Husein Mujić
Husein Mujić | |
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| Title | 10th Grand Mufti of Yugoslavia |
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| Born | 1918 |
| Died | 27 December 1993 (aged 74–75) |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Senior posting | |
| Period in office | 1987 – 1989 |
| Predecessor | Naim Hadžiabdić |
| Successor | Jakub Selimoski |
hfz Husein ef. Mujić (1918 – 27 December 1993) was a Bosnian cleric who served as the Grand Mufti of Yugoslavia from 1987 to 1989.
Biography
He was born in 1918 in Orahovica Gornja near Gračanica. He completed Osman-kaptan Madrasa in Gračanica and Behram-Bey's Madrasa in Tuzla. While studying in Tuzla, he also completed his hifz (memorization) under the hafiz Ahmed Redžebašić in 1936. In 1980 he completed his studies in Arabic language and literature at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Belgrade.
He worked in the Islamic community since 1938, first as an imam and religious teacher in Zvornik, then in Zelinja Srednja near Gradačac,[1] then in Gračanica. In 1960, he was elected chief imam of the region of Tuzla, and 15 years later he became the mufti of that region. From that position he was elected Grand Mufti, and the menšura was handed over to him, according to his wish, on December 11, 1987, in Belgrade's Bajrakli Mosque.
Pressured by events in the Islamic Community, he resigned from the position of Grand Mufti after two years, at the end of 1989. He was a regular member of both the republican and federal bodies of the Islamic Community, an active participant in the People's Front and the Socialist Alliance. Also, for several years he was president of the Association of Ilmija and for three years editor-in-chief of Preporod, the then journal of this association.[2]
References
- ^ "U Zelinji Srednjoj za vrijeme Drugog svjetskog rata boravio je Husein ef. Mujić". gradacacuproslosti.home.blog. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
- ^ "Hfz. Husein ef. Mujić". islamskazajednica.ba. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 2025-07-03.