Grand Mufti of India | |
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since 24 February 2019 | |
Office of the Grand Mufti of India | |
Style | Mufti Azam-e-Hind |
Residence | Kozhikode |
Seat | Daryaganj, New Delhi 28°38′48″N 77°14′41″E / 28.6468054°N 77.2448409°E |
Nominator | All India Tanzeem Ulama-e-Islam, All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni |
Formation | Mughal Empire[1][page needed] |
Unofficial names | Musliyar |
Website | Grand Mufti of India |
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The Grand Mufti of India is the most senior and influential religious authority of the Sunni Muslim Community of India.[2][3][4][5][6] The incumbent is Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad,[7][8] general secretary of All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama,[9][10] who was conferred the title in February 2019 at the Gareeb Nawaz Peace Conference held at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi, organised by the All India Tanzeem Ulama-e-Islam.[9]
Sheikh Abu Bakr Ahmad, Grand Mufti of India and President of the Islamic Community of India
Grand Mufti of India and President of the Islamic Community of India, Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar
Sheikh Aboobacker took charge as the Grand Mufti this February and holds the supreme authority to give fatwas in relation to Islamic religious matters in India.
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