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The Grand Mufti (also called Chief Mufti, State Mufti and Supreme Mufti) is the head of regional muftis, Islamic jurisconsults, of a state. The office originated in the early modern era in the Ottoman Empire and has been later adopted in a number of modern countries.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Amin al-Husseini Amin al-Husseini in 1929 Personal life Born Mohammed Amin al-Husseini c. 1897 [a] Jerusalem, Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire Died 4 July 1974 (aged approx. 76–77) Beirut ...
In 1969, King Faisal abolished the office of Grand Mufti and replaced it with a Ministry of Justice. The position was restored in 1993 with the appointment of Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baz . [ 6 ] The current mufti Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al Sheikh was appointed in 1999 by King Fahd after the death of Ibn Baz .
Abdul Karim Saleem Khasawneh (born 1944) is a Jordanian Muslim scholar who was Grand Mufti of Jordan between 23 February 2010 and 22 January 2017, when he became the chief Islamic justice. He returned to the post of Grand Mufti from 11 November 2019 to 5 November 2023.
Talgat Tadzhuddin was born in Kazan, USSR, on 12 October 1948 to a Tatar family. [1] His father was a lorry driver and his mother worked at a factory. In 1966, he was admitted at the Mir-i Arab Madrassah in Bukhara (then in the USSR) where he graduated with honours in 1973.
Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian is the Grand Mufti of Lebanon since August 2014. As the spiritual leader of Lebanese Muslims, the Grand Mufti holds the highest religious post for a Sunni Islamic scholar in Lebanon. The honorific his eminence is used in referring to him. [1]
A muftiate [a] is an administrative territorial entity, mainly in the post-Soviet and Southeast European states, under the supervision of a mufti. In the post-Yugoslavia states, spiritual administrations similar to the muftiate are called riyasat. A grand muftiate is more significant than a muftiate, and is presided over by a grand mufti.
Mustafa Alish Hadzhi (born 31 March 1962) is an Islamic scholar, author, and the current Grand Mufti of Bulgaria. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was listed in The 500 Most Influential Muslims , compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre .