{"id":717369,"date":"2026-06-21T12:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/717369\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T12:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:53:08","slug":"sulaimani-university-probes-salafi-lecturers-leaked-audio-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/717369\/","title":{"rendered":"Sulaimani University probes Salafi lecturer&#8217;s leaked audio &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-06-21T11:34:57+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Al-Sulaymaniyah<\/p>\n<p>The University of Sulaimani (Al-Sulaymaniyah) is<br \/>\ninvestigating Dr. Abdul Latif Ahmed Mustafa, known as \u201cAbdul Latif al-Salafi,\u201d<br \/>\na lecturer at the College of Islamic Sciences and a Salafi figure* in the<br \/>\nKurdistan Region, after recordings surfaced online referencing romantic<br \/>\nrelationships with female students attending his classes.<\/p>\n<p>The recordings circulated after a Kurdish activist based in<br \/>\nEurope reportedly leaked them, prompting the university to launch legal procedures<br \/>\nand form a higher investigative committee to review the allegations and the<br \/>\ncircumstances surrounding their release. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny proven violations would be handled under applicable<br \/>\nlaws, and the outcome of the investigation will be published once completed,\u201d<br \/>\nthe university added.<\/p>\n<p>The case has triggered reactions among students at the<br \/>\nCollege of Islamic Sciences, who issued a letter to public opinion, the Kurdish<br \/>\nMinistry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the university<br \/>\npresidency, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)\u2014 the leading party in the<br \/>\nKurdistan Region\u2014 expressing concern over harassment of female students while<br \/>\nclaiming \u201cunequal treatment and discrimination within the college.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Students also rejected the lecturer\u2019s continued involvement<br \/>\nin teaching or administrative duties, urging a boycott of classes at the start<br \/>\nof the upcoming academic year, and framed the move as necessary to ensure<br \/>\naccountability and protect the reputation of the University of Sulaimani,<br \/>\nAl-Sulaymaniyah, and the Kurdistan Region.<\/p>\n<p>*A Salafi figure refers to someone who follows or promotes<br \/>\nSalafism, a conservative movement within Sunni Islam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-06-21T11:34:57+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Al-Sulaymaniyah The University of Sulaimani (Al-Sulaymaniyah) is investigating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[309063,4,450,451,6270,3,309064,309062,309061,452,453],"class_list":["post-717369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-abdul-latif-ahmed-mustafa","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-investigation","tag-news","tag-salafi","tag-sulaimani-university","tag-sulaimani-university-probes-salafi-lecturers-leaked-audio","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}