ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Ali Kurdistani, a Kurdish Islamic cleric and self-proclaimed healer who claims to have been endowed with the ability to heal any ailments through the power of God and the Quran, attributes all global issues to jinn, saying he has the ability to resolve all of them within a week if given the authority.

“All these problems for people in the world. War, murder, famine, divorce, envy, lies, betrayal, magic and the evil eye. They are evil spirits, jinn and demons in your body and people do not know,” Kurdistani wrote in a post on Facebook on Saturday.

“I can solve these problems within seven days for free,” he added.

Kurdistani’s actions and comments have often sparked controversy.

He has repeatedly said he is not a magician and that he has received his knowledge and powers from God and the holy Quran. He claims he has dedicated his life to spiritual healing and developing the field of prophetic and herbal medicines.

The self-proclaimed healer has gained popularity in the Kurdistan Region and beyond through videos he publishes on YouTube and his social media platforms alleging to show his way of curing people who he claims are possessed. Many of the videos depict the cleric physically beating his patients to kick out the alleged bad spirits.

He has the most subscribed Kurdish channel on YouTube with 3.5 million and is one of the most followed Kurdish personalities on Facebook with 4.7 million.

Kurdistani, whose credibility and legitimacy have long been challenged and disputed, has on several occasions claimed to have cured cancer patients and has prescribed drinking camel urine mixed with milk to cure malignant tumors.

He has also recommended eating napkins for people trying to lose weight.

Kurdistani, originally from northeast Erbil’s town of Kalak, moved to Pakistan for a short period of time and now resides in Germany where he continues to practice his unconventional and controversial “healing” methods.

Before his move abroad, the Kurdistan Region’s health authorities closed down his clinic in Kalak and advised people to avoid seeking treatment from him.

In March 2017, during Donald Trump’s first term as US president, Kurdistani said Trump had been possessed, claiming to able to cure him by beating the soles of his feet.

He also claimed to be able to cure Jalal Talabani, Iraq’s former president and leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) who suffered a brain stroke in 2012 and died five years later.