Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf

Muhammad Muhammad Yusuf Sodiq ( born April 15, 1952 in Andijan, Uzbekistan ) is the most prominent theologian and unofficial spiritual leader of Islam in Uzbekistan. He is the first Mufti after independence and was the former Grand Mufti of the Muslim Spiritual Board of Central Asia, Uzbekistan. He studied at the Mir- i Arab Madrasa, Bukhara and the Imam al -Bukhari Institute in Tashkent, then in Libya. He has emerged as a translator and commentator of the Qur'an. His goal is the gradual but complete Islamization of Uzbek society.

" His writings are published for the most part in Kyrgyzstan, the publishing house of the Islamic Centre in the city of Osh Kara- Suu in the south of the country in Uzbek and Russian. "

He was one of the 138 signatories of the open letter A Common Word between Us and You (English A Common Word Between Us and You), the Islamic personalities "leaders of Christian churches everywhere" (English " Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere ... " ) sent (13 October 2007).