{"id":8777,"date":"2021-08-16T06:25:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T06:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=8777"},"modified":"2021-08-16T06:25:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T06:25:23","slug":"uk-oldham-prominent-religious-and-social-figure-haji-bashir-ahmed-buried-in-the-local-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=8777&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"UK: Oldham prominent religious and social figure Haji Bashir Ahmed buried in the local cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Oldham (Arif Chaudhry)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haji Bashir Ahmed, a prominent religious social figure in Oldham, UK, and chairman of Oldham\u2019s largest religious institution and Nigina Jama Masjid Oldham, passed away suddenly yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His funeral prayers were offered at the local ground by Maulana Qari Khadim Hussain Chishti, a prominent British and Pakistani cleric, and he was buried in the local Oldham 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