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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.
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 | ||
Muftiate of Krujë | Mufti Ledian Cikalleshi | ||
Muftiate of Shkodër | Mufti Muhamed Sytari | ||
Muftiate of Dibra | Mufti Muis Kurtulla | ||
Muftiate of Devoll | Mufti Artur Vrenozi | ||
Muftiate of Kavajë | Mufti Besnik Lecini | ||
Muftiate of Mat | Mufti Valdrin Mera | ||
Muftiate of Mallakastër | Mufti Anis Qafa | ||
Muftiate of Delvinë | Mufti Bledar Ali | ||
Muftiate of Sarandë | Mufti Bledar Mullaj | ||
Muftiate of Skrapar | Mufti Jusuf Salkurti | ||
Muftiate of Malësi e Madhe | Mufti Edmir Smajlaj | ||
Muftiate of Tropojë | Mufti Eduard Demiraj | ||
Muftiate of Gjirokastër | Mufti Armand Asllani | ||
Muftiate of Puka | Mufti Gëzim Kopani | ||
Muftiate of Permet | Mufti Jemin Muça | ||
Muftiate of Tirana | Mufti Ylli Gurra | ||
Muftiate of Lezhë | Mufti Agim Tereziu | ||
Muftiate of Gramsh | Mufti Hasan Cekrezi | ||
Muftiate of Vlorë | Mufti Hito Shahaj | ||
Muftiate of Kukës | Mufti Islam Hoxha | ||
Muftiate of Peqin | Mufti Bilal Bodlli | ||
Muftiate of Fier | Mufti Karafil Manaj | ||
Muftiate of Kuçovë | Mufti Kujtim Civeja | ||
Muftiate of Kolonjë | Mufti Edmond Ceni | ||
Muftiate of Kurbin | Mufti Emiroj Vathaj | ||
Muftiate of Berat | Mufti Murat Duro | ||
Muftiate of Pogradec | Mufti Namik Mahmutllari | ||
Muftiate of Korçë | Mufti Qazim Muçi | ||
Muftiate of Durrës | Mufti Redin Quku | ||
Muftiate of Has | Mufti Sadik Ukperaj | ||
Muftiate of Bulqizë | Mufti Sejdin Strazimiri | ||
Muftiate of Lushnjë | Mufti Gramos Blliku | ||
Muftiate of Librazhd | Mufti Taulant Bica |
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 |
Office | Grand Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Office of the Grand Mufti | Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohamed Grand Mufti Abdel Aziem Al-Afifi Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohamed Grand Mufti Fehmi Naji Grand Mufti Taj El-Din Hilaly | 2018–present 2018 2011–2018 2007–2011 1992–2007 | Lakemba |
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 | ||
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 |
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 |
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 | – | |
Sandžak muftiates | Sandžak Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters |
Muftiate of Belgrade | Mufti Rešad Plojović | ||
Muftiate of Novi Sad | Mufti Fadil Murati Mufti Rešad Plojović | ||
Muftiate of Preševo Valley | Mufti Mumin Tahiri | ||
Muftiate of Sandžak | Mufti Muamer Zukorlić |
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 |
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 | |
Bulgarian muftiates | Bulgarian Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters |
Muftiate of Aytos | Mufti Ibrahim Kiorpe | ||
Muftiate of Dobrich | Mufti Bilial Mehmed | ||
Muftiate of Gotse Delchev (town) | Mufti Dzemal Hamid | ||
Muftiate of Haskovo | |||
Muftiate of Kardzhali | Mufti Nasuf Nasuf | ||
Muftiate of Krumovgrad | |||
Muftiate of Montana, Bulgaria | |||
Muftiate of Pazardzhik | |||
Muftiate of Pleven | Mufti Basri Pechlivan | ||
Muftiate of Plovdiv | Mufti Ali Hadzhi Sadik | ||
Muftiate of Razgrad | Mufti Mehmed Allia | ||
Muftiate of Ruse, Bulgaria | |||
Muftiate of Shumen | Mufti Osman Ismail | ||
Muftiate of Silistra | |||
Muftiate of Sliven | |||
Muftiate of Smolyan | Mufti Shifket Hadzhi | ||
Muftiate of Sofia | Mufti Ali Hairaddin | ||
Muftiate of Stara Zagora | |||
Muftiate of Targovishte | |||
Muftiate of Varna | |||
Muftiate of Veliko Tarnovo |
The South Caucasus states (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia) are under authority of the Grand Muftiate of the Caucasus (Baku). The Russian North Caucasus muftiates are united into the Coordinating Center of North Caucasus Muslims.
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic in the period 1991–2000 functioned as the muftiate of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, since 2000 as part of the Russian Federation.
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 | |
Muftiates | Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters |
Muftiate of Azerbaijan | |||
Muftiate of Georgia | |||
The Coordinating Center of North Caucasus Muslims (Russian Federation) | |||
Coordinating Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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The Coordinating Center of North Caucasus Muslims | Mufti Ismail Berdiyev | 2003–present | |
Muftiates | Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters |
The Muftiate of the Republic of Dagestan | Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Afandi Abdulaev | 1998–present | Makhachkala |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai | Mufti Askarbiy Kardanov | 2012–present | Maykop |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic | Mufti Salah Mezhiev | 2014–present | Grozny |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic | Mufti Hazrataliy Dzasejev | 2010–present | Nalchik |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of Kalmykia | Elista | ||
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic | Mufti Ismail Berdiyev | 1991–present | Cherkessk |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania | Mufti Khajimurat Gatsalov | 2011–present | Vladikavkaz |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Stavropol Krai | Stavropol | ||
The Spiritual Centre of the Muslims of the Republic of Ingushetia | Mufti Isa Khamkhoev | present | Magas |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic | |||
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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The Muftiate of the Chechen Republic (not state recognized in the 1990s) / of the Chechen Republic (since 2000 as part of Russia) [22] [23] | Mufti Muhammad-Bashir Arsanukayev Mufti Mahmud Garkayev Mufti Muhammed-Khusein Alsabekov Mufti Akhmad Kadyrov Mufti Akhmad Shamaiev Mufti Sultan Mirsayev Mufti Salah Mezhiev | 1991–1993 1993–1994 1994 1994–2000 2000–2005 2005–2014 2014–present | 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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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) |
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) | Xanthi |
Office | Grand Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Office of the Grand Mufti | Maualana Arshad Madni | 2019– | Deoband |
Office | Grand Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Office of the Grand Mufti | 2006–present 1994–2006 1993–1994 1953–1993 1948–1954 1921–1948 1920–1921 | Jerusalem |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Kazakhstan | |||
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 |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |
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] | – – – | |
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 |
Malaysia has a unique system of collective mufti. Nine of the fourteen Malaysian states have their own sultan; each of these nine states have their own mufti who usually controls the Islamic Council or Islamic Department of the state. At the national level, the Fatwa Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs together with the five officials appointed by the National Council, collectively issue fatāwā at the national level.
The Fatwa Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs | |||||||||||||
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Offices of muftis | Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters | ||||||||||
Mufti of the Federal Territories | Luqman Abdullah | 2020–present | |||||||||||
Mufti of Johor | Dato Hj Yahya bin Ahmad | 2018–present | |||||||||||
Mufti of Kedah | Syeikh Fadzil Awang | 2017–present | |||||||||||
Mufti of Kelantan | Mohamad Shukri Mohamad | ||||||||||||
Mufti of Malacca | Abdul Halim Tawil | ||||||||||||
Mufti of Negeri Sembilan | Mohd Yusof Ahmad | 2009–present | |||||||||||
Mufti of Pahang | Abdul Rahman Osman | ||||||||||||
Mufti of Penang | Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor | ||||||||||||
Mufti of Perak | Harussani Zakaria | 1985–present | |||||||||||
Mufti of Perlis | Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin | 2015–present | |||||||||||
Mufti of Sabah | Bungsu Aziz Jaafar | 2012–present | |||||||||||
Mufti of Sarawak | Kipli Yassin | ||||||||||||
Mufti of Selangor | Mohd Tamyes Abd Wahid | 1998–present | |||||||||||
Mufti of Terengganu | Zulkifly Muda | 2013–present |
Islamic Community of Montenegro | |||
Grand Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Grand Muftiate of Montenegro [44] | Grand Mufti Reif Fejzić |
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 |
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 |
National boards | |||
Grand Muftiates | Grand Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters |
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The Central Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Russia [46] [47] [48] | Grand Mufti Sheikh-ul-Islam Talgat Tadzhuddin | 1992–present | Ufa |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Russian Federation | Grand Mufti Sheikh Rawil Ğaynetdin | 2014–present | Moscow |
Muftiate | Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
The Spiritual Assembly of the Muslims of Russia | Mufti Albir Krganov | 2016–present | Moscow |
Subnational boards | |||
Muftiates | Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters |
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The Coordinating Center of North Caucasus Muslims | Mufti Ismail Berdiyev | 2003–present | Moscow and Buynaksk |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Asian Part of Russia | Supreme Mufti Nafigulla Ashirov | 1997–present | |
Regional muftiates | |||
Muftiates | Muftis | Term of office | Headquarters |
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The Muftiate of the Republic of Dagestan (MRD) | Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Afandi Abdulaev Mufti Said-Magomed Abubakarov | 1998–present 1997–1998 | Makhachkala |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai | Mufti Askarbiy Kardanov Mufti Nurbiy Emizh | 2012–present 2002–2012 | Maykop |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Altai Krai | Barnaul | ||
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Altai Republic | Mufti Zhanbolat Okhtaubaiev | Gorno-Altaysk | |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of Bashkortostan [49] | Mufti Ainur Birgalin | 2019–present | Ufa |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic | Mufti Salah Mezhiev | 2014–present | Grozny |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of Ingushetia | Mufti Sheikh Muhammed Alboghatchiev | present | Magas |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic | Mufti Hazrataliy Dzasejev Mufti Anas Pshikhachev Mufti Shafiq Pshikhachev [50] | 2010–present 2002–2010 1992–2002 | Nalchik |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of Kalmykia | Elista | ||
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic [51] | Mufti Ismail Berdiyev | 1991–present | Cherkessk |
The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Khanty-Mansiysky District | Khanty-Mansiysk | ||
The Kumyk Spiritual Board (KSB) | Mufti B. Issaev | ||
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Republic of Mordovia | |||
The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Moscow and Central Russia | Mufti Albert Krganov Rifkatovich | ||
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Nizhny Novgorod Region | Mufti Gayaz Zakirov Mufti Umar Idrisov | 2008–present 1993–2008 | |
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania | Mufti Khajimurat Gatsalov | 2011–present | Vladikavkaz |
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 | ||
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of Siberia (the Muftiate of Omsk, SBMS) [52] | Mufti Zulqarnay Shakirzyanov | ||
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Stavropol Krai | Stavropol | ||
The Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Republic of Tatarstan (SAMRT) [53] | Mufti Kamil Samigullin Mufti Ildus Yunusov Mufti Gusman Iskhakov [54] Mufti Gabdulla Galiulla [55] | 2013–present 2011–2013 1998–2011 1992–1998 | Kazan |
The Central Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Ulyanovsk Region | Mufti Hazrat Muhammad Baybikov | 2010–present | Ulyanovsk |
Office | Grand Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Office of the Grand Mufti | Grand Mufti Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baz position abolished Grand Mufti Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh | 1999–present 1993–1999 1969–1993 1953–1969 | Riyadh |
Islamic Community of Serbia | |||
Grand Muftiate | Grand Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Grand Muftiate | Grand Mufti Sead ef. Nasufović | ||
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
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.
The 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 |
Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the European Part of USSR and Siberia (DUMES) | |||
Grand Muftiate | Grand Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Grand Muftiate of European Part of USSR and Siberia | Grand Mufti Talgat Tadzhuddin [56] | 1980–1992 | Ufa |
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 |
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 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 Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine "Ummah" (SDMU "Ummah") | Mufti Said Ismagilov |
The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan [63] | |||
Grand Muftiate | Grand Mufti | Term of office | Headquarters |
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Grand Muftiate of Uzbekistan | Grand Mufti Nuriddin Kholiqnazarov Grand Mufti Usman Alimov Grand Mufti Abdurashid Kori Bakhromov [64] Grand Mufti Muxtorjon ABDULLOH Grand Mufti Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf [65] | 2021–present 2006–2021 1995–2006 1993–1995 1989–1993 | Tashkent |
Islam in Bulgaria is a minority religion and the second largest religion in the country after Christianity. According to the 2021 Census, the total number of Muslims in Bulgaria stood at 638,708 corresponding to 9.8% of the population. Ethnically, Muslims in Bulgaria are Turks, Bulgarians and Roma, living mainly in parts of northeastern Bulgaria and in the Rhodope Mountains.
Islam in Ukraine is a minority religious affiliation with Muslims representing around 5% of the total population as of 2016. The religion has a long history in Ukraine dating back to Berke Khan of the Ulug Ulus in the 13th century and the establishment of the Crimean Khanate in the 15th century.
Islam is the second-largest religion in Europe after Christianity. Although the majority of Muslim communities in Western Europe formed as a result of immigration, there are centuries-old indigenous European Muslim communities in the Balkans, Caucasus, Crimea, and Volga region. The term "Muslim Europe" is used to refer to the Muslim-majority countries in the Balkans and the Caucasus and parts of countries in Eastern Europe with sizable Muslim minorities that constitute large populations of indigenous European Muslims, although the majority are secular.
Islam in Hungary dates back to at least the 10th century. The influence of Sunni Islam was especially pronounced in the 16th century during the Ottoman period in Hungary.
Muslims in Luxembourg are a super-minority together with: Protestants, Orthodox Christians, and Jews. Since 2015, Islam is legally recognized in the country.
Serbia is a Christian majority country, with Islam being a minority faith representing around 4.2% of the total population as per the 2022 census. Islam spread to Serbia during the three centuries of Ottoman rule. The Muslims in Serbia are mostly ethnic Bosniaks, Albanians and significant part of Muslim Roma as well as members of the smaller groups, like ethnic Muslims, Gorani and Serbs (Čitaci).
Islam in Malta has had a historically profound influence upon the country—especially its language and agriculture—as a consequence of several centuries of control and presence on the islands. Today, the main Muslim organization represented in Malta is the Libyan World Islamic Call Society.
European Islam, or Euro-Islam, is a hypothesized new branch of Islam that historically originated and developed among the European peoples of the Balkans and parts of countries in Eastern Europe with sizable Muslim minorities which constitute of large populations of European Muslims. Historically significant Muslim populations in Europe include the Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians, Gorani, Torbeshi, Pomaks, Bosniaks, Chechens, Muslim Albanians, Ingushs, Greek Muslims, Vallahades, Muslim Romani people, Balkan Turks, Turkish Cypriots, Cretan Turks, Yörüks, Volga Tatars, Crimean Tatars, Lipka Tatars, Kazakhs, Gajals, and Megleno-Romanians from Notia today living in Turkey, although the majority are secular.
Turks in Denmark, also referred to as Turkish Danes or Danish Turks refers to ethnic Turkish people living in Denmark. They currently form the largest ethnic minority group in the country; thus, the Turks are the second-largest ethnic group in Denmark, after the ethnic Danish people. The majority of Danish Turks descend from the Republic of Turkey; however, there has also been significant Turkish migration from other post-Ottoman countries including ethnic Turkish communities which have come to Denmark from the Balkans, the island of Cyprus, and more recently Iraq and Syria.
The Turks in Hungary, also referred to as Turkish Hungarians and Hungarian Turks, refers to ethnic Turks living in Hungary. The Turkish people first began to migrate predominantly from Anatolia during the Ottoman rule of Hungary (1541-1699). A second wave of Ottoman-Turkish migration occurred in the late 19th century when relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire improved; most of these immigrants settled in Budapest. Moreover, there has also been a recent migration of Turks from the Republic of Turkey, as well as other post-Ottoman states.
Islamic Secondary School Dr. Ahmed Smajlović is a private secondary school (gymnasium) situated in Zagreb, Croatia. Islamic Secondary School Dr. Ahmed Smajlović carries the educational programs of general secondary school direction. Classes are taught in Bosnian language.
A muftiate is an administrative territorial entity, mainly in the post-Soviet and Southeast European states, under the supervision of a mufti. In the post-Yugoslavia states, spiritual administrations similar to the muftiate are called riyasat.
The Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a religious organisation of Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is also recognised as the highest representative body of Muslims in the region, especially in Serbia (Sandžak), Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Hungary and Bosniak diaspora.
The Mosque of the Martyrs, also popularly known as the Turkish Mosque, is a mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan, near the Martyrs' Lane. The mosque was built at the beginning of the 1990s with the assistance of the Turkish government. The mosque currently is used as an official residence of religious attaché of the Turkish embassy. The mosque has been under construction since 2009.
The Muslim Community of Albania is an independent religious organisation of Muslims in Albania existing since February 24, 1923. The headquarters of the community are located in Tirana and the current Grand Mufti is Bujar Spahiu.
Skëndër Bruçaj was born on June 22, 1976, in the district of Malësia e Madhe, Albania. He served as chairman of Albanian Muslim Community from 2014 to 2019. His successor is Bujar Spahiu.
Riyasat is a main executive body of the Islamic communities in the Balkan region. The head of the riyasat is Reis-ul-ulema.
Mariam Al-Batool Mosque is a mosque located in Paola, Malta. The first stone of the mosque was laid by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1978 and its doors were open to the public in 1982, and officiated in 1984. The initial scope of the building was to serve the Muslims in Malta, at the time mainly economic migrants from Libya, and to promote Sunni Islam among the Maltese society.
Serb Muslims or Serb Mohammedans, also referred to as Čitaci, are ethnic Serbs who are Muslims by their religious affiliation.
The Blackpitts Mosque is a mosque in Dublin, Ireland. It has a Sunni orientation. It has a mostly Pakistani membership and is part of the Deobandi movement.
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