Grand Mufti of Jerusalem

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Islamic leadership position religious office

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem is the highest Sunni Muslim religious authority in Jerusalem, historically influential in religious, legal, and political affairs related to the city's Islamic holy sites and the Palestinian community.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem canonical	3
President of the Supreme Muslim Council	1
مفتي القدس الأكبر	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic leadership position ⓘ religious office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Jerusalem ⓘ
appointedBy	political authorities in Palestine or controlling power ⓘ
basedIn	East Jerusalem ⓘ
concerns	Al-Aqsa Mosque ⓘ Dome of the Rock ⓘ Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem ⓘ
country	Mandatory Palestine ⓘ surface form: Palestine
fieldOfWork	Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ Islamic law ⓘ Islamic theology ⓘ Palestinian religious affairs ⓘ administration of Islamic holy places ⓘ religious leadership ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext	Mandatory Palestine ⓘ surface form: British Mandate of Palestine Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem ⓘ Jordanian administration of East Jerusalem ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
hasResponsibility	advising on Islamic personal status law ⓘ guiding Sunni Muslim community in Jerusalem ⓘ issuing fatwas ⓘ overseeing religious courts ⓘ representing Palestinian Muslim religious interests ⓘ supervising religious endowments (waqf) in Jerusalem ⓘ
hasRole	guardian of Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem ⓘ highest Sunni Muslim religious authority in Jerusalem ⓘ legal authority in Islamic matters ⓘ political influence ⓘ religious authority ⓘ
inception	early 20th century ⓘ
jurisdictionOver	Islamic family law for Muslims in Jerusalem ⓘ religious affairs of Sunni Muslims in Jerusalem ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Arabic ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder	Haj Amin al-Husseini ⓘ surface form: Amin al-Husseini Ekrima Sa'id Sabri ⓘ Hussam al-Din Jarallah ⓘ Mohammad Ahmad Hussein ⓘ Suleiman al-Husseini ⓘ
partOf	Islamic religious hierarchy in Palestine ⓘ Sunni Islamic jurisprudential system ⓘ
positionHeldIn	Palestinian community ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
seat	Jerusalem ⓘ
significantFor	Palestinian national movement ⓘ administration of Haram al-Sharif ⓘ status of Jerusalem in Islam ⓘ
titleInArabic	Grand Mufti of Jerusalem self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: مفتي القدس الأكبر

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haj Amin al-Husseini → positionHeld → Grand Mufti of Jerusalem ⓘ

Haj Amin al-Husseini → appointedAs → Grand Mufti of Jerusalem ⓘ

Grand Mufti of Jerusalem → titleInArabic → Grand Mufti of Jerusalem self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: مفتي القدس الأكبر

al-Husseini family → heldReligiousOffice → Grand Mufti of Jerusalem ⓘ

al-Husseini family → heldPoliticalOffice → Grand Mufti of Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the Supreme Muslim Council