Sentence examples for top ulema from inspiring English sources

His public scolding of the top ulema, aired on national television, was unprecedented.

"By approaching the council of ulema Mullah Omar has tried to absolve himself of responsibility and sought to involve the country's top ulema in decision making," Rahimullah Yusufzai, a Pakistani journalist who closely follows the Taliban and has interviewed bin Laden, wrote yesterday.

Despite being Crown Prince, al-Badr still needed to be picked by the Ulema in San'a.

As such, he met many Afghan tribal leaders, commanders and ulema who remain active today.

But in its imams and muftis and ulema it does have an official structure.

The rule has been that when the king was strong the ulema were weak.

The concept was quickly expanded with the formation of district level ulema committees throughout the state.

But King Salman appears to be giving the ulema a longer leash.

Like his predecessor Yahya Efendi, he was the scion of an illustrious ulema family.

Groups like the Indonesian Council of Ulema are also influential in the majority-Muslim country.

Until 2009 he was a member of the High Council of Senior Islamic Scholars (the Ulema).