mufti

The mufti conspired with Iraqi soldiers to overthrow the pro-British Prince Regent Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Akhmed Tamim, supreme mufti of Ukraine and head of the Religious Administration of Ukrainian Muslims, echoed other members of the delegation.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

In a move widely seen as conciliatory, he made a historic trip to predominantly Muslim Turkey later that year and prayed in Istanbul's Blue Mosque with the city's grand mufti.

From Reuters ● Dec. 31, 2022

Standing silently beside the head mufti of Istanbul, Benedict faced Mecca and prayed.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

As my father debated with the mufti, one of the elders spoke up.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai

“For example, different jurists and muftis will put forth various, sometimes conflicting fatwas. On which fatwa should the police or any other agents of the state rely when enforcing Islam?”

From The Guardian ● May 27, 2015

Muslim leaders, the muftis, have apparently worked out a kind of modus vivendi with the government; in exchange for being allowed to practice their religion they often support the government on major policy questions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sheik-ul-Islam—the chief of all the muftis and Ulemas.

From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Mór Jókai

He gave orders to gather together the interpreters of the law, the wise men, and the muftis, as well as the officers.

From Malayan Literature by Various

Oh, wake thee, my dearest! the muftis are still, And the tschocadars sleep on the Franguestan hill; No sullen aleikoum—no derveesh is here, And the mosques are all watching by lonely Kashmere!

From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Richard Doyle