Late last week, our son's best friend lost his grandmother, who lived at home with them. We've know the family for 9 years due to the kids' friendship so Mrs. M and I attended the funeral. Thing is, they are Ismaili Muslims, so this was a Muslim funeral. Very, very different from Christian or secular funeral/memorial. Much of the service is just chanting of prayers and reciting verses from the Qu'ran. There is a paying of respect to the deceased. Men and women are separate (as usual for Muslim services/rites).