MUFTI

The Mufti is the highest religious authority in the territory of the muftiluk or the meshihat. The Mufti is appointed and dismissed by the Council of the Islamic Community upon the proposal by Raisu-l-ulama.

The person appointed as the Mufti must be an Alim (a senior Muslim scholar) who has completed high and higher Islamic education, who has gained reputation among members of the Islamic community due to his familiarity with Islamic teaching and to his conduct, and who has had no less than ten years of experience in the work in the Islamic Community.

The Mufti represents the muftiate or meshihat, interprets Islamic norms and issues the fatwas; supervises work of grand imams, imams, khatibs, muallims, mudarrises and religious instructors; ensures that the religious rights of Muslims are protected; looks after the conditions for performing Islamic obligations; ensures that the decisions and instructions of higher authorities of the Islamic Community are implemented; proposes the appointment, dismissal and transfer of grand imams; manages and chairs the muftiate or the meshihat.

The Mufti's term of office is five years, with the possibility of reappointment for another term of office. The Mufti reports to Raisu-l-ulama and to the Council, and takes an oath before the Council.

Reference:

Page pertaining to the Constitution of the website of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, https://www.islamskazajednica.ba/index.php/o-sabor/ustav-islamske-zajednice