Four of the 10 personnel of the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) sent to the Netherlands to prepare the remains of MH17 tragedy victims for burial returned here today, and spoke of their unforgettable experience.
One of them, the grand imam of Masjid Putra in Putrajaya, Abdul Manaf Mat said they had to endure the transition from hot weather to cold and, being the Ramadan month, they had to fast for up to 20 hours.
"When preparing the remains for burial, my thoughts were just on fulfilling my religious obligation," he told reporters at the KL International Airport after flying in from Amsterdam.
Abdul Manaf, who had headed the Jakim team, and the three other personnel were welcomed at the airport by Jakim director-general Datuk Othman Mustapha.
The 10 imams had been in Ukraine and the Netherlands since July 18.
Abdul Manaf said that in the Netherlands, bodies were prepared for burial at one place unlike in Malaysia where this was done at the nearest mosque.
The Jakim personnel were assisted by those from the Religious Corps of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) as well as the Muslim community in the Netherlands, he said.
Meanwhile, Othman said four Jakim personnel, led by the grand imam of Masjid Tunku Mizan Zainal Abidin in Putrajaya, Hazarudin Baharudin, would remain in the Netherlands until the preparation for burial of all the Malaysian Muslim remains had been completed.
Flight MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17 as it was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 283 passengers and 15 crew on board. The Boeing 777-200 aircraft is believed to have been shot down over the troubled country.
Besides Malaysians, nationals from the Netherlands, Australia, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, the Philippines, Canada and New Zealand were among the 298 people on board.
Bernama
Mon Sep 01 2014
Othman with other Jakim officers responsible for managing the remains of MH17 Muslim victims in supplication, led by Abdul Manaf (second from right) upon arriving at KLIA from Amsterdam this morning. - BERNAMApic
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