Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Islamic Union, Salahuddin Muhammad Bahaauddin, mourned Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Karim Barzanji, who passed away from an incurable disease.
This came in a message of condolences and sympathy that he sent to his family and students of the deceased.
It came in the message: "We have received the news of the death of Sheikh Muhammad Sheikh Abdul Karim, the preacher and a well-known figure in Erbil."