Mother to be reunited with child for cleansing ritual ahead of Muslim burial

Malika Noor Al Katib died in a violent stabbing at her home in New Ross, Co Wexford, on Sunday. Picture: Family/Garda.ie

The mother of Malika Noor Al Katib will be with her daughter for one last time for a sacred Muslim cleansing ritual, which is due to happen this morning.

Alisha will join other Muslim women in the ‘Ghusl’, or ‘full ablution’, where the body is washed in pure water.