Prayers begins at Arafat funeral
Yasser Arafat’s wooden coffin, draped in the Palestinian flag, was carried into an Egyptian military mosque this morning, where prayers for the Palestinian leader began in front of presidents and kings gathered for military rites before the Palestinian leader’s body was to be flown to the West Bank.
“He has served his people all his life, until he faced his God, with courage and honesty. Let us pray for his soul,” the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mohammed Sayed Tantawi told the gathered dignitaries.
