SINGAPORE: The daughter of Zulfikar Shariff, who made the information final month when his social media accounts had been blocked in Singapore, handed away in a street accident in Melbourne on Tuesday (Dec 9).
Sayyida Nafeesa Zulfikar was solely 21 when she died. She labored as an administration and enrolment officer at MY Faculty, an unbiased faculty in Melbourne for Australian Muslims.
The accident happened as Ms Nafeesa was driving to work at round 7:45 a.m., native information reported. After a automobile and a lorry collided forward of her, the lorry hit a pole, which fell on Ms Nafeesa’s automobile. In keeping with a report in Information.com.au, her automobile had been getting into the wrong way as the opposite car and the lorry.
And whereas paramedics endeavoured to revive her, she was pronounced useless shortly after the accident.
She is survived by her father, a former Singapore citizen, her mom, Shireen Abdul Samad, and 5 brothers. Her father and brother got here to the scene of the accident after studying about it.
On his Fb web page, Zulfikar notified the general public concerning the funeral prayers for Ms Nafeesa, which happened on Thursday (Dec 11), and which had been adopted by her burial companies.
Her father, who informed News.com that Ms Nafeesa “held the household collectively,” penned a touching tribute to his daughter over social media.
“Be comfortable for Nafeesa.
Alhamdulillah. Our beloved Nafeesa, the gem of our lives, has returned to Allah’s mercy.
She is now going via the following part of her life.
Nafeesa accomplished her take a look at on this life at 21 years previous. She accomplished her take a look at with a clear coronary heart. She accomplished her take a look at performing all her prayers.
She accomplished her take a look at whereas making an attempt to assist the neighborhood…
As her dad and mom, her household we grieve as a result of we miss her.
Terribly.
Her voice, her laughter, her love.
We love her.
And he or she is aware of she is adored.
The ache is ours. It cuts like a boring, jagged knife.
Insha Allah the happiness, the enjoyment as she is welcomed in Jannah is hers.”
Zulfikar, 54, renounced his Singapore citizenship in 2020 and is an Australian citizen, having moved there together with his household in 2002. He was detained below the Inner Safety Act in 2016.
On Nov 26, the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs (MHA) and Singapore Police Pressure stated that they’d issued restrictions towards his TikTok and Fb accounts resulting from his posts stirring up discontent between totally different ethnic teams within the city-state, deeming this to trigger hurt to Singapore’s racial and spiritual concord. /TISG
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