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This page is about the title and persons carrying the title. For the former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem is the Sunni Muslim Ulema in charge of Jerusalem's Islamic holy places, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Sunni Muslims generally regard the Grand Mufti as the top religious authority in Jerusalem and among the Palestinian people....
 (from 1921-1948), see Mohammad Amin al-Husayni
The title of Grand Mufti refers to the highest official of religious law in a Sunni Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 country. The Grand Mufti
Mufti

A mufti is an Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law . A muftiat or diyanet is a council of muftis....
 issues legal opinions and edicts, fatwa
Fatwa

A fatwa , in the Islamic faith is a religious opinion on Sharia issued by an Ulema. In Sunni Islam any fatwa is non-binding, whereas in Shia Islam it could be, depending on the status of the scholar....
, on interpretations of Islamic law for private clients or to assist judges in deciding cases.






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This page is about the title and persons carrying the title. For the former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem is the Sunni Muslim Ulema in charge of Jerusalem's Islamic holy places, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Sunni Muslims generally regard the Grand Mufti as the top religious authority in Jerusalem and among the Palestinian people....
 (from 1921-1948), see Mohammad Amin al-Husayni
The title of Grand Mufti refers to the highest official of religious law in a Sunni Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 country. The Grand Mufti
Mufti

A mufti is an Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law . A muftiat or diyanet is a council of muftis....
 issues legal opinions and edicts, fatwa
Fatwa

A fatwa , in the Islamic faith is a religious opinion on Sharia issued by an Ulema. In Sunni Islam any fatwa is non-binding, whereas in Shia Islam it could be, depending on the status of the scholar....
, on interpretations of Islamic law for private clients or to assist judges in deciding cases. The collected opinions of the Grand Mufti serve as a valuable source of information on the practical application of Islamic law as opposed to its abstract formulation. The Grand Mufti's fataawa (plural of "fatwa
Fatwa

A fatwa , in the Islamic faith is a religious opinion on Sharia issued by an Ulema. In Sunni Islam any fatwa is non-binding, whereas in Shia Islam it could be, depending on the status of the scholar....
") are not binding precedents in areas of civil laws regulating marriage, divorce, and inheritance. In criminal courts, the Grand Mufti's recommendations are generally not binding either. In the Ottoman Caliphate
Ottoman Caliphate

The Ottoman Caliphate, under the Ottoman Dynasty of the Ottoman Empire inherited the responsibility of the Caliphate from the Mamluks of Egypt....
 the Grand Mufti was a state official, and the Grand Mufti of Constantinople was the highest of these. The British retained the institution in some Muslim areas under their control and accorded the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem is the Sunni Muslim Ulema in charge of Jerusalem's Islamic holy places, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Sunni Muslims generally regard the Grand Mufti as the top religious authority in Jerusalem and among the Palestinian people....
 the highest political stature. In countries such as Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 where the office of Grand Mufti receives no official seal of government imprimatur
Imprimatur

An Imprimatur is an official declaration from the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church that a literary or similar work is free from error in matters of Roman Catholic doctrine and morals, and hence acceptable reading for faithful Roman Catholics....
, clerics can be elected to the position by one segment of the Islamic community in that country and yet not be recognised by other Muslim communities in that country.

Current Grand Muftis

The following cleric
Clergy

Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. The term comes from the Greek language ?????? - kleros, "a lot", "that which is assigned by lot" or metaphorically, "heritage"....
s, among others, carry the title of Grand Mufti:

  • The Supreme Mufti of Caucasus
    Caucasus

    The Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region located between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is home to Europe's highest mountain ....
    , Allahshukur Pashazade
    Allahshukur Pashazade

    Sheikh ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Hummat Pashazade is the Grand Mufti of the Caucasus. Born in Azerbaijan on 1949. He is also the current chairman of the Religious Council of Caucasia....
  • Lebanon
    Lebanon

    Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
    's Grand Mufti, Mohammed Rashid Qabbani
    Mohammed Rashid Qabbani

    Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani is the Grand Mufti of Lebanon. Born in Beirut on September 15, 1942. He has succeeded former grand mufti Hassan Khaled....
  • Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia

    The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
    's Grand Mufti, Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh
    Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh

    Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Lateef Aal ash-Shaikh is an Ulema and the current Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia....
  • Republic of Albania
    Albania

    Albania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a country in Balkans. It is bordered by Greece to the south-east, Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, and the Republic of Macedonia to the east....
    's Grand Mufti, Hafiz Sabri Cocki
    Hafiz Sabri Cocki

    Shaikh Hafiz Sabri Cocki is the former Grand Mufti of Albania.References...
  • Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
    's Grand Mufti (unofficial), Fehmi Naji El-Imam
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of South Eastern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres . Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Landlocked#Nearly landlocked, except for 26 kilometres of the Adriatic Sea coas...
    's Grand Mufti, Mustafa Ef. Ceric
    Mustafa Ef. Ceric

    Dr. Mustafa efendi Ceric is the Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He is serving his second 7-year term until 2013. He is fluent in Bosnian language, English language and Arabic language, and cites a "passive knowledge" of Turkish, German and French....
  • Bulgaria
    Bulgaria

    The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
    's Grand Mufti, Dr. Mustafa Hadji
  • Arab Republic of Egypt
    Egypt

    Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
    's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa
    Ali Gomaa

    Sheikh Ali Goma'a is the Grand Mufti of Egypt through Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah succeeding Ahmad El-Tayeb. He has been called "one of the most widely respected jurists in the Sunni Muslim world," and described as "a highly promoted champion of moderate Islam," gender equality, and an "object of hatred among Islamists." He specializes in th...
    , Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah
    Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah

    Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah is an educational institute founded to represent Islam and the international flagship for Islamic legal research since its establishment in 1313 AH/1895 CE....
  • Grand Mufti of Marseille
    Marseille

    "Marseille" is the second-largest city of France and forms the third-largest aire urbaine, after those of Paris and Lyon, with a population recorded to be 1,516,340 at the 1999 census and estimated to be 1,605,000 in 2007....
     (France), Soheib Bencheikh
    Soheib Bencheikh

    Soheib Bencheikh is an Islamic religious leader and author and would-be France politician.Bencheikh graduated in Islamic theology at Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, and at the Universit? Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium....
  • Islamic Republic of Pakistan
    Pakistan

    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
    's Grand Mufti,Muhammad Rafi Usmani
    Muhammad Rafi Usmani

    Mufti Muhammad Rafi Uthmani is the Grand Mufti of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. He is also the current President of Darul Ulum Karachi. He is the son of the late Mufti Muhammad Shafi Uthmani, the founder of Darul Ulum Karachi....
  • Russia
    Russia

    Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
    n Federation's Grand Mufti, Ravil Gainutdin
    Ravil Gainutdin

    Rawil Gaynetdin ; born on August 25, 1959 in the village of Shali, Republic of Tatarstan of Pestrechinsky District of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) has served as the Grand Mufti of Russia since July 1, 1996....
  • Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
    Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

    The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , commonly called Northern Cyprus , is a de facto independent republic located in the north of Cyprus....
     Grand Mufti,(unofficial) Nazim al-Qubrusi
    Nazim al-Qubrusi

    Mehmet N?zim Adil He was born in Larnaca, Cyprus, hence the title "Qubrusi" Cyprus. He traces his lineage to the 11th century Sufi Abdul Qadir Jilani and the 13th century Anatolian mystic Jalaluddin Rumi....
  • Syria
    Syria

    Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
    's Grand Mufti is Ahmad Bader Hassoun
    Ahmad Bader Hassoun

    Ahmad Baderdeen Hassoun is the Grand Mufti of Syria.References...


Collective Grand Mufti


Indonesia has a unique system of mufti, in which the position of Grand Mufti is held by Indonesian Ulama Council (Majelis Ulama Indonesia). This assembly can make fataawa (plural of fatwa), such as the fatwa about Ahmadiyah.

Past Grand Muftis

  • The Palestinian Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
    Jerusalem

    Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
    , Amin al-Husayni (deceased July 4, 1974)
  • Pakistani and Subcontinent's
    Pakistan

    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
     Grand Mufti, Mufti Muhammad Shafi
    Mufti Muhammad Shafi

    Hadhrat Shaikh Mufti-e-Azam Maulana Muhammad Shafi Uthmani was the first Grand Mufti of Pakistan and among the khulafa of Hadhrat Shaikh Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi....
     (deceased , 1970s)
  • Saudi Arabian
    Saudi Arabia

    The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south....
     Grand Mufti, Abd-al-Aziz ibn Abd-Allah ibn Baaz
    Abd-al-Aziz ibn Abd-Allah ibn Baaz

    Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz , also known as Bin Baaz, was the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1993 until his death in 1999....
     (deceased May 13, 1999)
  • Syrian
    Syria

    Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
     Arab Republic's Grand Mufti, Ahmed Kuftaro
    Ahmed Kuftaro

    Ahmed Muhammad Amin Kuftaro was the Grand Mufti of Syria, the highest Sunni Muslim religious official in that nation....
     (deceased September 1, 2004)
  • Australian
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
     ex-Grand Mufti, Taj El-Din Hilaly
    Taj El-Din Hilaly

    Sheikh Taj El-Din Hamid Hilaly , is an Imam of the Lakemba Mosque in Sydney and an Australian Sunni Muslim leader. The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils appointed him Mufti of Australia in 1988....
    .