The Ceremony

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Hamida Begum ' s son, Mukul Seikh, prayed before the tomb of his mother

activists in Bangladesh , The First Islamic funeral for a sex welcomed-workers, breaking a long taboo in the Muslim majority of the nation.

Hamida Begum, who worked at One of The World 's largest brothels in The Village of Daulatdia, died of the disease last week at the age of 65 years.

A Number of people gathered at her grave to witness the historic moment.

prostitution is legal in Bangladesh , but Islamic leaders did not perform earlier, funeral Prayers for the workers.

Instead, sex workers who die, are buried, usually in unmarked graves, without the formal Prayers , or sunk in the rivers.

This is the fate of the originally expected Begum was until a coalition of sex workers convinced to speak to The Local police, spiritual leaders -who historically, as sex work is "immoral"-about the of your a formal burial.

"The Imam was lead initially cautious, the Prayers ," local police chief Ashiqur Rahman, who led the negotiations, told news Agency AFP news agency. "But we asked him whether Islam prohibits any participation in the Janaza [funeral Prayers ] to a prostitute. He had no answer. "

As a result, a religious mourning ceremony was held for her last Thursday.

Mr. Rahman said, The Ceremony was attended by More Than 200 people, while More Than 400 funeral meal and Prayers went to the post office.

A coalition of sex workers, added of Jhumur Begum (left), which is also your respect paid to Hamida Begum

"It was an unprecedented scene," Mr Rahman. "The people waited until late in The Night , in order to the Prayers . The Eyes of sex workers spilling out tears. "

Among those in Begum's tomb were her son, Mukul Seikh, and her 35-year-old daughter Laxmi, who is also a sex worker in the brothel in Daulatdia.

"I never dreamed you would farewell a honorable. My Mother was treated like a human being," said Laxmi.

"I hope that from now on, every woman that works here, myself included, gets a Janaza just the way My Mother did it. "

Hamida Begum, not in the picture was buried, a historical burial last week

Jhumur Begum, the head of The Local sex workers, who are remembered for the Begum's funeral to the insolence, with which the women were usually.

"If we wanted to, to The Dead , you said to would be buried in The Morning , the villagers hunt rods us with bamboo", the AFP news Agency.

The brothel, the woman Begum worked - One of 12 legal brothels in Bangladesh , is located approximately 250 km (155 miles) West of the capital Dhaka.

It was since the company was founded around a century ago, under the British colonial rule.

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Source of news: bbc.com