Jump to content

List of Islamic muftiates

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from List of Islamic Muftiates)

This is a growing List of Islamic muftis and territorial muftiates. The mufti is the official head of the muftiate. The Grand Mufti is the official head of a board of regional muftis.

Countries

[edit]

Albanian muftiates

[edit]
The Muslim Community of Albania[1]
Grand Muftiate Grand Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Grand Muftiate of Albania
Grand Mufti Bujar Spahiu 2018–present Tirana
Grand Mufti Albania Grand Mufti Selim Muca 2004–2014 Tirana
Grand Muftiate of Albania Grand Mufti Hafiz Sabri Koçi 1991–2004 Tirana
Albanian muftiates Albanian Muftis Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Elbasan

Mufti Agim Duka

Elbasan

Muftiate of Kruja

Mufti Ledian Cikalleshi

Kruja

Muftiate of Shkodra

Mufti Muhamed Sytari

Shkoder

Muftiate of Dibra

Mufti Muis Kurtulla

Peshkopi

Muftiate of Devoll

Mufti Artur Vrenozi

Bilisht

Muftiate of Kavaja

Mufti Besnik Lecini

Kavaje

Muftiate of Mat

Mufti Valdrin Mera

Burrel

Muftiate of Mallakastra

Mufti Anis Qafa

Kucova

Muftiate of Delvina

Mufti Bledar Ali

Delvina

Muftiate of Saranda

Mufti Bledar Mullaj

Saranda

Muftiate of Skrapar

Mufti Jusuf Salkurti

Corovoda

Muftiate of Malesi e Madhe

Mufti Edmir Smajlaj

Koplik

Muftiate of Tropoja

Mufti Eduard Demiraj

Bajram Curri

Muftiate of Gjirokastra

Mufti Armand Asllani

Gjirokastra

Muftiate of Puka

Mufti Gëzim Kopani

Puka

Muftiate of Permet

Mufti Jemin Muça

Permet

Muftiate of Tirana

Mufti Ylli Gurra

Tirana

Muftiate of Lezha

Mufti Agim Tereziu

Lezha

Muftiate of Gramsh

Mufti Hasan Cekrezi

Gramsh

Muftiate of Vlora

Mufti Hito Shahaj

Vlora

Muftiate of Kukes

Mufti Islam Hoxha

Kukes

Muftiate of Peqin

Mufti Bilal Bodlli

Peqin

Muftiate of Fier

Mufti Karafil Manaj

Fier

Muftiate of Kucova

Mufti Kujtim Civeja

Kucova

Muftiate of Kolonja

Mufti Edmond Ceni

Erseka

Muftiate of Kurbin

Mufti Emiroj Vathaj

Laç

Muftiate of Berat

Mufti Murat Duro

Berat

Muftiate of Pogradec

Mufti Namik Mahmutllari

Pogradec

Muftiate of Korca

Mufti Qazim Muçi

Korca

Muftiate of Durres

Mufti Redin Quku

Durres

Muftiate of Has

Mufti Sadik Ukperaj

Has

Muftiate of Bulqiza

Mufti Sejdin Strazimiri

Bulqiza

Muftiate of Lushnja

Mufti Gramos Blliku

Lushnja

Muftiate of Librazhd

Mufti Taulant Bica

Librazhd

Algerian muftiates

[edit]
The Muslim Community of Algeria
Algerian muftiates Algerian Muftis Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Algiers Mohamed Tahar Aït Aldjet 2010–present

Algiers

Office of the Grand Mufti of Australia

[edit]
Office Grand Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Office of the Grand Mufti

Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohamed


Grand Mufti Abdel Aziem Al-Afifi


Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohamed


Grand Mufti Fehmi Naji


Grand Mufti Taj El-Din Hilaly

2018–present


2018


2011–2018


2007–2011


1992–2007

Lakemba

Belarusian muftiates

[edit]
The Muslim Religious Community of the Republic of Belarus[2][3]
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Belarus Mufti Abu-Bekir Shabanovič 2005 – present Minsk
Mufti Ismail Mustafavič Aleksandrovič 1994–2005
The Muslim Spiritual Board of the Republic of Belarus[4]
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
The Muslim Spiritual Board of the Republic of Belarus Mufti Ali Varanovič 2011 – present Minsk
Mufti Ismail Varanovič 2002 –2011

Bosnian muftiates

[edit]

The muftiates of Croatia, Sandžak, and Slovenia are under authority of the Grand Muftiate of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina[5][6]
Grand Muftiate Grand Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Grand Muftiate of Bosnia and Herzegovina Grand Mufti Husein Kavazović[7] 2012 – present Sarajevo
Grand Mufti Mustafa Cerić[8] 1993–2012
Grand Mufti Jakub Selimoski 1990–1993
Grand Mufti Husein Mujić 1987–1989
Grand Mufti Naim Hadžiabdić 1975–1987
Grand Mufti Sulejman Kemura 1957–1975
Grand Mufti Ibrahim Fejić 1947–1957
Grand Mufti Salih Safvet Bašić 1942–1947
Grand Mufti Fehim Spaho 1938–1942
Grand Mufti Ibrahim Maglajlić 1930–1936
Grand Mufti Mehmed Džemaludin Čaušević 1913–1930
Grand Mufti Sulejman Šarac 1910–1913
Grand Mufti Mehmed Teufik Azabagić 1893–1909
Grand Mufti Mustafa Hilmi Hadžiomerović 1882–1893
Bosnian muftiates Bosnian Muftis Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Banja Luka Mufti Ibrahim Halilović[9] 2004 – present Banja Luka
Mufti Edhem Čamdžić 1988–1998
Muftiate of Bihać Mufti Mehmed Sabit Ribić Bihać
Mufti Hasan Makić
Muftiate of Goražde Mufti Hamed Efendić Goražde
Muftiate of Mostar Mufti Seid Smajkić[10] Mostar
Muftiate of Sarajevo Mufti Husein Smajić Sarajevo
Muftiate of Travnik Mufti Nusret Abdibegović Travnik
Muftiate of Tuzla Mufti Husein Kavazović[11] 1993–2012 Tuzla
Mufti Mehmet Tevfik
Muftiate of Zenica Mufti Ejub Dautović Zenica
Military Muftiate of Bosnia and Herzegovina Military Mufti Ismail Smajlović

Sarajevo

Mešihat of Croatia

[edit]

The Mešihat of Croatia is under the authority of the Grand Muftiate of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Islamic Community of Croatia
Mešihat of Croatia Grand Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Mesihat of Croatia and Muftiate of Zagreb[12][13]

Mufti of Zagreb and Grand Mufti of Croatia Aziz Hasanović

2012–present

Zagreb

Mešihat of Sandžak

[edit]

The Mešihat of Sandžak is under the authority of the Grand Muftiate of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Islamic Community in Serbia[14]
Mesihat of Sandžak Grand Mufti of Sandžak Term of office Headquarters
Mešihat of Sandžak[15]

Chief Mufti Muamer Zukorlić

Novi Pazar

Sandžak muftiates Sandžak Muftis Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Belgrade

Mufti Rešad Plojović

Belgrade

Muftiate of Novi Sad

Mufti Fadil Murati


Mufti Rešad Plojović


Novi Sad

Muftiate of Preševo Valley

Mufti Mumin Tahiri

Preševo

Muftiate of Sandžak

Mufti Muamer Zukorlić

Sandžak

Mešihat of Slovenia

[edit]

The Mešihat of Slovenia is under the authority of the Grand Muftiate of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Islamic Community in Slovenia (ISRS)
Mešihat of Slovenia Grand Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Mešihat of Slovenia[12]

Nedžad Grabus

2006–present

Ljubljana

Bulgarian muftiates

[edit]
The Muslim Denomination of Bulgaria[16][17][18]
Grand Muftiate Grand Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Chief Muftiate of Bulgaria Chief Mufti Mustafa Alish Hadji[19]

2008–present

Sofia

Bulgarian muftiates Bulgarian Muftis Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Aytos

Mufti Ibrahim Kiorpe

Aytos

Muftiate of Dobrich

Mufti Bilial Mehmed

Dobrich

Muftiate of Gotse Delchev (town)

Mufti Dzemal Hamid

Gotse Delchev (town)

Muftiate of Haskovo

Haskovo

Muftiate of Kardzhali

Mufti Nasuf Nasuf

Kardzhali

Muftiate of Krumovgrad

Krumovgrad

Muftiate of Montana, Bulgaria

Montana, Bulgaria

Muftiate of Pazardzhik

Pazardzhik

Muftiate of Pleven

Mufti Basri Pechlivan

Pleven

Muftiate of Plovdiv

Mufti Ali Hadzhi Sadik

Plovdiv

Muftiate of Razgrad

Mufti Mehmed Allia

Razgrad

Muftiate of Ruse, Bulgaria

Ruse, Bulgaria

Muftiate of Shumen

Mufti Osman Ismail

Shumen

Muftiate of Silistra

Silistra

Muftiate of Sliven

Sliven

Muftiate of Smolyan

Mufti Shifket Hadzhi

Smolyan

Muftiate of Sofia

Mufti Ali Hairaddin

Sofia

Muftiate of Stara Zagora

Stara Zagora

Muftiate of Targovishte

Targovishte

Muftiate of Varna

Varna

Muftiate of Veliko Tarnovo

Veliko Tarnovo

Muftiates in the Caucasus states

[edit]

The South Caucasus states (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia) are under authority of the Grand Muftiate of the Caucasus (Baku). The Russian North Caucasus muftiates are united into the Coordinating Center of North Caucasus Muslims.

The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic in the period 1991–2000 functioned as the muftiate of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, since 2000 as part of the Russian Federation.

The Religious Council of the Caucasus
Grand Muftiate Grand Mufti Term of office Headquarters
The Grand Muftiate of the Caucasus[20][21]

Grand Mufti of the Caucasus Allahshukur Pashazadeh

1992–present

Baku

Muftiates Muftis Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Azerbaijan
Muftiate of Georgia
The Coordinating Center of North Caucasus Muslims Edit this on Wikidata
(Russian Federation)
Coordinating Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
The Coordinating Center of North Caucasus Muslims

Mufti Ismail Berdiyev

2003–present

Moscow and Buynaksk

Muftiates Muftis Term of office Headquarters
The Muftiate of the Republic of Dagestan Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Afandi Abdulaev 1998–present Makhachkala
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai Mufti Askarbiy Kardanov 2012–present Maykop
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic Mufti Salah Mezhiev 2014–present Grozny
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of Ingushetia Mufti Sheikh Muhammed Alboghatchiev present Magas
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic Mufti Hazrataliy Dzasejev 2010–present Nalchik
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of Kalmykia Elista
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic Mufti Ismail Berdiyev 1991–present Cherkessk
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania Mufti Khajimurat Gatsalov 2011–present Vladikavkaz
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Stavropol Krai Stavropol
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
The Muftiate of the Chechen Republic (not state recognized in the 1990s) / of the Chechen Republic (since 2000 as part of Russia)[22][23]

Mufti Muhammad-Bashir Arsanukayev


Mufti Mahmud Garkayev


Mufti Muhammed-Khusein Alsabekov


Mufti Akhmad Kadyrov


Mufti Akhmad Shamaiev


Mufti Sultan Mirsayev


Mufti Salah Mezhiev

1991–1993


1993–1994


1994


1994–2000


2000–2005


2005–2014


2014–present

Grozny
The Religious Board of Muslims of Adjara[24][25]
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
The Muftiate of Adjara Mufti Mahmud Kamashidze Batumi
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of Abkhazia[26]
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
The Muftiate of Abkhazia

Mufti Salikh Kvaratskhelia


Mufti Adlia Gablia


Mufti Timur Dzyba

2011–present


1995–2011


Sukhumi

The Administration of Muslims of Georgia (AMG)[27]
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
The Administration of Muslims of Georgia (country)
  • Shi'a Sheikh Vagip Akapilov
  • Sunni Mufti Jemal Parkhadze

Tbilisi

Greek muftiates

[edit]
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Didymoteicho[28] Mufti Hamza Osman

Didymoteicho

Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Komotini

Mufti Ibrahim Şerif (supported from Turkey)


Mufti Cihat Halil

(state-appointed mufti)

Komotini

Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Xanthi Mufti Mustafa Trampa (supported from Turkey

)


Mufti Nezden Hemseri[29] (state-appointed mufti)


Xanthi

Office of the Grand Mufti of India

[edit]
Office Grand Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Office of the Grand Mufti Asjad Raza Khan 2019– Bareilly and Bareilly

Office of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem

[edit]
Office Grand Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Office of the Grand Mufti

Muhammad Ahmad Hussein


Ekrima Sa'id Sabri


Sulaiman Ja'abari


Saad al-Alami


Hussam ad-Din Jarallah


Mohammad Amin al-Husseini


Kamil al-Husayni

2006–present


1994–2006


1993–1994


1953–1993


1948–1954


1921–1948


1920–1921

Jerusalem

Kazakh muftiates

[edit]
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Kazakhstan Edit this on Wikidata
Supreme Muftiate Supreme Mufti Term of office Headquarters

Supreme Muftiate of Kazakhstan

Supreme Mufti Yerzhan Malgajyuly Mayamerov[30]


Supreme Mufti Absattar Derbisali


Supreme Mufti Ratbek Nysanbayev

2013–present



1990 – 2000

Almaty

Kosovar muftiates

[edit]
The Islamic Community of Kosovo
Grand Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Grand Muftiate of Kosovo[31]

Grand Mufti de:Naim Tërnava


Grand Mufti Rexhep Boja

2008–present


1990 - 2003

Prishtina

Kyrgyz muftiates

[edit]
Spiritual Board of Muslims of Kyrgyzstan
Grand Muftiate Grand Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Grand Muftiate of Kyrgyzstan

Grand Mufti Maksatbek Toktomushev[32]


Grand Mufti Rahmatilla Egemberdiev[33]


Grand Mufti Chubak Zhalilov[34]

2014–present


2012 – 2014


2010 – 2012

Bishkek

Lithuanian muftiates

[edit]
Council of Lithuanian Muslims Religious Communities – Muftiate
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Lithuania – LMRBT[35]

Mufti Aleksandras Beganskas

2019–present

Vilnius

Spiritual Center of the Lithuanian Sunni Muslims[36][37]
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Lithuania - LMSDC

Mufti Romualdas Jakibauskas


Mufti Romualdas Krinickis

2008–present


1998 – 2008

Vilnius

Macedonian muftiates

[edit]
Islamic Community of Macedonia (ICM)[38]
Grand Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Grand Muftiate of Macedonia[39][40]

Grand Mufti Hadzhi Sulejman Rexhepi (present)


Grand Mufti Taxhedin Bislimi[41] (2006-)


Grand Mufti Zenun Berisha[42]



Skopje

Macedonian muftiates Macedonian Muftis Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Bitola Pellumb Veliu

Bitola

Muftiate of Debar Ramazan Hasa

Debar

Muftiate of Gostivar Shaqir Fetahu

Gostivar

Muftiate of Kičevo Murat Hyseni

Kičevo

Muftiate of Kumanovo Abedin Imeri[43]

Kumanovo

Muftiate of Ohrid Samet Ajdari

Ohrid

Muftiate of Prilep Mustafa Topalovski

Prilep

Muftiate of Resen

Resen

Muftiate of Skopje Ibrahim Shabani

Skopje

Muftiate of Štip Isa Ismaili

Štip

Muftiate of Struga Salim Sylejmani

Struga

Muftiate of Tetovo Qani Nesimi

Tetovo

Malaysia

[edit]

Malaysia has a unique system of collective mufti. Nine of the fourteen Malaysian states have their own sultan; each of these nine states have their own mufti who usually controls the Islamic Council or Islamic Department of the state. At the national level, the Fatwa Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs Edit this on Wikidata together with the five officials appointed by the National Council, collectively issue fatāwā at the national level.

The Fatwa Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs Edit this on Wikidata
Offices of muftis Muftis Term of office Headquarters
Mufti of the Federal Territories Luqman Abdullah Edit this on Wikidata 2020–present
Mufti of Johor Dato Hj Yahya bin Ahmad 2018–present
Mufti of Kedah Syeikh Fadzil Awang 2017–present
Mufti of Kelantan Mohamad Shukri Mohamad
Mufti of Malacca Abdul Halim Tawil
Mufti of Negeri Sembilan Mohd Yusof Ahmad 2009–present
Mufti of Pahang Abdul Rahman Osman
Mufti of Penang Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor
Mufti of Perak Harussani Zakaria Edit this on Wikidata 1985–present
Mufti of Perlis Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin Edit this on Wikidata 2015–present
Mufti of Sabah Bungsu Aziz Jaafar 2012–present
Mufti of Sarawak Kipli Yassin
Mufti of Selangor Mohd Tamyes Abd Wahid Edit this on Wikidata 1998–present
Mufti of Terengganu Zulkifly Muda 2013–present

Montenegrin muftiates

[edit]
Islamic Community of Montenegro
Grand Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Grand Muftiate of Montenegro[44]

Grand Mufti Reif Fejzić

Podgorica

Polish muftiates

[edit]
Muslim Religious Union in the Republic of Poland
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Poland

Mufti Tomasz Miśkiewicz[45]

2004–present

Białystok

Romanian muftiates

[edit]
Muslim Community in Romania
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Romania

Mufti Murat Yusuf


Mufti Bagâş Sanghirai

2005–present


2000 – 2005

Constanţa

Russian muftiates

[edit]
National boards
Grand Muftiates Grand Muftis Term of office Headquarters
The Central Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Russia Edit this on Wikidata[46][47][48] Grand Mufti Sheikh-ul-Islam Talgat Tadzhuddin 1992–present Ufa
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Russian Federation Edit this on Wikidata Grand Mufti Sheikh Rawil Ğaynetdin 2014–present Moscow
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
The Spiritual Assembly of the Muslims of Russia Edit this on Wikidata Mufti Albir Krganov 2016–present Moscow
Subnational boards
Muftiates Muftis Term of office Headquarters
The Coordinating Center of North Caucasus Muslims Edit this on Wikidata Mufti Ismail Berdiyev 2003–present Moscow and Buynaksk
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Asian Part of Russia Edit this on Wikidata Supreme Mufti Nafigulla Ashirov 1997–present

Moscow and Tobolsk

Regional muftiates
Muftiates Muftis Term of office Headquarters
The Muftiate of the Republic of Dagestan (MRD)

Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Afandi Abdulaev


Mufti Said-Magomed Abubakarov

1998–present


1997–1998

Makhachkala
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai

Mufti Askarbiy Kardanov


Mufti Nurbiy Emizh

2012–present


2002–2012

Maykop
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Altai Krai Barnaul
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Altai Republic Mufti Zhanbolat Okhtaubaiev Gorno-Altaysk
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of Bashkortostan[49] Mufti Ainur Birgalin 2019–present Ufa
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic Mufti Salah Mezhiev 2014–present Grozny
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of Ingushetia Mufti Sheikh Muhammed Alboghatchiev present Magas
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic

Mufti Hazrataliy Dzasejev


Mufti Anas Pshikhachev


Mufti Shafiq Pshikhachev[50]

2010–present


2002–2010


1992–2002

Nalchik
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of Kalmykia Elista
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic[51] Mufti Ismail Berdiyev 1991–present Cherkessk
The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Khanty-Mansiysky District Khanty-Mansiysk
The Kumyk Spiritual Board (KSB)

Mufti B. Issaev

Makhachkala

The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Republic of Mordovia

Saransk

The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Moscow and Central Russia

Mufti Albert Krganov Rifkatovich

Moscow

The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

Mufti Gayaz Zakirov


Mufti Umar Idrisov

2008–present


1993–2008

Nizhny Novgorod

The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania Mufti Khajimurat Gatsalov 2011–present Vladikavkaz
The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Orenburg Region

Orenburg

The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Perm Region

Perm

The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Rostov Region

Rostov-on-Don

The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Primorsky

Vladivostok

The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Samara Region

Mufti Hazrat Yarullin Vagiz

Samara

The Spiritual Board of Muslims of Siberia (the Muftiate of Omsk, SBMS)[52]

Mufti Zulqarnay Shakirzyanov

Omsk

The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Stavropol Krai Stavropol
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of Tatarstan (SAMRT)[53]

Mufti Kamil Samigullin


Mufti Ildus Yunusov


Mufti Gusman Iskhakov[54]


Mufti Gabdulla Galiulla[55]

2013–present


2011–2013


1998–2011


1992–1998

Kazan
The Central Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Ulyanovsk Region Mufti Hazrat Muhammad Baybikov 2010–present Ulyanovsk

Office of the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia

[edit]
Office Grand Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Office of the Grand Mufti

Grand Mufti Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh


Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baz


position abolished


Grand Mufti Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh

1999–present


1993–1999


1969–1993


1953–1969

Riyadh

Serbian muftiates

[edit]
Islamic Community of Serbia
Grand Muftiate Grand Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Grand Muftiate

Grand Mufti Sead ef. Nasufović

Belgrade

Serbian muftiates Serbian Muftis Term of office Headquarters
Meshihat of Serbia Abdullah Numan

Belgrade

Meshihat of Sandžak Hasib Suljović

Novi Pazar

Meshihat of Preševo Nedžmedin Saćipi

Preševo

Mufti of Belgrade and Serbian military forces

Mustafa Jusufspahic

For the Serbian Mesihat of Sandžak see the Muftiate of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Slovenian muftiates

[edit]
The Slovenian Muslim Community (SMS)
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Slovenia

Mufti Nedžad Grabus [sl]


Mufti Osman Đogić [sl]

2006–present


2001–2005

Ljubljana

For the Mesihat of Slovenia see Muftiate of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Soviet-era muftiates

[edit]
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhstan (SADUM)
Supreme Muftiate Supreme Muftis Term of office Headquarters
Supreme Muftiate of Central Asia and Kazakhstan

Supreme Mufti Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf


Supreme Mufti Shamsuddin Babakhan


Supreme Mufti Ziyauddin Babakhan


Supreme Mufti Ishan Babakhan

1989 – 1993


1982 – 1989


1957 – 1982


1943 – 1957

Tashkent

Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the European Part of USSR and Siberia (DUMES)
Grand Muftiate Grand Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Grand Muftiate of European Part of USSR and Siberia

Grand Mufti Talgat Tadzhuddin[56]

1980–1992 Ufa
The Spiritual Directorate of Transcaucasia (DUMZ)[57]
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of Transcaucasia

Mufti Allahshukur Pashazadeh


Mufti Mirzagazanfar Ibragimov


Mufti :az:Aliaga Suleymanzade


Mufti Agha Movsum Hakim-zadeh


  • Shi'a Mufti Agha Akhund Alizadeh
  • Deputy Sunni Mufti Ibrahim Efendi-zadeh

1980 – 1992


1978 – 1980


1968 – 1972


1952 – 1956


1943 – 1952

Baku

The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of the Northern Caucasus (DUMSK)
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Muftiate of the Northern Caucasus Mufti Hizri Gebekov Buynaksk

Ukrainian muftiates

[edit]
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
The Spiritual Direction of the Muslims of Crimea (SDMC) Mufti Kirim Esende[58][59] Kyiv
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
The Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of Crimea (SDCM)[60][61] Mufti Emirali Ablaev

Mufti Nuri Mustafayev


Mufti Seitdzhelil Ibragimov

1999–present

1996 – 1999


1992 – 1995

Simferopol
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Ukraine (SDMU)[62] Mufti Sheik Tamim Ahmed Muhamed Mutah Kyiv
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
The Spiritual Center of Muslims of Ukraine (SCMU) Mufti Ruslan Abdikyeyev 2005–present Donetsk
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
The Religious Directorate of Independent Muslim Communities of Ukraine "Kyiv Muftiate" Ildar Hazrat Hussein
Muftiate Mufti Term of office Headquarters
The Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine "Ummah" (SDMU "Ummah") Mufti Said Ismagilov

Uzbek muftiates

[edit]
The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan Edit this on Wikidata[63]
Grand Muftiate Grand Mufti Term of office Headquarters
Grand Muftiate of Uzbekistan

Grand Mufti Nuriddin Kholiqnazarov


Grand Mufti Usman Alimov


Grand Mufti Abdurashid Kori Bakhromov[64]


Grand Mufti Muxtorjon ABDULLOH


Grand Mufti Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf[65]

2021–present


2006–2021


1995–2006


1993–1995


1989–1993

Tashkent

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Islam in Albania http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/arag/document-listings/.../08(09)MV.pdf[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Jørgen S. Nielsen (2012-10-12). Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Volume 4. ISBN 9789004225213.
  3. ^ Government Printing Office, 2005 (2005). Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, 2004. ISBN 9780160725524.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Shirin Akiner, 2005 (2009). 2. Religious Language of a Belarusian Tatar Kitab: A Cultural Monument of Islam in Europe. ISBN 9783447030274.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Muftiluk Muftiluk
  6. ^ Ingvar Svanberg, David Westerlund (2012-12-06). Islam Outside the Arab World. ISBN 9781136113307.
  7. ^ Bosnia's new Grand Mufti to promote tolerance http://www.dw.de/bosnias-new-grand-mufti-to-promote-tolerance/a-16320857
  8. ^ Reisu-l-ema, Islamski vjerski poglavar u drzavi http://www.camo.ch/vjerski_poglavari_bh.htm
  9. ^ Husarska, Anna (1998-08-13). "Opinion | Mufti's Funeral a Symbol Of the Divided Bosnia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  10. ^ "Croats Fire On Muslims In Bosnia". The New York Times. 1997-02-11. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  11. ^ "Bosnian Muslims Elect New Grand Mufti". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  12. ^ a b Nielsen, Jørgen S. (2012-10-12). Yearbook of Muslims in Europe. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-22521-3.
  13. ^ Muslim Community in the Republic of Croatia http://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree/vol19/iss3/2/
  14. ^ Muslims in Serbia
  15. ^ Muslims in Serbia
  16. ^ Jørgen S. Nielsen, Samim Akgönül (2012-10-12). Yearbook of the Muslims, Volume 4. ISBN 9789004225213.
  17. ^ The Muslim denomination in Republic of Bulgaria http://www.grandmufti.bg/en/about-us/institutions-history.html Archived 2013-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ Ina Merdjanova (2013-03-21). Rediscovering the Umma: Muslims in the Balkans between Nationalism and Transnationalism. ISBN 9780199964031.
  19. ^ Yearbook of the Muslims, Volume 4 https://books.google.com/books?id=AA6ZsZhwU5oC&dq=kosovo+muftiates&pg=PA52
  20. ^ The Politicization of Islam Archived 2012-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ Philip Emil Muehlenbeck (2012). Religion and the Cold War: A Global Perspective. ISBN 9780826518521.
  22. ^ Amjad Jaimoukha (2004-11-10). The Chechens: A Handbook. ISBN 9780203356432.
  23. ^ http://www.iub.edu/~cahist/...and.../Campbell_Autocracy_and_Clergy.pdf[permanent dead link]
  24. ^ Saakashvili's Ajara Success http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/untc/unpan018787.pdf
  25. ^ Jørgen S. Nielsen (2012-10-12). Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Volume 4. ISBN 9789004225213.
  26. ^ Thomas Liles Islam and Religious Transformation in Adjara http://www.ecmi.de/uploads/tx_lfpubdb/Working_Paper_57_En.pdf Archived 2015-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
  27. ^ Azerbaijan and Georgia: Rival Groups Seek to Speak for Georgia's Muslims http://www.eurasianet.org/node/63822
  28. ^ Philippos C. Spyropoulos (2009). Constitutional Law in Greece. ISBN 9789041128782.
  29. ^ "İSKEÇE MÜFTÜLÜĞÜ, the official site of Xanthi Mufti Office, Μουφτεία Ξάνθης". Archived from the original on 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  30. ^ Kazakh Muslims Election New Mufti http://www.onislam.net/english/news/asia-pacific/461464-kazakh-muslims-elect-new-mufti.html
  31. ^ Ina Merdjanova (2013-03-21). Rediscovering the Umma: Muslims in the Balkans between Nationalism and Transnationalism. ISBN 9780199964031.
  32. ^ "Kyrgyz Grand Mufti Tenders Resignation".
  33. ^ "Kyrgyz Grand Mufti Tenders Resignation".
  34. ^ Will Reform Mufti Be Successful http://easttime.info/analytics/kyrgyzstan/will-reform-mufti-be-successful
  35. ^ islamasvisiems.lt (2019). "Lietuvos musulmonų religinių bendruomenių taryba – Muftiatas ir LMRBT – Muftiato muftijus". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  36. ^ Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska (2011). Muslims in Poland and Eastern Europe. Widening the European Discourse on Islam. ISBN 9788390322957.
  37. ^ Shirin Akiner (2009). Religious Language of a Belarusian Tatar Kitab: A Cultural Monument of Islam in Europe. ISBN 9783447030274.
  38. ^ Jørgen Schøler Nielsen; Samim Akgönül; Ahmet Aliba I (2011-10-28). Yearbook of the Muslims, Volume 3. ISBN 9789004205161.
  39. ^ Muslims of Macedonia http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/pdf/cedime-se-macedonia-muslims.doc Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  40. ^ Thammy Evens (2012). Macedonia: The Bradt Travel Guide. ISBN 9781841623955.
  41. ^ Fissures in Balkan Islam http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0214/p06s02-woeu.html/(page)/2
  42. ^ Macedonia's Islamic Community Elects Moderate Skopje Mufti, But Rift Continues http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=06SKOPJE147&version=1314919461 Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  43. ^ novamakedonija.mk Оџа му удирал боксови на муфтија во Куманово 12.1.2011
  44. ^ Jørgen Schøler Nielsen; Samim Akgönül; Ahmet Aliba I (2011-10-28). Yearbook of the Muslims, Volume 3. ISBN 9789004205161.
  45. ^ Jørgen Schøler Nielsen; Samim Akgönül; Ahmet Alibaši (2010-11-11). Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Volume 2. ISBN 9789004184756.
  46. ^ Muslims and their Organizations in Russia http://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree/vol16/iss4/3/
  47. ^ The Muftiate on the International Stage http://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/assets/docs/Tasar_cwc.doc
  48. ^ Islam in the Russian Federation http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/arag/document.../russian/06(53)MAS.pdf[permanent dead link]
  49. ^ Religion, Power and Nationhood in Sovereign Bashkortostan.
  50. ^ Eye on Eurasia: Kremlin hug hurts mullahs http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2005/05/12/Eye-on-Eurasia-Kremlin-hug-hurts-mullahs/UPI-38701115925994/
  51. ^ Arel, Dominique; Ruble, Blair A. (2006-11-29). Rebounding Identities: The Politics of Identity in Russia and Ukraine. ISBN 9780801885624.
  52. ^ Russia's Umma and Its Muftis http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/rss/31-2_139.pdf
  53. ^ Islam in Russia – Crisis in Leadership http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/rss/24_2-3_167.pdf
  54. ^ Islam and Political Evolutions in Tatarstan http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/28682/Islam_and_political_evolutions_in_Tatarstan.pdf
  55. ^ The Struggle for the Soul of Tatar Islam http://www.currenttrends.org/research/detail/the-struggle-for-the-soul-of-tatar-islam Archived 2013-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
  56. ^ Dominique Arel, Blair A. Ruble (2006-11-29). Rebounding Identities: The Politics of Identity in Russia and Ukraine. ISBN 9780801885624.
  57. ^ Yaacov Ro'I (2000). Islam in the Soviet Union: From the Second World War to Gorbachev. ISBN 9780231119542.
  58. ^ Muslims in Ukraine http://www.islamawareness.net/Europe/Ukraine/muslims_ua.html
  59. ^ Religious Service Information Ukraine http://risu.org.ua/en/index/reference/major_religions/40969/
  60. ^ Svanberg, Ingvar; Westerlund, David (2002-12-27). Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia: 2003. ISBN 9781857431377.
  61. ^ Religious Information Service of Ukraine http://risu.org.ua/en/index/reference/major_religions/40969/
  62. ^ Muslim communities and Islamic network institutions in Ukraine http://orient.uw.edu.pl/MSZ/teksty/19_yarosh_brylov_MuslimsCEE.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  63. ^ Acacia Shields (2004). Religious Persecution in Uzbekistan. ISBN 9781564322999.
  64. ^ FORMER MUFTI CRITICISES ANTI-ISLAMIC CAMPAIGN http://www.religioscope.com/articles/2002/014_uzbek_mufti.htm
  65. ^ The Roots of Radical Islam in Central Asia http://carnegieendowment.org/files/olcottroots.pdf