Grand Mufti

noun

1. a Muslim religious leader.
2. (formerly) the chief legal authority for Muslims in Jerusalem.

Grand Mufti

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

Example Sentences

At the end of his prayer, the grand mufti whispered aloud: “May God accept it.”

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In 2000, the then-grand mufti insisted the earth was flat and disk-shaped and the sun revolved around it.

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Unfortunately, Grand Mufti Abdulaziz al-Sheikh and his colleagues who issued the fatwa against The 99 fit that description.

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Thoene, for example, told me the grand mufti “was given a bulletproof vest by Hitler himself.”

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The courageous grand mufti would not be intimidated, but he was afraid.

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