mufti

1. a Muslim legal expert and adviser on the law of the Koran

2. (in the former Ottoman empire) the leader of the religious community

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Mufti

in Islam, a higher theological figure empowered to pronounce opinions on religious and legal matters and to give instructions about the application of the sharia (the body of formally established sacred law in Islam). A mufti’s opinion (fatwa) is based on the religious and legal canons of the Islamic school (Sunnism or Shiism) or sect (madhab) predominant in a given country.

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He parried a question whether the provincial government had decided to propose Mufti Popalzai's name to the federal government.

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PESHAWAR -- In a bid to solve the moon sighting controversy once and for all, the provincial information minister has suggested appointing Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai of Peshawar as the head of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal (Moon-sighting) committee.

K-P information minister suggests making Mufti Popalzai Ruet-e-Hilal chief

On the directions of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani, a delegation led by Syed Naseem Gilani participated in the funeral prayers of Mufti Bashir-ud-Din in Srinagar.

Death of Mufti Bashir-ud-Din widely condoled

Prime Minister Imran Khan has condemned the incident of firing on religious Islamic Scholar Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani.PM said attack on leading personality like Muhammad Taqi Usmani is a serious conspiracy and every effort will be made to expose this.

Mufti Taqi usman survived, two dead in Karachi attack

ISLAMABAD -- Ruet-e-Halal Committee Chairman Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman on Monday suggested to hand over government to Mufti Shahabud Din Popalzai.

Hand over control of govt to Popalzai, says Mufti Muneeb

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa -- Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai has suggested appointing Mufti Popalzai as chairman of the moon sighting committee, replacing Mufti Muneebur Rehman to end the controversial moon sighting issue.

Appoint Popalzai as Ruet-e-Hilal chairman to end moon-sighting controversy, KP minister suggests

'Mufti Popalzai has claimed moon sighting and his claims have proven true a few times, In my understanding Mufti Muneeb Ur Rehman should be rested for a while and Mufti Popalzai should be made the head of the moon sighting committee,' continued Yousafzai.

Information Minister KP suggests Popalzai's appointment as moon sighting committee chairman

Khalid Mufti, a well known Psychiatrist here on Friday.

80% Afghans have mental problems. Dr. Mufti

Mufti referred to the provincial council elections and especially Article 24 that was passed by the Iraqi Parliament on July 22.

Kurdistan Parliament resumes sessions: Amidst crucial issues, Parliament members prepare for the hard work ahead

Mufti's "exercise in secular criticism" turns out to resemble Adorno's "dialectics" in that it roundly condemns any political consequences of Enlightenment utopianism (Mufti 262).

Mufti, Aamir. Enlightenment in the Colony: The Jewish Question and the Crisis of Postcolonial Culture

Six Emirati women are being selected for a training program that starts early next year, the National newspaper reported, quoting the Dubai's grand mufti Ahmed al-Haddad as saying.

Dubai to allow females to issue fatwas: report

Mufti of Jerusalem: Haj Amin el-Husseini and National Socialism Belgrade: Cigoja Stampa.

The meeting: Amin al-Husseini and Adolf Hitler, 1941