Salah Choheili

thumb|right|Salah Choheili in 2016 Rishama Salah Choheili (1952 –) is an Iranian Mandaean priest in Australia. He is currently a Rishama (head priest) at the Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. Quotes The Mandaeans of Iraq are in terrible distress and therefore many of them left their towns and escaped because food had almost disappeared. There is no security and [civil war] skirmishing continues, leading to massacres and slaughter. The Iraqi ruler is called Saddam Hussein. Due to him, many Mandaeans have departed Iraq to settle in Australia, America and Europe. O ye ganzibras, disciples and Mandaeans. Some Iraqi disciples have [already] changed the faith (i.e., rituals and tradition) because they no longer baptize in the river. Gelbert Carlos Carlos Gelbert https://livingwaterbooks.com.au/product/john-the-baptist/ The Teachings of the Mandaean John the Baptist Colophon of Sheykh Salah 9780958034678 Fairfield, NSW, Australia Living Water Books 2017 1000148487 176 Quotes about Salah Choheili Sheikh Salah ... traveled there [to Australia] twice to perform rituals for the emigrated Mandaeans and to ready himself for his move. The sheikh’s travels astonished me. The risk! On his first air segment, Sheikh Salah ate nothing but stopped over in Malaysia to rest, eat, and purify himself. Coming from Ahwaz, he had entered the Tehran airport carrying two bottles of water from the river Karun, only to have one bottle rendered useless by a customs official who suspected liquor. The presence of Mandaean leaders, with their white clothes and dignified long beards, made a deep impression on the airport personnel, who whisked them through the electronic controls. Buckley Jorunn Jacobsen The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people Oxford University Press New York 2002 0-19-515385-5 66 External links Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:Clergy Category:Iranian Mandaeans Category:People from Sydney Category:Gnosticism Category:Mandaeism