Deputy Speaker Hawrami congratulates Yazidis on election of new spiritual leader Baba Sheikh Ali Elias
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On the election of Ali, the son of former Baba Sheikh Elias, as the new Baba Sheikh (spiritual leader), I warmly congratulate him as well as the Yazidi Mir, the Yazidi Spiritual Council and all Yazidi Kurds.
I hope that the election of the new Baba Sheikh will be a force for greater consensus between the Yazidi Kurds.
Kurdistan is a place of peace and co-existence, and the Yazidis are an important and prominent part of Kurdistan’s social structure. We hope that the new Baba Sheikh will play an effective role in Kurdistan’s society.
I wish the Yazidi Kurds and all the people of Kurdistan success and prosperity.
Hemen Hawrami
Deputy Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament
19 November 2020