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
Albanian muftiates
The Muslim Community of Albania[1] | |||
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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 |
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Muftiate of Kruja |
Mufti Ledian Cikalleshi |
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Muftiate of Shkodra |
Mufti Muhamed Sytari |
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Muftiate of Dibra |
Mufti Muis Kurtulla |
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Muftiate of Devoll |
Mufti Artur Vrenozi |
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Muftiate of Kavaja |
Mufti Besnik Lecini |
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Muftiate of Mat |
Mufti Valdrin Mera |
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Muftiate of Mallakastra |
Mufti Anis Qafa |
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Muftiate of Delvina |
Mufti Bledar Ali |
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Muftiate of Saranda |
Mufti Bledar Mullaj |
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Muftiate of Skrapar |
Mufti Jusuf Salkurti |
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Muftiate of Malesi e Madhe |
Mufti Edmir Smajlaj |
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Muftiate of Tropoja |
Mufti Eduard Demiraj |
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Muftiate of Gjirokastra |
Mufti Armand Asllani |
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Muftiate of Puka |
Mufti Gëzim Kopani |
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Muftiate of Permet |
Mufti Jemin Muça |
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Muftiate of Tirana |
Mufti Ylli Gurra |
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Muftiate of Lezha |
Mufti Agim Tereziu |
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Muftiate of Gramsh |
Mufti Hasan Cekrezi |
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Muftiate of Vlora |
Mufti Hito Shahaj |
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Muftiate of Kukes |
Mufti Islam Hoxha |
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Muftiate of Peqin |
Mufti Bilal Bodlli |
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Muftiate of Fier |
Mufti Karafil Manaj |
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Muftiate of Kucova |
Mufti Kujtim Civeja |
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Muftiate of Kolonja |
Mufti Edmond Ceni |
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Muftiate of Kurbin |
Mufti Emiroj Vathaj |
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Muftiate of Berat |
Mufti Murat Duro |
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Muftiate of Pogradec |
Mufti Namik Mahmutllari |
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Muftiate of Korca |
Mufti Qazim Muçi |
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Muftiate of Durres |
Mufti Redin Quku |
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Muftiate of Has |
Mufti Sadik Ukperaj |
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Muftiate of Bulqiza |
Mufti Sejdin Strazimiri |
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Muftiate of Lushnja |
Mufti Gramos Blliku |
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Muftiate of Librazhd |
Mufti Taulant Bica |
Algerian muftiates
The Muslim Community of Algeria | |||
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Algerian muftiates | Algerian Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters |
Muftiate of Algiers |
Mohamed Tahar Aït Aldjet |
2010 – present |
Belarusian muftiates
The Muslim Religious Community of the Republic of Belarus[2][3] | |||
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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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] | |||
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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
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] | |||
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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 |
Mešihat of Croatia
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 |
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Mesihat of Croatia and Muftiate of Zagreb[12][13] |
Mufti of Zagreb and Grand Mufti of Croatia Aziz Hasanović |
2012–present |
Mešihat of Sandžak
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 |
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Mešihat of Sandžak[15] |
Chief Mufti Muamer Zukorlić |
– |
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Sandžak muftiates | Sandžak Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters |
Muftiate of Belgrade |
Mufti Rešad Plojović |
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Muftiate of Novi Sad |
Mufti Fadil Murati Mufti Rešad Plojović |
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Muftiate of Preševo Valley |
Mufti Mumin Tahiri |
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Muftiate of Sandžak |
Mufti Muamer Zukorlić |
Mešihat of Slovenia
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 |
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Mešihat of Slovenia[12] |
Nedžad Grabus |
2006–present |
Bulgarian muftiates
The Muslim Denomination of Bulgaria[16][17][18] | |||
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Grand Muftiate | Grand Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
Chief Muftiate of Bulgaria | Chief Mufti Mustafa Alish Hadji[19] |
2008–present |
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Bulgarian muftiates | Bulgarian Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters |
Muftiate of Aytos |
Mufti Ibrahim Kiorpe |
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Muftiate of Dobrich |
Mufti Bilial Mehmed |
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Muftiate of Gotse Delchev (town) |
Mufti Dzemal Hamid |
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Muftiate of Haskovo | |||
Muftiate of Kardzhali |
Mufti Nasuf Nasuf |
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Muftiate of Krumovgrad | |||
Muftiate of Montana, Bulgaria | |||
Muftiate of Pazardzhik | |||
Muftiate of Pleven |
Mufti Basri Pechlivan |
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Muftiate of Plovdiv |
Mufti Ali Hadzhi Sadik |
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Muftiate of Razgrad |
Mufti Mehmed Allia |
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Muftiate of Ruse, Bulgaria | |||
Muftiate of Shumen |
Mufti Osman Ismail |
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Muftiate of Silistra | |||
Muftiate of Sliven | |||
Muftiate of Smolyan |
Mufti Shifket Hadzhi |
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Muftiate of Sofia |
Mufti Ali Hairaddin |
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Muftiate of Stara Zagora | |||
Muftiate of Targovishte | |||
Muftiate of Varna | |||
Muftiate of Veliko Tarnovo |
Muftiates in the Caucasus
The Religious Council of the Caucasus | |||
Grand Muftiate | Grand Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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The Grand Muftiate of the Caucasus[20][21] |
Grand Mufti of the Caucasus Allahshukur Pashazadeh |
1992–present |
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Muftiates | Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters |
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of Adygea |
Mufti Askarbiy Kardanov Mufti Nurbiy Emizh Mufti Enver Shumakhov |
2012–present 2002 – 2012 2002–present |
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Muftiate of Azerbaijan | |||
Muftiate of Chechnya | |||
Spiritual Board of the Muslims of Dagestan[22] | |||
Muftiate of Georgia (country) | |||
Muftiate of Ingushetia | |||
Muftiate of Kabardino-Balkaria | |||
Muftiate of Karachay-Cherkessia | |||
The Muftiate of the Chechen Republic | |||
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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The Muftiate of the Chechen Republic (not state recognized)[23] | Mufti Muhammad-Bashir Arsanukaev | Grozny |
The Religious Board of Muslims of Adjara[24][25] | |||
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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The Muftiate of Adjara | Mufti Mahmud Kamashidze | Batumi |
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of Abkhazia[26] | |||
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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The Muftiate of Abkhazia |
Mufti Salikh Kvaratskhelia Mufti Adlia Gablia Mufti Timur Dzyba |
2011–present 1995 – 2011 |
The Administration of Muslims of Georgia (AMG)[27] | |||
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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The Administration of Muslims of Georgia (country) |
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Greek muftiates
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Muftiate of Didymoteicho[28] | Mufti Hamza Osman |
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Muftiate of Komotini |
Mufti Ibrahim Şerif (supported from Turkey) Mufti Cihat Halil (state-appointed mufti) |
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Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Muftiate of Xanthi | Mufti Mustafa Trampa (supported from Turkey
) Mufti Nezden Hemseri[29] (state-appointed mufti) |
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Xanthi |
Office of the Grand Mufti of India
Office | Grand Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Office of the Grand Mufti | Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad | 2019– | New Delhi and Kozhikode |
Kazakh muftiates
:kk:Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kazakhstan (SDMK)
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Supreme Muftiate | Supreme Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Supreme Muftiate of Kazakhstan |
Supreme Mufti Yerzhan Malgajyuly Mayamerov[30] Supreme Mufti Absattar Derbisali Supreme Mufti Ratbek Nysanbayev |
2013–present – 1990 – 2000 |
Kosovar muftiates
The Islamic Community of Kosovo | |||
Grand Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Grand Muftiate of Kosovo[31] |
Grand Mufti de:Naim Tërnava Grand Mufti Rexhep Boja |
2008–present 1990 - 2003 |
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Kyrgyz muftiates
Spiritual Board of Muslims of Kyrgyzstan | |||
Grand Muftiate | Grand Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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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 |
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Lithuanian muftiates
Council of Lithuanian Muslims Religious Communities – Muftiate | |||
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Muftiate of Lithuania – LMRBT[35] |
Mufti Aleksandras Beganskas |
2019–present |
Spiritual Center of the Lithuanian Sunni Muslims[36][37] | |||
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Muftiate of Lithuania - LMSDC |
Mufti Romualdas Jakibauskas Mufti Romualdas Krinickis |
2008–present 1998 – 2008 |
Macedonian muftiates
Islamic Community of Macedonia (ICM)[38] | |||
Grand Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Grand Muftiate of Macedonia[39][40] |
Grand Mufti Hadzhi Sulejman Rexhepi (present) Grand Mufti Taxhedin Bislimi[41] (2006-) Grand Mufti Zenun Berisha[42] |
– – – |
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Macedonian muftiates | Macedonian Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters |
Muftiate of Bitola | Pellumb Veliu | ||
Muftiate of Debar | Ramazan Hasa | ||
Muftiate of Gostivar | Shaqir Fetahu | ||
Muftiate of Kičevo | Murat Hyseni | ||
Muftiate of Kumanovo | Abedin Imeri[43] | ||
Muftiate of Ohrid | Samet Ajdari | ||
Muftiate of Prilep | Mustafa Topalovski | ||
Muftiate of Resen | |||
Muftiate of Skopje | Ibrahim Shabani | ||
Muftiate of Štip | Isa Ismaili | ||
Muftiate of Struga | Salim Sylejmani | ||
Muftiate of Tetovo | Qani Nesimi |
Montenegrin muftiates
Islamic Community of Montenegro | |||
Grand Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Grand Muftiate of Montenegro[44] |
Grand Mufti Reif Fejzić |
Polish muftiates
Muslim Religious Union in the Republic of Poland | |||
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Muftiate of Poland |
Mufti Tomasz Miśkiewicz[45] |
2004–present |
Romanian muftiates
Muslim Community in Romania | |||
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Muftiate of Romania |
Mufti Murat Yusuf Mufti Bagâş Sanghirai |
2005–present 2000 – 2005 |
Russian muftiates
Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia | |||
Grand Muftiate | Grand Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Supreme Muftiate of Russia[46][47][48] |
Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadzhuddin |
1992–present |
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Muftiates "Regional Spiritual Boards" | Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters |
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Republic of Bashkortostan (SBRB)[49] |
Mufti Nafiqulla Ashirov |
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The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the European Region of Russia (the Muftiate of Moscow) |
Mufti Rawil Gaynetdin |
1996–present |
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The Muftiate of the Chechen Republic (state-recognized) |
Mufti Muhammad-Husain Alsabekov |
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The Spiritual Board of the Muslims of Dagestan (SBMD) |
Mufti Ahmad Abdullayev Mufti Said-Magomed Abubakarov |
1998–present 1997 – 1998 |
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The Spiritual Board of Muslims of Kabardino-Balkaria |
Mufti Shafiq Pshikhachev[50] |
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The Spiritual Board of Muslims of Karatchaevo-Cherkesia |
Mufti Ismail Berdiev |
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The Spiritual Board of the Muslims of the Karachay-Cherkessia Region and Stavropol[51] |
Mufti Ahmed Bidji-ulu |
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The Karelian Muftiate |
Mufti Wisam Ali Bardvil |
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The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Khanty | |||
The Kumyk Spiritual Board (KSB) |
Mufti B. Issaev |
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The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Republic of Mordovia | |||
The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Moscow and Central Russia |
Mufti Albert Krganov Rifkatovich |
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The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Nizhny Novgorod Region |
Mufti Gayaz-hazrat Zakirov Mufti Umar Yusipovich Idrisov |
2008–present 1993 – 2008 |
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The Spiritual Board of Muslims of North Ossetia–Alania |
Mufti Dzankhot Hekilaev |
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The Muftiate of the Republic of Ingushetia |
Mufti Sheikh Muhammed Alboghatchiev |
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The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Orenburg Region | |||
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Perm Region | |||
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Rostov Region | |||
The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Primorsky | |||
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Samara Region |
Mufti Hazrat Yarullin Vagiz |
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The Spiritual Board of Muslims of Siberia (the Muftiate of Omsk, SBMS)[52] |
Mufti Zulqarnay Shakirzyanov |
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Spiritual Board of Muslims of Tatarstan (SBMT)[53] |
Mufti Ildus Yunusov Mufti Gusman Iskhakov[54] Mufti Gabdulla-Hazrat Galiulla[55] |
2011–present 1998 – 2011 1992 – 1998 |
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The Central Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Ulyanovsk Region |
2010–present |
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Serbian muftiates
:sh:Islamic Community of Serbia | |||
Grand Muftiate | Grand Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Grand Muftiate |
Grand Mufti Sead ef. Nasufović |
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Serbian muftiates | Serbian Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters |
Meshihat of Serbia | Abdullah Numan | ||
Meshihat of Sandžak | Hasib Suljović | ||
Meshihat of Preševo | Nedžmedin Saćipi |
Mufti of Belgrade and Serbian military forces
Mustafa Jusufspahic
For the Serbian Mesihat of Sandžak see the Muftiate of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slovenian muftiates
The Slovenian Muslim Community (SMS) | |||
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Muftiate of Slovenia |
Mufti Nedžad Grabus Mufti Osman Đogić |
2006–present 2001–2005 |
For the Mesihat of Slovenia see Muftiate of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Soviet-era muftiates
Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhstan (SADUM) | |||
Supreme Muftiate | Supreme Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters |
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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 |
Central Spiritual Board of Muslims of European Russia and Siberia (DUMES) | |||
Grand Muftiate | Grand Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Grand Muftiate of European Russia and Siberia |
Grand Mufti Talgat Tadzhuddin[56] |
The Spiritual Directorate of Transcaucasia (DUMZ)[57] | |||
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Muftiate of Transcaucasia |
Mufti Allahshukur Pashazadeh Mufti Mirzagazanfar Ibragimov Mufti :az:Aliaga Suleymanzade Mufti Agha Movsum Hakim-zadeh
|
1980 – 1992 1978 – 1980 1968 – 1972 1952 – 1956 1943 – 1952 |
The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of the Northern Caucasus (DUMSK) | |||
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Muftiate of the Northern Caucasus | Mufti Hizri Gebekov | Buynaksk |
Ukrainian muftiates
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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The Spiritual Direction of the Muslims of Crimea (SDMC) | Mufti Kirim Esende[58][59] | Kyiv |
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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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 |
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The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Ukraine (SDMU)[62] | Mufti Sheik :uk:Tamim Ahmed Muhamed Mutah | Kyiv |
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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The Spiritual Center of Muslims of Ukraine (SCMU) | Mufti Ruslan Abdikyeyev | 2005–present | Donetsk |
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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The Religious Directorate of Independent Muslim Communities of Ukraine "Kyiv Muftiate" | Ildar Hazrat Hussein |
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Ukraine "Ummah" (SDMU "Ummah") | Mufti Said Ismagilov |
Uzbek muftiates
The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan[63] | |||
Grand Muftiate | Grand Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Grand Muftiate of Uzbekistan | Grand Mufti Usman Alimov
Grand Mufti Abdurashid Kori Bakhromov[64] Grand Mufti Muxtorjon ABDULLOH Grand Mufti Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf[65] |
2006–present
1995 – 2006 1993 – 1995 1989 – 1993 |
Tashkent |
See also
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