Wikipedia's first sentence called it “more significant than a muftiate”. Today it says “administrative territorial entity”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Administrative territorial entity under the supervision of a mufti A muftiate is an administrative territorial entity, mainly in the post-Soviet and Southeast European states, under the supervision of a mufti . In the post- Yugoslavia states, spiritual administrations similar to the muftiate are called riyasat . A grand muftiate is more significant than a muftiate, and is presided over by a grand mufti . A grand muftiate or muftiate is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the directorate, and oversees the local boards, clerics, mosques, and trusteeships. The structure of Russian- and south-eastern European muftiates were never prescribed by Islamic doctrine, but instead are based on the principle of an all-encompassing legal and administrative order in parallel fashion to Christian dioceses with the purpose of regulating the Islamic religion. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ). Window on the East: national and imperial identities in late tsarist Russia .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
A muftiate (alternative spelling: muftiyat) ; ; ; ; Russian: Муфтият ; ; ; ) is a administrative territorial entity under the supervision of a mufti . A grand muftiate is more significant than a muftiate, and is presided over by a grand mufti . A grand muftiate or muftiate is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the directorate, and oversees the local boards, clerics, mosques, and trusteeships. The structure of Russian- and south-eastern European muftiates were never prescribed by Islamic doctrine, but instead are based on the principle of an all-encompassing legal and administrative order in parallel fashion to Christian dioceses with the purpose of regulating the Islamic religion.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
A muftiate (alternative spelling: muftiyat) or Muftiluk ; ; ; ; Russian: Муфтият ; ; ; ) is an administrative territorial entity under the supervision of a mufti . A grand muftiate is more significant than a muftiate, and is presided over by a grand mufti . A grand muftiate or muftiate is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the directorate, and oversees the local boards, clerics, mosques, and trusteeships. The structure of Russian- and south-eastern European muftiates were never prescribed by Islamic doctrine, but instead are based on the principle of an all-encompassing legal and administrative order in parallel fashion to Christian dioceses with the purpose of regulating the Islamic religion. Window on the East: national and imperial identities in late tsarist Russia .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Administrative territorial entity under the supervision of a mufti A muftiate (alternative spelling: muftiyat; or Muftiluk ; ; ; ; Russian: Муфтият ; ; ; ) is an administrative territorial entity under the supervision of a mufti . A grand muftiate is more significant than a muftiate, and is presided over by a grand mufti . A grand muftiate or muftiate is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the directorate, and oversees the local boards, clerics, mosques, and trusteeships. The structure of Russian- and south-eastern European muftiates were never prescribed by Islamic doctrine, but instead are based on the principle of an all-encompassing legal and administrative order in parallel fashion to Christian dioceses with the purpose of regulating the Islamic religion. Window on the East: national and imperial identities in late tsarist Russia .
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more significant than a muftiate
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administrative territorial entity
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