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AKORA KHATTAK, Pakistan – Thousands of people in mourning attended the funeral of a prominent Pakistani cleric killed during a knife attack at his home in the garrison town of Rawalpindi.
Hamidul Haq, the son of Maulana Samiul Haq, led his father's funeral prayer Saturday in the town of Akora Khattak, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province, on the border with Afghanistan.
Haq, the leader of his faction of the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam party, was killed on Friday.
He is a well-known teacher who exerts an influence on Pakistani militants and the Taliban in Afghanistan, many of whose leaders and commanders studied a strict interpretation of Islam at his Haqqani seminary, earning him the title of "Father Taliban ".
In recent weeks, Afghan clerics have been urging Haq to use his influence on the Afghan Taliban to ensure peace.
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