Yorkshire Muslims pray as Bhutto laid to rest

From: Yorkshire Post | Date: December 28, 2007 | Copyright information

PRAYERS have been said at mosques across Yorkshire today as former Pakistan leader Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest.

About 1,000 worshippers turned out for prayers to remember Ms Bhutto at Hanfia Mosque in Bradford.

Many men who entered the large mosque on Carlisle Road said they had spent the morning watching her funeral on television.

One said: "She was a great woman and very dear to us - not only to Bradford but across the world.

"She had a great personality and ...