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Yazidi cleric Baba Sheikh

Sheikh Khirto Ismail, also known as Baba Sheikh, the spiritual leader of the Yezidis, died on Thursday 01/10/20 in a hospital in Erbil. The body of Baba Sheikh was buried on Friday in the village of Bozan near Sheikhan. We speak to Walid Shingali from Toowoomba about Baba Sheikh's death.

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Sheikh Khirto Ismail, also known as Baba Sheikh, the spiritual leader of the Yezidis, died on Thursday 01/10/20 in a hospital in Erbil. The body of Baba Sheikh was buried on Friday in the village of Bozan near Sheikhan. We speak to Walid Shingali from Toowoomba about Baba Sheikh's death.

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