New Delhi: Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad has been elected as the Grand Mufti  of India at the Gareeb Nawaz Peace Conference held at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi on Sunday. Hazrath Mannan Khan Razvi Barelvi, Sufi scholar from Uttar Pradesh, conferred the title.The event was organized under the banner of the predominant Sunni organization in the country, All India Thanzeem Ulamae Islam. Grand Mufti is a position that holds the supreme authority to issue fatwa (authoritative legal opinion on Islamic matters).Sayed Ameen Miya Barakthi, founder of Aligarh Al Barakath Institute, Sheikh Hazrath Sayyid Babr Ashraf, vice-president of Ajmeer Darga, Mufthi Shfaq Husain Qadiri, national president of Tanzime Ulama, among others were present at the function. Addressing the gathering at the function, Grand Mufti said Muslims in India should be united under a platform irrespective of the differences. The Islamic movements in India would attempt to strengthen peace in the country along with development works in education and humanitarian sectors, he said.