Sulaiman Ja'abari

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Sulaiman Ja'abari (Arabic: سليمان الجعبري‎, 1912–1994) was a Sunni Muslim religious leader of the Palestinian people and the fifth Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. When he became Grand Mufti in 1993, he was the first person to hold the position in nearly 40 years.

Ja'abari was born in Hebron and was educated at al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. He became a qadi in religious courts in Jaffa, Lydda and Safed, and in 1949 was appointed the Deputy Mufti of Jerusalem by Hussam Al-din Jarallah, the Grand Mufti. When Jarallah died in 1954, no replacement was appointed. After Jarallah's death, Ja'abari became a qadi for Jordan and a mufti for the Royal Jordanian Land Force. He also worked for the Department of Education in Jerusalem, Hebron, Ramallah and El-Bireh. He retired in 1975.

In 1993, as Israel transferred more control over many of the Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem to the Palestinians, Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat appointed Sulaiman Ja'abari as Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. He held this position until his death the following year, when Arafat appointed Ekrima Sa'id Sabri as his successor.

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Palestinian Personalities: Ja'abar, Sheikh Sulaiman

v t e Grand Muftis of Jerusalem

Medieval	al-Masri (?–1440)

Since the 19th century	M. T. al-Husayni (1860s–1908) K. al-Husayni (1908–1921)¹ H. A. al-Husseini (1921–1948) Jarallah (1948–1954) Ja'abari (1993–1994) Sabri (1994–2006) Hussein (2006–present)

¹ From 1914–1918, the Ottoman Empire claimed As'ad Shukeiri as Qadi (Mufti).

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Name	Jaabari, Sulaiman
Alternative names
Short description	Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
Date of birth	1912
Place of birth
Date of death	1994
Place of death

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