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

A similar appeal was issued by Dagestan's chief Muslim cleric, or mufti.

From Reuters ● Oct. 30, 2023

Lebanon’s grand mufti, the top cleric for Sunnis, described the charges as an attack on “the office of the prime minister.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021

“I am representing good Muslims,” the mufti said.

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

According to his own story he was educated by the Moslem muftis in all the lore of the Koran, and by a series of strange accidents was advanced to the governorship of Palestine.

From Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton by Anonymous

The Mahommedan community is rapidly diminishing; it is organized under 16 muftis who with their assistants receive a subvention from the government.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" 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