[
UK
/mˈʌfti/
]
NOUN
- civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform
- a jurist who interprets Muslim religious law
How To Use mufti In A Sentence
- Here the mufti, or jurisconsult, appears to play a role remarkably similar to that of the roman jurist or contemporary European law professor (in providing Gutachten or opinions to courts).
- The government appoints the mufti who serves as the country's highest Islamic authority.
- Moreover, a fatwa issued by one or more muftis is considered to be binding on his/her co-religionists and not on others.
- Ms. NERMEEN AL-MUFTI (Spokeswoman, Iraqi Turkmen Front): The first thing is Turkmen and Arabs, not only in Kirkuk - in Kirkuk, Diyala, Salahudeen, Mosul and Anbar - they are going to boycott it. In Iraq, Counting Heads Is A Political Headache
- The Muslim community is governed by the Supreme Muslim Council under the Chief Mufti (religious judge), with a hierarchy of regional muftis, imams, and religious teachers.
- The muftis wanted the government to cut airing of Bollywood movies to only once a week, way down from at least a movie a day on at least one of the country's four television channels.
- I do not have robes and I do not have the wherewithal to obtain them and I seek permission of the Court to appear before you in mufti and civvies.
- The mufti, Egypt's chief Muslim jurisconsult, serves at the pleasure of the Egyptian government.
- Most Sunni Uzbeks are led by a state-appointed mufti.
- I can remember when my father was a uniformed policemen, but more typically I recall him in mufti when he'd been promoted to detective. He was detective inspector in the end, but I was long gone by then.