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Before passing away, Sheikh Nur Barud was in hospital getting treatment for coronavirus By Mohammed Dhaysane | 17.02.2021
MOGADISHU, Somalia
Sheikh Nur Barud Gurhan, one of Somalia s top religious scholars, has died of coronavirus in the capital Mogadishu, a colleague said Wednesday.
Sheikh Bashir Ahmed Salad, head of the Somali Association of Ulema, confirmed that Gurhan died from COVID-19 late Tuesday night. I can confirm that the sheikh has died in Demartini hospital after he contracted the coronavirus disease. He was also suffering from diabetes before COVID-19, Salad told the media.
Top political leaders also confirmed his death and offered condolences. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed extends his condolences to the family, relatives and the Somali people at large on the death of Sheikh Nur Barud Gurhan. He was one of the pillars of the Somali Ulema, a statement from the Somali presidency said.