Cleric Niyaz Moulavi dies

4 July 2010 06:21 am

Presidential advisor on Muslim Affairs Mohamed Niyaz Moulavi passed away this morning, the government information department said. President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed Mohamed Niyaz Moulavi in 2008 as the Coordinating Secretary to the President on Muslim Religious Affairs. Final rights of the cleric will commence at 10 pm from his residence locted at Peersahib street in Colombo 12 and will proceed to the Maligawatta burial grounds.