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'Wrapped in plastic': Muslim funeral rites restricted in virus-hit South Africa

Family members are unable to carry out rituals according to Islamic tradition. [AFP]

Like Muslims across the world, South African Esa Alexander could not pray by his father-in-law's hospital bed or customarily wash and shroud the body after he succumbed to COVID-19 last week.

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