Thousands mourned the body of Emirati activist and opposition leader Alaa Al-Siddiq, in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Sunday evening, a week after her death in a traffic accident in London.
Thousands have flocked to the Mesaimeer cemetery (southwest of Doha) from this afternoon until the funeral prayer for the deceased after the Maghrib prayer, in a rare scene, especially in light of the precautionary measures related to the Corona virus.
Since yesterday, a large number of Qatari tweeters have invited citizens and residents to attend the burial ceremony, after the Qatari authorities approved the request of Alaa's family to be buried in Doha.
A large number of people interacted with the invitations to attend, expressing their desire to compensate for the absence of her father, Muhammad Abdul Razzaq Al-Siddiq, who has been imprisoned in the UAE since 2013.
The Qatari authorities agreed to the family’s request to bury Alaa Al-Siddiq in Doha (Al-Jazeera)
Qatari journalist and writer Jaber Al-Harami said that the large crowds who attended the prayer and burial of the body of Emirati activist Alaa Al-Siddiq is a referendum on the approach of the free and honorable in every part of our Arab and Islamic world.
Al-Harami added to Al-Jazeera Net that the people of Qatar were on time to participate in this humanitarian event that they had to compensate for her family, explaining that Alaa was buried today far from her homeland, and "Qatar, which refused to hand her over in the past, receives her body today to be buried in its soil."
He indicated that he was not surprised by the large Qatari presence at the funeral ceremony, "because the people of Qatar are always present on any similar date, and they always perform their duty towards those who come to them, whether alive or dead," noting that "Alaa represented an Arab current that rejects injustice." He hopes for free Arab societies."
Alaa Al-Siddiq, until the moment of her death, was the executive director of the "QST" human rights organization concerned with prisoners of conscience in the Gulf.
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left Doha in 2019 ,
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you alone ,
carrying my pain
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you are
back to
it again
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heart of
my father and mother
— Wafaa Al-Siddiq (@reema49_) June 26, 2021
Alaa Al-Siddiq is an Emirati citizen who was wanted by the authorities of her country because of her human rights activism, which began with the arrest of her father in the so-called “Reform Society” case. She is a human rights activist, and she was residing in London, where she was granted political asylum.
A solemn funeral in the burial ceremony # Alaa Al-Seddik # Alaa Al-Siddiq in the name of
God We belong to God and to Him we shall return
.
- Shaheen Al-Sulaiti (@shaheensulaiti) June 27, 2021
The UAE withdrew the citizenship of the preacher Al-Siddiq and a number of his sons, including Alaa, and Alaa had previously revealed in a television interview what she called the other side of her country, the Emirates, as well as Abu Dhabi's harassment of opponents and human rights activists.
Alaa passed away last Saturday as a result of being injured in a traffic accident near Oxford, which sparked a wave of sympathy on social media, as the tweeters expressed their condolences for her sudden death, sharing her writings and words in defense of human rights.