Erdogan held a phone conversation with Abdulhameed’s brother, Dr. Mohseen Abdulhameed, and said that he is deeply saddened by the death of the scholar of Quranic exegesis.

Who was Nizameddin Abdulhameed?

Professor Nizameddin Abdulhameed was one of the well-known Islamic scholars of Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan and one of the first founders of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement in Iraq.

Abdulhameed, who authored many books in Arabic and Kurdish languages as well as the exegesis of the Holy Qur'an, died on Monday in Bristol, England, at the age of 100. (ILKHA)