Grand Mufti – Wikipedia

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StateIncumbentStatusTermAlbaniaBujar Spahiu (1976 )[6]Appointed as Chairman of the Muslim Community of Albania (KMSH) by the Muslim Community of AlbaniaMarch 2019AustraliaIbrahim Abu Mohamed ( )Appointed as Grand Mufti of Australia by the Australian National Imams CouncilSeptember 2016Bosnia and HerzegovinaHusein Kavazovi (3 July 1964 )Appointed as Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Islamic Community of Bosnia and HerzegovinaSeptember 2012BruneiAbdul Aziz Juned (22 December 1941 )Appointed as State Mufti of Brunei by the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah1 September 1994BulgariaMustafa Hadzhi (31 March 1962 )Appointed as Chief Mufti of Bulgaria by the Supreme Muslim Council1997 2005 (first term)2005 CanadaSyed Soharwardy (1955 )Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada (Grand Mufti of Canada)2000 CaucasusAllahshukur Pashazadeh (26 August 1949 )Appointed as chairman of the Supreme Religious Board of Caucasian People by the Religious Council of the Caucasus1992 ChinaXilalunding Chen GuangyuanChairman of the Islamic Association of ChinaEgyptShawki Allam (12 August 1961 )Appointed as Grand Mufti of Egypt by the Council of Senior Scholars of Al-Azhar and approved by the President of Egypt, Mohamed MorsiFebruary 2013GhanaOsman Nuhu Sharubutu (23 April 1923 )National Chief Imam of Ghana (De facto)GuineaEl Hadj Mamadou Saliou Camara ( )Grand Imam of Guinea (De facto)IndiaSheikh Abubakr Ahmad (22 March 1931 )Appointed as Grand Mufti of India by the Islamic Community of India2019 IraqMahdi Al-Sumaidaie (20. century )Grand Mufti of the Iraqi Sunnis (de facto)JordanAbdul Karim Khasawneh (1944 )Appointed as Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Jordan by the Cabinet of Jordan and Abdul Hafez Rabtah as Chief Islamic Justice of the Kingdom of Jordan11 November 2019KazakhstanNauryzbai Kazhy Taganuly ( )Appointed as Supreme Mufti of Kazakhstan by the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Kazakhstan as per nomination of former Supreme Mufti, Serikbai Kazhy Oraz7 February 2020KosovoNaim Ternava (7 January 1961 )Appointed as Grand Mufti of Kosovo by the Islamic Community of KosovaKyrgyzstanMaksatbek Toktomushev ( )Appointed as Mufti of Kyrgyzstan2014LebanonSheikh Abdul Latif Derian (3 April 1953 )Appointed as Grand Mufti of Lebanon by the Higher Islamic Council10 August 2014LibyaSadiq Al-Ghariani (8 December 1942 )Appointed as Grand Mufti of Libya by the National Transitional CouncilMay 2011LithuaniaRamadan Yaqoob ( )Grand Mufti of Lithuania (De facto)MacedoniaSulejman Rexhepi (1947 )Reis-ul-ulema of the Islamic Religious Community of MacedoniaMalaysiaLuqman Abdullah (12 September 1969 )[7]Mufti of the Federal Territories (Website: muftiwp.gov.my)16 May 2020Mohd Tahrir SamsudinMufti of Johor (Website: mufti.johor.gov.my)13 November 2008Syeikh Fadzil Awang[8][9]Mufti of Kedah (Website: mufti.kedah.gov.my)20 July 2017Mohamad Shukri Mohamad[10]Mufti of Kelantan (Website: muftikelantan.gov.my)Abdul Halim Tawil[11]Acting Mufti of Malacca (Website: muftimelaka.gov.my)Mohd Yusof Ahmad[12][13]Mufti of Negeri Sembilan (Website: muftins.gov.my)1 April 2009Abdul Rahman Osman[14][15][16]Mufti of Pahang (Website: mufti.pahang.gov.my)Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor[17]Mufti of Penang (Website: mufti.penang.gov.my)7 June 2014Harussani Zakaria (8 April 1939 30 May 2021)[18]Mufti of Perak (Website: mufti.perak.gov.my)December 1985Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin (1 January 1971 )[19]Mufti of Perlis (Website: mufti.perlis.gov.my)2 February 2015Bungsu Aziz Jaafar[20]Mufti of Sabah (Website: mufti.sabah.gov.my)10 August 2012Kipli Yassin[21]Mufti of Sarawak (Website: muftinegeri.sarawak.gov.my)Mohd Tamyes Abd Wahid (1 January 1928 )[22][23]Mufti of Selangor (Website: muftiselangor.gov.my)16 March 1998Zulkifly Muda[24]Mufti of Terengganu (Website: mufti.terengganu.gov.my)1 April 2013MaliChrif Ousmane Madani HadaraChairman of the High Islamic Council of MaliApril 2019MauritaniaAhmed Ould Murabit[25]Grand Mufti of MauritaniaMontenegroRifat Fejzi ( )Reis-ul-ulema of the Islamic Community of MontenegroNew ZealandSheikh Mohammad Amir Faizur Rahman ( )[26]Appointed as Grand Mufti of New ZealandNigeriaIbrahim Ibn Saleh al-Hussaini (1938 )Appointed as Grand Mufti of Nigeria by the Supreme Council for Fatwa and Islamic Affairs in NigeriaOmanAhmed bin Hamad al-Khalili (27 July 1942 )Appointed as Grand Mufti of the Sultanate of Oman by the Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said1975PakistanMuhammad Rafi UsmaniGrand Mufti of PakistanPalestineMuhammad Ahmad Hussein (20. century )Appointed as Grand Mufti of Jerusalem by the President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud AbbasJuly 2006PolandTomasz Mikiewicz (9 July 1977 )Appointed as Mufti of the Republic of Poland by the Muslim Religious Union in the Republic of Poland2004RomaniaMurat Iusuf (18 August 1977 ) (Murd Ysuf)Grand Mufti of Romania2005RussiaRawil Gaynetdin (25 August 1959 )Grand Mufti of Russia1 July 1996Salah Mezhiev (10 January 1977 )Appointed as Mufti of Chechnya by Head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov12 June 2014Ahmad Afandi Abdulaev (15 September 1959 )Appointed as Mufti of Dagestan1998Kamil Samigullin (22 March 1985 )Appointed as Mufti of Tatarstan17 April 2013Aynur Birgalin ( )Appointed as Mufti of BashkortostanKhazrataly Dzasezhev ( )Appointed as Mufti of Kabardino-BalkariaIsa Khamkhoev ( )Appointed as Mufti of IngushetiaAskarbi Kardanov ( )Appointed as Mufti of Adygea and Krasnodar KraiSaudi ArabiaAbdulaziz Al Sheikh (10 February 1943 )Appointed as Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia by the King of Saudi Arabia, Fahd of Saudi ArabiaJune 1999SerbiaSead Nasufovi (22 June 1979 )[27][28]Appointed as Mufti of Serbia by the Islamic Community of SerbiaJuly 2016Singapore

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