Sentence examples for chief cleric from inspiring English sources

Senator Coburn's spokesman has even described Mr. Norquist as "the chief cleric of Sharia tax law".

Among the dead was the chief cleric of the mosque, which belongs to the Barelvi sect of Islam, practiced by most Pakistani Sunni Muslims.

The representative, Sheik Abdul Mehdi al-Karbilai, the chief cleric of the Shrine of Imam Hussein, an important religious landmark for the Shiite community, survived with minor wounds.

But the imam at the mosque, the chief cleric, is pleased to tell reporters what he believes Mr. Hussein had in mind with the mosque.

The protesters demanded the return of the mosque's former chief cleric, Abdul Aziz, who was in government detention, and shouted slogans against the Pakistan president, General Pervez Musharraf.

"What we are seeing today is the complete rebound effect of 20 years of oppression," said Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, the chief cleric at Srinagar's main mosque and a moderate separatist leader.

Traditional Christian leaders — notably Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Lebanon's chief Maronite cleric — are trying to broker a compromise.

In Egypt, the chief Muslim cleric, Grand Mufti Nasr Farid Wasel, said keeping the statues is not forbidden by Islam.

In response, the country's chief Muslim cleric issued a fatwa condemning same-sex relations as well as groups, such as NGOs, that "disseminate social discord".

"We came here not to take revenge, not to forgive," said Mustafa Ceric, the chief Muslim cleric in Bosnia, as he led the prayers.

Sheik Ikrima Sabri, the chief Islamic cleric of the city, who was appointed in 1994 by Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, minced no words in an interview.