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Male members of Mohamad Sharib’s family carry his body to the Islamic cemetery in La Vernia, Texas. Muslim traditions state that women should not witness or partake in the burial ceremony of the funeral. Therefore, as the men buried Mohamad Sharib’s body, his mother along with a group of women watched from a distance; reading verses from the Quran and videotaping the funeral.