But now the long-dead sheikh may rest reassured .

但是现在，沉寂多时的酋长可以放心了。

Some shia elders wish the sheikh had held his tongue .

一些年长的什叶派人士希望族长能管好自己的嘴巴。

The sheikh is among a handful of local leaders seeking reconciliation with the kurdish region 's once thriving christians .

这位教长是屈指可数的几位地方领导人之一，他们主张与库尔德地区曾经人口众多的基督徒达成和解。

The sheikh made various pronouncements concerning marriage .

酋长在婚姻方面谈了很多。

The interior minister , abdi shakur sheikh hassan , was blown up in a suicide attack by his own niece last june .

内政部，阿比迪舍库尔酋长哈山，在最近的六月份，被自己的侄女在自杀式袭击中炸死。