Head of the Fatwa Authority at the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and Chairman of the Fatwa Committee of the Jama’at Nasril Islam (JNI) in Nigeria
His Eminence Sheikh Al-Sharif Ibrahim Saleh Al-Hussaini
His Eminence Sheikh Al-Sharif Al-Hussaini is a member of the Muslim Council of Elders and Chairman of the Fatwa Committee of the Jama’at Nasril Islam (JNI) in Nigeria. He serves as the President of the Nigerian Islamic Council, a member of the Advisory Body to the Federal Government on Islamic Affairs, a member of the Shura Council of Northern Nigeria, Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Organization International (IROI), and a member of the Nigerian Inter-Religious Council (NIREC). He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Third World Relief Agency.
His Eminence has also held several other prominent positions, such as a member of the General Secretariat of the World Islamic Call Council at the Islamic Call Society, Assistant Secretary-General for African Affairs at the Islamic World Peoples Leadership, and a founding member of the African Ulama Conference. In addition to holding numerous honorary positions, His Eminence has received multiple decorations and honors, including the Republic Medal in Sciences and Arts from the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Islamic Call Service Medal from the Abu al-Noor Islamic Complex in Syria, the Islamic Call Shield from the Islamic Call Society, the First-Class Pioneer Medal of Service of the Islamic Call from Libya, and the First-Class Pioneer Medal from the Afro-Asian Writers’ Organization.