An ethnic Bosniak, he was elected to the National Assembly of Serbia in 2016, later serving as one of its vice presidents from 2020 until his death in 2021.

[4] He attended primary school in the village of Ribariće and the Gazi Husrev Bey's Madrasa in Sarajevo.

[5] After finishing studies in Algeria, Zukorlić became a professor at the Gazi Isa-beg madrasa in Novi Pazar.

[4][6] In October 1993, he was elected as the president of the newly established Islamic Community of Sandžak, a role that he held until early 2016.

[7] During his time as chief Mufti, Zukorlić's bodyguards allegedly included people who illegally carried weapons and those who were convicted of attempted murder, but he denied those statements.

[17] In 2013, Zukorlić commented that Milo Đukanović promised autonomy for Bosniaks within Montenegro, but that he went on to break their deal and that therefore his "conscience is not clear".

[18][19] Zukorlić stepped down from his position of chief Mufti in 2016 in order to run in the 2016 parliamentary election.

[26] In 2021, Zukorlić also initially participated in the inter-party dialogue on electoral conditions with delegators from the European Parliament.

[28][29] Zukorlić supported peaceful relations with other countries in the Balkans, and campaigned during previous elections on a reconciliation program.