| State
|
Incumbent
|
Status
|
Term
|
| Albania
|
Bujar Spahiu  (1976 – )[6] |
Appointed as Chairman of the Muslim Community of Albania (KMSH) by the Muslim Community of Albania
|
March 2019
|
| Australia
|
Ibrahim Abu Mohamed ( – )
|
Appointed as Grand Mufti of Australia by the Australian National Imams Council
|
September 2016
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Husein Kavazović (3 July 1964 – )
|
Appointed as Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
September 2012
|
| Brunei
|
Abdul Aziz Juned (22 December 1941 – )
|
Appointed as State Mufti of Brunei by the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah
|
1 September 1994
|
| Bulgaria
|
Mustafa Hadzhi (31 March 1962 – )
|
Appointed as Chief Mufti of Bulgaria by the Supreme Muslim Council
|
1997 – 2005 (first term)
2005 –
|
| Caucasus
|
Allahshukur Pashazadeh (26 August 1949 – )
|
Appointed as chairman of the Supreme Religious Board of Caucasian People by the Religious Council of the Caucasus
|
1992 –
|
| Egypt
|
Shawki Allam (12 August 1961 – )
|
Appointed as Grand Mufti of Egypt by the Council of Senior Scholars of Al-Azhar and approved by the President of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi
|
February 2013
|
| Ghana
|
Osman Nuhu Sharubutu (23 April 1923 – )
|
National Chief Imam of Ghana (De facto)
|
|
| Guinea
|
El Hadj Mamadou Saliou Camara ( – )
|
Grand Imam of Guinea (De facto)
|
|
| India
|
Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad (22 March 1931 – )
|
Appointed as Grand Mufti of India by the Islamic Community of India
|
2019 –
|
| Iraq
|
Mahdi Al-Sumaidaie (20. century – )
|
Grand Mufti of Iraq (De facto)
|
|
| Jordan
|
Abdul Karim Khasawneh (1944 – )
|
Appointed as Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Jordan by the Cabinet of Jordan and Abdul Hafez Rabtah as Chief Islamic Justice of the Kingdom of Jordan
|
11 November 2019
|
| Kazakhstan
|
Nauryzbai Kazhy Taganuly ( – )
|
Appointed as Supreme Mufti of Kazakhstan by the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Kazakhstan as per nomination of former Supreme Mufti, Serikbai Kazhy Oraz
|
7 February 2020
|
| Kosovo
|
Naim Ternava (7 January 1961 – )
|
Appointed as Grand Mufti of Kosovo by the Islamic Community of Kosova
|
|
| Kyrgyzstan
|
Maksatbek Toktomushev ( – )
|
Appointed as Mufti of Kyrgyzstan
|
2014
|
| Lebanon
|
Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian (3 April 1953 – )
|
Appointed as Grand Mufti of Lebanon by the Higher Islamic Council
|
10 August 2014
|
| Libya
|
Sadiq Al-Ghariani (8 December 1942 – )
|
Appointed as Grand Mufti of Libya by the National Transitional Council
|
May 2011
|
| Lithuania
|
Ramadan Yaqoob ( – )
|
Grand Mufti of Lithuania (De facto)
|
|
| Macedonia
|
Sulejman Rexhepi (1947 – )
|
Reis-ul-ulema of the Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia
|
|
| Malaysia
|
Luqman Abdullah (12 September 1969 – )[7] |
Mufti of the Federal Territories (Website: muftiwp.gov.my)
|
16 May 2020
|
| Mohd Tahrir Samsudin
|
Mufti of Johor (Website: mufti.johor.gov.my)
|
13 November 2008
|
| Syeikh Fadzil Awang[8][9] |
Mufti of Kedah (Website: mufti.kedah.gov.my)
|
20 July 2017
|
| Mohamad Shukri Mohamad[10] |
Mufti of Kelantan (Website: muftikelantan.gov.my)
|
|
| Abdul Halim Tawil[11] |
Acting Mufti of Malacca (Website: muftimelaka.gov.my)
|
|
| Mohd Yusof Ahmad[12][13] |
Mufti of Negeri Sembilan (Website: muftins.gov.my)
|
1 April 2009
|
| Abdul Rahman Osman[14][15][16] |
Mufti of Pahang (Website: mufti.pahang.gov.my)
|
|
| Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor[17] |
Mufti of Penang (Website: mufti.penang.gov.my)
|
7 June 2014
|
| Harussani Zakaria (8 April 1939 – 30 May 2021)[18] |
Mufti of Perak (Website: mufti.perak.gov.my)
|
December 1985
|
| Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin (1 January 1971 – )[19] |
Mufti of Perlis (Website: mufti.perlis.gov.my)
|
2 February 2015
|
| Bungsu Aziz Jaafar[20] |
Mufti of Sabah (Website: mufti.sabah.gov.my)
|
10 August 2012
|
| Kipli Yassin[21] |
Mufti of Sarawak (Website: muftinegeri.sarawak.gov.my)
|
|
| Mohd Tamyes Abd Wahid (1 January 1928 – )[22][23] |
Mufti of Selangor (Website: muftiselangor.gov.my)
|
16 March 1998
|
| Zulkifly Muda[24] |
Mufti of Terengganu (Website: mufti.terengganu.gov.my)
|
1 April 2013
|
| Mauritania
|
Ahmed Ould Murabit[25] |
Grand Mufti of Mauritania
|
|
| Montenegro
|
Rifat Fejzić ( – )
|
Reis-ul-ulema of the Islamic Community of Montenegro
|
|
| New Zealand
|
Sheikh Mohammad Amir Faizur Rahman ( – )[26] |
Appointed as Grand Mufti of New Zealand
|
|
| Nigeria
|
Ibrahim Ibn Saleh al-Hussaini (1938 – )
|
Appointed as Grand Mufti of Nigeria by the Supreme Council for Fatwa and Islamic Affairs in Nigeria
|
|
| Oman
|
Ahmed bin Hamad al-Khalili (27 July 1942 – )
|
Appointed as Grand Mufti of the Sultanate of Oman by the Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said
|
1975
|
| Palestine
|
Muhammad Ahmad Hussein (20. century – )
|
Appointed as Grand Mufti of Jerusalem by the President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas
|
July 2006
|
| Poland
|
Tomasz Miśkiewicz (9 July 1977 – )
|
Appointed as Mufti of the Republic of Poland by the Muslim Religious Union in the Republic of Poland
|
2004
|
| Romania
|
Murat Iusuf (18 August 1977 – ) (Murād Yūsuf)
|
Grand Mufti of Romania
|
2005
|
| Russia
|
Rawil Gaynetdin (25 August 1959 – )
|
Grand Mufti of Russia
|
1 July 1996
|
| Salah Mezhiev (10 January 1977 – )
|
Appointed as Mufti of Chechnya by Head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov
|
12 June 2014
|
| Ahmad Afandi Abdulaev (15 September 1959 – )
|
Appointed as Mufti of Dagestan
|
1998
|
| Kamil Samigullin (22 March 1985 – )
|
Appointed as Mufti of Tatarstan
|
17 April 2013
|
| Aynur Birgalin ( – )
|
Appointed as Mufti of Bashkortostan
|
|
| Khazrataly Dzasezhev ( – )
|
Appointed as Mufti of Kabardino-Balkaria
|
|
| Isa Khamkhoev ( – )
|
Appointed as Mufti of Ingushetia
|
|
| Askarbi Kardanov ( – )
|
Appointed as Mufti of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai
|
|
| Saudi Arabia
|
Abdulaziz Al Sheikh (10 February 1943 – )
|
Appointed as Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia by the King of Saudi Arabia, Fahd of Saudi Arabia
|
June 1999
|
| Serbia
|
Sead Nasufović (22 June 1979 – )[27][28] |
Appointed as Mufti of Serbia by the Islamic Community of Serbia
|
July 2016
|
| Singapore
|
Nazirudin Mohd Nasir ( – )[29][30][31] |
Appointed as Mufti of the Republic of Singapore by the Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura, the statutory board of Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
|
1 March 2020 –
|
| South Africa
|
Yasin Muhammad Yaqeenullah[32] |
Appointed as Grand Mufti by the Muslim Supreme Council of South Africa
|
|
| Tunisia
|
Othman Battikh (17 April 1941 – )
|
Appointed as Grand Mufti of Tunisia by the President of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2008 and Beji Caid Essebsi in 2016
|
2008 – 5 January 2016 (resigned for haj pilgrimage in 2016)
12 January 2016 – (reappointed by the president after one week)
|
| Turkey
|
Ali Erbaş (1961 – )
|
Appointed as President of Directorate of Religious Affairs by the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, acting as Grand Mufti of the country.
|
17 September 2017
|
| United Arab Emirates
|
Ali Ahmed Mashael ( – )
|
Appointed as Grand Mufti of Dubai by Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department
|
|
| Uzbekistan
|
Usmankhan Alimov (1 January 1950 – 15 August 2021)
|
Grand Mufti of Uzbekistan
|
8 August 2006
|
| Zimbabwe
|
Ismail ibn Musa Menk (b. 1975)[33] |
Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe
|
|
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