Appendix 10, Part 1: Mourning Rushdi al-Kikhya: The Death Notices of March 1988

Rushdi al-Kikhya, in God's Keeping

Syria has lost one of the great politicians of its first generation, Mr. Rushdi al-Kikhya, former Speaker of the Syrian Chamber of Deputies and leader of the People's Party, whom God took to His side in Cyprus two days ago, where he is being laid in his final resting place. May God have mercy on the great departed and give him a home in His wide gardens, and may He grant his family and loved ones patience and consolation. Indeed, to God we belong, and to Him we return.

Asharq Al-Awsat 17/3/1988

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

(O reassured soul * return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him] * and enter among My [righteous] servants * and enter My Paradise) (Quran 89:27-30)

God Almighty has spoken the truth.

Dr. Nazim al-Qudsi
and Dr. Maarouf al-Dawalibi
and Dr. Munir al-Ajlani

and all the Syrian communities abroad mourn, with anguish and sorrow, the death of the country's great departed, His Excellency Mr.

Rushdi al-Kikhya
former Speaker of the Syrian Chamber of Deputies

whom God took to His side in Cyprus, where he now lies at rest, and they offer their sincerest condolences to the al-Kikhya family, to the Syrian people, and to all who knew him and valued his struggle. May God have mercy on the great departed and pour upon him the clouds of His good pleasure, and may He grant everyone patience and consolation. "Indeed, to God we belong, and to Him we return."

Asharq Al-Awsat
Friday 18/3/1988