Islam. A Muslim cleric or expert in Islamic law empowered to give rulings on religious matters, esp. a legal scholar competent to deliver a…

In Muslim belief: the restorer of religion and justice who will rule before the end of the world; a claimant of this title (frequently the Mahdi)…

Sheikh-ul-Islam (properly Sheikhu 'l Islam): the supreme authority in matters relating to religion and sacred law; in Turkey, the mufti. Hence She…

The spiritual headship of Islam, residing in the person of the Turkish Sultan; used attributively to designate the Muslim anti-British movement in…

(An honorific title for) an Iranian Shiite religious leader.