# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/usamah-al-rifa-i
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:41:47.654Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/usamah-al-rifa-i"
name: "Usāmah al-Rifāʻī"
slug: "usamah-al-rifa-i"
description: "Sheikh Osama al-Rifai is a Syrian Sunni Muslim scholar who has been the grand mufti of Syria since March 2025, the highest religious authority in the country. He belongs to the Ash'ari school of theology, and is affiliated with the \"Zayd Group\", a Sufi movement founded by his father. He actively advocated for the Syrian revolution until its conclusion in 2024."
tagline: "Syrian Islamic scholar (born 1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE_%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1944"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.604613333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "اسامہ رفاعی"
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    title: "ئوسامە ریفاعی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Usama ar-Rifai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_al-Rifai"
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    title: "اسامه الرفاعی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Осама ар-Рифаи"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump