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]
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		Elbasan
Muftiate of Kruja	Mufti Ledian Cikalleshi		Kruja
Muftiate of Shkodra	Mufti Muhamed Sytari		Shkoder
Muftiate of Dibra	Mufti Muis Kurtulla		Peshkopi
Muftiate of Devoll	Mufti Artur Vrenozi		Bilisht
Muftiate of Kavaja	Mufti Besnik Lecini		Kavaje
Muftiate of Mat	Mufti Valdrin Mera		Burrel
Muftiate of Mallakastra	Mufti Anis Qafa		Kucova
Muftiate of Delvina	Mufti Bledar Ali		Delvina
Muftiate of Saranda	Mufti Bledar Mullaj		Saranda
Muftiate of Skrapar	Mufti Jusuf Salkurti		Corovoda
Muftiate of Malesi e Madhe	Mufti Edmir Smajlaj		Koplik
Muftiate of Tropoja	Mufti Eduard Demiraj		Bajram Curri
Muftiate of Gjirokastra	Mufti Armand Asllani		Gjirokastra
Muftiate of Puka	Mufti Gëzim Kopani		Puka
Muftiate of Permet	Mufti Jemin Muça		Permet
Muftiate of Tirana	Mufti Ylli Gurra		Tirana
Muftiate of Lezha	Mufti Agim Tereziu		Lezha
Muftiate of Gramsh	Mufti Hasan Cekrezi		Gramsh
Muftiate of Vlora	Mufti Hito Shahaj		Vlora
Muftiate of Kukes	Mufti Islam Hoxha		Kukes
Muftiate of Peqin	Mufti Bilal Bodlli		Peqin
Muftiate of Fier	Mufti Karafil Manaj		Fier
Muftiate of Kucova	Mufti Kujtim Civeja		Kucova
Muftiate of Kolonja	Mufti Edmond Ceni		Erseka
Muftiate of Kurbin	Mufti Emiroj Vathaj		Laç
Muftiate of Berat	Mufti Murat Duro		Berat
Muftiate of Pogradec	Mufti Namik Mahmutllari		Pogradec
Muftiate of Korca	Mufti Qazim Muçi		Korca
Muftiate of Durres	Mufti Redin Quku		Durres
Muftiate of Has	Mufti Sadik Ukperaj		Has
Muftiate of Bulqiza	Mufti Sejdin Strazimiri		Bulqiza
Muftiate of Lushnja	Mufti Gramos Blliku		Lushnja
Muftiate of Librazhd	Mufti Taulant Bica		Librazhd

Algerian muftiates

The Muslim Community of Algeria
Algerian muftiates	Algerian Muftis	Term of office	Headquarters
Muftiate of Algiers	Mohamed Tahar Aït Aldjet	2010 – present	Algiers

Belarusian muftiates

The Muslim Religious Community of the Republic of Belarus[2][3]
Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
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]
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]
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		Sarajevo

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
Mesihat of Croatia and Muftiate of Zagreb[12][13]	Mufti of Zagreb and Grand Mufti of Croatia Aziz Hasanović	2012–present	Zagreb

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
Mešihat of Sandžak[15]	Chief Mufti Muamer Zukorlić	–	Novi Pazar
Sandžak muftiates	Sandžak Muftis	Term of office	Headquarters
Muftiate of Belgrade	Mufti Rešad Plojović		Belgrade
Muftiate of Novi Sad	Mufti Fadil Murati Mufti Rešad Plojović		Novi Sad
Muftiate of Preševo Valley	Mufti Mumin Tahiri		Preševo
Muftiate of Sandžak	Mufti Muamer Zukorlić		Sandžak

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
Mešihat of Slovenia[16]	Nedžad Grabus	2006–present	Ljubljana

Bulgarian muftiates

The Muslim Denomination of Bulgaria[17][18][19]
Grand Muftiate	Grand Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Chief Muftiate of Bulgaria	Chief Mufti Mustafa Alish Hadji[20]	2008–present	Sofia
Bulgarian muftiates	Bulgarian Muftis	Term of office	Headquarters
Muftiate of Aytos	Mufti Ibrahim Kiorpe		Aytos
Muftiate of Dobrich	Mufti Bilial Mehmed		Dobrich
Muftiate of Gotse Delchev (town)	Mufti Dzemal Hamid		Gotse Delchev (town)
Muftiate of Haskovo			Haskovo
Muftiate of Kardzhali	Mufti Nasuf Nasuf		Kardzhali
Muftiate of Krumovgrad			Krumovgrad
Muftiate of Montana, Bulgaria			Montana, Bulgaria
Muftiate of Pazardzhik			Pazardzhik
Muftiate of Pleven	Mufti Basri Pechlivan		Pleven
Muftiate of Plovdiv	Mufti Ali Hadzhi Sadik		Plovdiv
Muftiate of Razgrad	Mufti Mehmed Allia		Razgrad
Muftiate of Ruse, Bulgaria			Ruse, Bulgaria
Muftiate of Shumen	Mufti Osman Ismail		Shumen
Muftiate of Silistra			Silistra
Muftiate of Sliven			Sliven
Muftiate of Smolyan	Mufti Shifket Hadzhi		Smolyan
Muftiate of Sofia	Mufti Ali Hairaddin		Sofia
Muftiate of Stara Zagora			Stara Zagora
Muftiate of Targovishte			Targovishte
Muftiate of Varna			Varna
Muftiate of Veliko Tarnovo			Veliko Tarnovo

Muftiates in the Caucasus

The Religious Council of the Caucasus
Grand Muftiate	Grand Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
The Grand Muftiate of the Caucasus[21][22]	Grand Mufti of the Caucasus Allahshukur Pashazadeh	1992–present	Baku
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	Maykop
Muftiate of Azerbaijan
Muftiate of Chechnya
Spiritual Board of the Muslims of Dagestan[23]
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
The Muftiate of the Chechen Republic (not state recognized)[24]	Mufti Muhammad-Bashir Arsanukaev		Grozny

The Religious Board of Muslims of Adjara[25][26]
Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
The Muftiate of Adjara	Mufti Mahmud Kamashidze		Batumi

The Spiritual Board of Muslims of Abkhazia[27]
Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
The Muftiate of Abkhazia	Mufti Salikh Kvaratskhelia Mufti Adlia Gablia Mufti Timur Dzyba	2011–present 1995 – 2011	Sukhumi

The Administration of Muslims of Georgia (AMG)[28]
Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
The Administration of Muslims of Georgia (country)	Shi'a Sheikh Vagip Akapilov Sunni Mufti Jemal Parkhadze		Tbilisi

Greek muftiates

Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Muftiate of Didymoteicho[29]			Didymoteicho

Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Muftiate of Komotini	Mufti Ibrahim Şerif (elected mufti) Mufti Meco Cemali (state-appointed mufti)		Komotini

Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Muftiate of Xanthi	Mufti Mehmet Emin Aga (elected mufti) Mufti Mehmet Emin Sinikoğlu[30] (state-appointed mufti)		Xanthi

Office of the Grand Mufti of India

Office	Grand Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Office of the Grand Mufti	Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad	2019–	New Delhi and Kozhikode

Kazakh muftiates

:kk:Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kazakhstan (SDMK) (Replaced SADUM in 1990)
Supreme Muftiate	Supreme Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Supreme Muftiate of Kazakhstan	Supreme Mufti Yerzhan Malgajyuly Mayamerov[31] Supreme Mufti Absattar Derbisali Supreme Mufti Ratbek Nysanbayev	2013–present – 1990 – 2000	Almaty

Kosovar muftiates

The Islamic Community of Kosovo
Grand Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Grand Muftiate of Kosovo[32]	Grand Mufti de:Naim Tërnava Grand Mufti Rexhep Boja	2008–present 1990 - 2003	Prishtina

Kyrgyz muftiates

Spiritual Board of Muslims of Kyrgyzstan
Grand Muftiate	Grand Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Grand Muftiate of Kyrgyzstan	Grand Mufti Maksatbek Toktomushev[33] Grand Mufti Rahmatilla Egemberdiev[34] Grand Mufti Chubak Zhalilov[35]	2014–present 2012 – 2014 2010 – 2012	Bishkek

Lithuanian muftiates

Council of Lithuanian Muslims Religious Communities – Muftiate
Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Muftiate of Lithuania – LMRBT[36]	Mufti Aleksandras Beganskas	2019–present	Vilnius

Spiritual Center of the Lithuanian Sunni Muslims[37][38]
Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Muftiate of Lithuania - LMSDC	Mufti Romualdas Jakibauskas Mufti Romualdas Krinickis	2008–present 1998 – 2008	Vilnius

Macedonian muftiates

Islamic Community of Macedonia (ICM)[39]
Grand Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Grand Muftiate of Macedonia[40][41]	Grand Mufti Hadzhi Sulejman Rexhepi (present) Grand Mufti Taxhedin Bislimi[42] (2006-) Grand Mufti Zenun Berisha[43]	– – –	Skopje
Macedonian muftiates	Macedonian Muftis	Term of office	Headquarters
Muftiate of Bitola	Pellumb Veliu		Bitola
Muftiate of Debar	Ramazan Hasa		Debar
Muftiate of Gostivar	Shaqir Fetahu		Gostivar
Muftiate of Kičevo	Murat Hyseni		Kičevo
Muftiate of Kumanovo	Abedin Imeri[44]		Kumanovo
Muftiate of Ohrid	Samet Ajdari		Ohrid
Muftiate of Prilep	Mustafa Topalovski		Prilep
Muftiate of Resen			Resen
Muftiate of Skopje	Ibrahim Shabani		Skopje
Muftiate of Štip	Isa Ismaili		Štip
Muftiate of Struga	Salim Sylejmani		Struga
Muftiate of Tetovo	Qani Nesimi		Tetovo

Montenegrin muftiates

Islamic Community of Montenegro
Grand Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Grand Muftiate of Montenegro[45]	Grand Mufti Reif Fejzić		Podgorica

Polish muftiates

Muslim Religious Union in the Republic of Poland
Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Muftiate of Poland	Mufti Tomasz Miśkiewicz[46]	2004–present	Białystok

Romanian muftiates

Muslim Community in Romania
Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Muftiate of Romania	Mufti Murat Yusuf Mufti Bagâş Sanghirai	2005–present 2000 – 2005	Constanţa

Russian muftiates

Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia
Grand Muftiate	Grand Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Supreme Muftiate of Russia[47][48][49]	Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadzhuddin	1992–present	Ufa
Muftiates "Regional Spiritual Boards"	Muftis	Term of office	Headquarters
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Republic of Bashkortostan (SBRB)[50]	Mufti Nafiqulla Ashirov		Ufa
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the European Region of Russia (the Muftiate of Moscow)	Mufti Rawil Gaynetdin	1996–present	Moscow
The Muftiate of the Chechen Republic (state-recognized)	Mufti Muhammad-Husain Alsabekov		Grozny
The Spiritual Board of the Muslims of Dagestan (SBMD)	Mufti Ahmad Abdullayev Mufti Said-Magomed Abubakarov	1998–present 1997 – 1998	Makhachkala
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of Kabardino-Balkaria	Mufti Shafiq Pshikhachev[51]		Nalchik
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of Karatchaevo-Cherkesia	Mufti Ismail Berdiev		Cherkessk
The Spiritual Board of the Muslims of the Karachay-Cherkessia Region and Stavropol[52]	Mufti Ahmed Bidji-ulu		Cherkessk
The Karelian Muftiate	Mufti Wisam Ali Bardvil		Petrozavodsk
The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Khanty			Khanty-Mansiysk
The Kumyk Spiritual Board (KSB)	Mufti B. Issaev		Makhachkala
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Republic of Mordovia			Saransk
The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Moscow and Central Russia	Mufti Albert Krganov Rifkatovich		Moscow
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Nizhny Novgorod Region	Mufti Gayaz-hazrat Zakirov Mufti Umar Yusipovich Idrisov	2008–present 1993 – 2008	Nizhny Novgorod
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of North Ossetia–Alania	Mufti Dzankhot Hekilaev		Vladikavkaz
The Muftiate of the Republic of Ingushetia	Mufti Sheikh Muhammed Alboghatchiev		Magas
The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Orenburg Region			Orenburg
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Perm Region			Perm
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Rostov Region			Rostov-on-Don
The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Primorsky			Vladivostok
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Samara Region	Mufti Hazrat Yarullin Vagiz		Samara
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of Siberia (the Muftiate of Omsk, SBMS)[53]	Mufti Zulqarnay Shakirzyanov		Omsk
Spiritual Board of Muslims of Tatarstan (SBMT)[54]	Mufti Ildus Yunusov Mufti Gusman Iskhakov[55] Mufti Gabdulla-Hazrat Galiulla[56]	2011–present 1998 – 2011 1992 – 1998	Kazan
The Central Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Ulyanovsk Region	Hazrat Muhammad Baybikov	2010–present	Ulyanovsk

Serbian muftiates

:sh:Islamic Community of Serbia
Grand Muftiate	Grand Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Grand Muftiate	Grand Mufti Sead ef. Nasufović		Belgrade
Serbian muftiates	Serbian Muftis	Term of office	Headquarters
Meshihat of Serbia	Abdullah Numan		Belgrade
Meshihat of Sandžak	Hasib Suljović		Novi Pazar
Meshihat of Preševo	Nedžmedin Saćipi		Preševo

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
Muftiate of Slovenia	Mufti Nedžad Grabus Mufti Osman Đogić	2006–present 2001–2005	Ljubljana

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
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	Tashkent

Central Spiritual Board of Muslims of European Russia and Siberia (DUMES)
Grand Muftiate	Grand Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Grand Muftiate of European Russia and Siberia	Grand Mufti Talgat Tadzhuddin[57]		Ufa

The Spiritual Directorate of Transcaucasia (DUMZ)[58]
Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Muftiate of Transcaucasia	Mufti Allahshukur Pashazadeh Mufti Mirzagazanfar Ibragimov Mufti :az:Aliaga Suleymanzade Mufti Agha Movsum Hakim-zadeh Shi'a Mufti Agha Akhund Alizadeh Deputy Sunni Mufti Ibrahim Efendi-zadeh	1980 – 1992 1978 – 1980 1968 – 1972 1952 – 1956 1943 – 1952	Baku

The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of the Northern Caucasus (DUMSK)
Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Muftiate of the Northern Caucasus	Mufti Hizri Gebekov		Buynaksk

Ukrainian muftiates

Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
The Spiritual Direction of the Muslims of Crimea (SDMC)	Mufti Kirim Esende[59][60]		Kiev

Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
The Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of Crimea (SDCM)[61][62]	Mufti Emirali Ablaev Mufti Nuri Mustafayev Mufti Seitdzhelil Ibragimov	1999–present 1996 – 1999 1992 – 1995	Simferopol

Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Ukraine (SDMU)[63]	Mufti Sheik :uk:Tamim Ahmed Muhamed Mutah		Kiev

Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
The Spiritual Center of Muslims of Ukraine (SCMU)	Mufti Ruslan Abdikyeyev	2005–present	Donetsk

Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
The Religious Directorate of Independent Muslim Communities of Ukraine "Kiev Muftiate"	Ildar Hazrat Hussein

Muftiate	Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Ukraine "Ummah" (SDMU "Ummah")	Mufti Said Ismagilov

Uzbek muftiates

The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan[64]
Grand Muftiate	Grand Mufti	Term of office	Headquarters
Grand Muftiate of Uzbekistan	Grand Mufti Usman Alimov Grand Mufti Abdurashid Kori Bakhromov[65] Grand Mufti Muxtorjon ABDULLOH Grand Mufti Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf[66]	2006–present 1995 – 2006 1993 – 1995 1989 – 1993	Tashkent

See also

• Muftiate
• Grand Mufti
• Mufti

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