Saad al-Alami

Saad al-Alami (Arabic: سعد الدين العلمي ‎; 1911–1993) was a Sunni Muslim religious leader of the Palestinian people and the fourth Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. He became Grand Mufti in 1952 until his death in 1993.

Al-Alami was born in Jerusalem in 1911, and worked as a Shari‘a Judge in Ramallah from 1948–51 and in Nablus from 1951-53.

On the death of his predecessor Jarallah in 1952, the Jordanian Waqf appointed Saad al-Alami as his replacement.[1][2]

References
  1. "Obituary: Saad al-Alami". The Independent. 1993-02-10. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  2. "Saad al-Alami Dead; Jerusalem Cleric, 82". The New York Times. 1993-02-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
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