Turkish president mourns over death of Islamic scholar

Turkey's president on Sunday attended the funeral service of prominent Islamic scholar Muhammed Emin Sarac, who passed away on Friday. The service was held in Istanbul's Fatih Mosque, where the scholar provided Islamic education for more than six decades. At the service, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his condolences over the loss of the renowned scholar of Hadiths, or records of the deeds and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad.