# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mufti-muneeb-ur-rahman
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:44:03.928Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mufti-muneeb-ur-rahman"
name: "Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rahman"
slug: "mufti-muneeb-ur-rahman"
description: "Muneeb-ur-Rehman is a Pakistani Islamic scholar (mufti), professor, religious leader, and public intellectual associated with the Sunni Barelvi tradition of Islam, particularly the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. He is widely known for his long tenure as Chairman of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee of Pakistan (2001–2020), where he oversaw the national system for moon sighting used to determine the Islamic lunar calendar, including Ramadan and Eid festivals."
tagline: "Mufti of Pakistan"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stone_Laying_Madrassa_Naeemia.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1945-02-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.27
  momentum:             0.6918238993710693
  historical:           5.097266666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Muneeb-ur-Rehman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "منيب الرحمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "মুনীব-উর-রেহমান"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "منیب الرحمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AC-%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "मुफ्ती मुनीब-उर-रहमान"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%81%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مفتی منیب الرحمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump