Saad al-Alami explained

Saad el-Din el-Alami
Office:Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
Term Start:1952
Term End:6 February 1993
Predecessor:Hussam ad-Din Jarallah
Successor:Sheikh Ekrima Sa'id Sabri
Birth Date:1911
Birth Place:Jerusalem
Death Date:6 February 1993
Nationality:Palestinian
Religion:Sunni Islam

Saad el-Din el-Alami (Arabic: سعد الدين العلمي;[1] 1911 – 6 February 1993) was a Sunni Muslim religious leader of the Palestinian people and the fourth Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, in office from 1952 until his death.[2] [3]

Al-Alami was born in Jerusalem in 1911, and worked as a sharia judge in Ramallah from 1948–51 and in Nablus from 1951–53. The Alamis were a notable family in the Jerusalem area generally.[4] In 1952, the Jordanian Jerusalem Islamic Waqf appointed Saad al-Alami as Mufti of Jerusalem in succession to Hussam ad-Din Jarallah.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hawatmeh Mourns the Death of the Great Scientist Al-Sheikh Saad Al-Alami . The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive (PMDA) . 2 October 2021 . en.
  2. News: Obituary: Saad al-Alami. 1993-02-10. The Independent. 2017-11-30. en-GB.
  3. News: Saad al-Alami Dead; Jerusalem Cleric, 82. The New York Times. 1993-02-07. 2015-10-22. 0362-4331.
  4. Web site: Jerusalem . 2023-10-30 . Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question – palquest . en.