Grand Mufti Nedzad Grabus

Rais al-ulama of Bosnia and Herzegovina

On 10 October 2026 Nedžad Grabus was elected Rais al-ulama (Reis-ul-ulema) of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the 14th in its history. He takes office on 15 November 2026 at the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque in Sarajevo, for a mandate of seven years, succeeding Husein efendi Kavazović.

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Biography

Nedžad Grabus served as Mufti of the Islamic Community in Slovenia until 2021. He is a Professor of theology at the Faculty of Islamic Studies in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was the editor of the first interreligious programme in Sarajevo that covered both Islamic and Christian issues.

He participated in and lectured at various religious conferences worldwide, from the Vatican, Oslo, Copenhagen and Cairo to Medina, Vienna, Istanbul and others.

At the University of Ljubljana, he is a member of the Institute for Ecumenical Theology and Interreligious Dialogue as well as part of the editorial board of “Unity and Dialogue”.

Nedžad Grabus is a well-known mediator between and integrator of Christian and Islamic thought and philosophy, having been, inter alia, a guest lecturer at the Catholic faculty in Maribor.