Grand Mufti

American  

noun

1. a Muslim religious leader.

2. (formerly) the chief legal authority for Muslims in Jerusalem.

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Grand Mufti British  

noun

1. the titular head of the Muslim community in Jerusalem and formerly the chief constitutional administrator there

2. (in Turkey) the former official head of the state religion

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Example Sentences

Jerusalem, which the U.N. had designated as an internationally-administered city, was rapidly torn apart by urban warfare between Jewish inhabitants and Arab supporters of the grand mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini, a ferocious anti-Zionist who had been allied with Nazi Germany during the war.

From Salon

Palestinians have been cursed by their leadership since the British chose Haj Amin al-Husseini as the grand mufti in 1921 and more recently since the Oslo Accords handed Palestinian society to Yasser Arafat.

From Slate

Around the same time, Muhammad Abduh, an Islamic reformer and then the Grand Mufti of Egypt, traveled to Europe and wrote of his astonishment with its museums and scientific institutes.

From New York Times

That unease perhaps began with Al-Husseini, the World War II-era grand mufti of Jerusalem and Palestinian Arab nationalist, an enthusiastic Nazi supporter who helped recruit Bosnian Muslims to their side, and whose antisemitism was well-documented.

From Seattle Times

Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah in Tripoli said people should follow the grand mufti's decision to wait until Saturday.

From Reuters