Endowments & Religious Affairs Committee congratulates new Yazidi spiritual leader Baba Sheikh Ali Elias

In the name of God,

On the selection of the new Yazidi Baba Sheikh (spiritual leader), Sheikh Ali Sheikh Elias Haji Nasir, we warmly congratulate him as well as Mir Hazim Tahsin Beg and all our Yazidi brothers and sisters.

We hope that Baba Sheikh will succeed in his new religious duties, that he can strengthen spiritual life and the principle of forgiveness in Kurdistan Region. We are proud of Kurdistan Region’s peaceful coexistence between different religions and communities, for which Kurdistan is recognized by the international community. We should stay united in Kurdistan, our home, and protect our model of inter-communal harmony.

We give the new Baba Sheikh our support in his mission to strengthen the spirit of coexistence, to help the Yazidis overcome the enormous hardships that they have endured, and help them to return to their homeland.

Endowments and Religious Affairs Committee

Kurdistan Parliament

20 November 2020