Kerala Nurse News | Grand Mufti Of India Claims He Stopped Nimisha Priya's Execution, Who Is He? The life of Kerala-based nurse Nimisha Priya - who was facing execution in Yemen - has been temporarily spared thanks to the timely intervention of prominent religious figures across two countries. The Grand Mufti of India, Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad, had reached out to renowned Yemeni cleric Sheikh Umar bin Hafiz to intercede with the family of Talal Abdol Mehdi - Priya's Yemeni employer whom she killed inadvertently