ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The top spiritual leader of the Yezidi (Ezidi) religious minority passed away while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in the Kurdistan Region's capital of Erbil at age 87 on Thursday.  --   Sheikh Khartu Hajji Ismael, commonly known as Baba Sheikh, had a “remarkable role in developing religious coexistence,” said Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani in a statement of condolence released shortly afterward.

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