mufti

However, it was only confirmed a month later after the court obtained a religious opinion from the grand mufti of Egypt - a legal requirement in death sentence cases.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

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

From Reuters ● Oct. 30, 2023

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

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

What we knew, but the mufti did not, was that his own niece attended my father’s school in secret.

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

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

The muftis explained that that portent signified that the glory of the Padishah would reach the heavens, and that he would be the ruler to crush Kamenyets,—an obstacle hitherto invincible.

From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Show the same regard to their muftis and imaums, as you have shown to the bishops and rabbins.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various