an act of injustice.
“We open the newspaper everyday and we see more and more acts of injustice being perpetrated upon our innocent people in this country, society, and in the world.” He said the faithful should understand, believe, and call for justice. Ali asked that justice be given in this situation and in others where people were subject to victimisation, oppression and injustice.
Mohammed's sister, Rahanna said Shabana was the best of all four siblings and she thanked everybody who supported the family through the difficult last week. Rahanna said she was very proud of her sister who accomplished more in her brief 19 years of life than many people. Former ASJA president, Dr Mansoor Ibrahim said he delivered Shabana and saw her grow up and what happened to her was evil. Mohammed was buried at the El Socorro Muslim Cemetery.