HARGEISA (SD) – Sheikh Adan Mohamud Hiray (Adan Siiro) one of the prominent Somaliland clerics has passed away tonight in India.

Sheikh Adan Siiro was taken to India for treatment due to illness.

Sheikh Adan Siiro was one of Somaliland’s leading clerics known for criticizing various governments in Somaliland.

Sheikh Adan Siiro was known for giving various religious lectures at mosques in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland.

The death of Sheikh Adan Siiro has been widely mourned on social media tonight, with mourners including some of his students, and other sections of the community.