"She doesn't have any family here, but she has all of us and this whole community that is mourning," said MJ Khan, president of the organization. "We are all there to be her family."
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By Christal Hayes and Julie Garcia |
SANTA FE — Unlike the others who were gunned down at a Texas high school, Pakistani exchange student Sabika Sheikh didn't have family in the U.S. to plan her funeral.
But that didn't stop her adopted community. The 17-year-old, who had been attending classes at Santa Fe High School since last August, was honored at her funeral Sunday afternoon at a mosque in suburban Houston.
The Islamic Society for Greater Houston planned the service and opened it to the public, leading to an overflowing crowd. It was the first funeral for any of the 10 killed in Friday's shooting.
"She doesn't have any family here, but she has all of us and this whole community that is mourning," said MJ Khan, president of the organization. "We are all there to be her family."
She had been staying with a host family that lives near the high school and was due back home in Pakistan in just a few weeks for the holiday marking the end of Ramadan
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