Trending Imams this year
The 100 most-viewed imams this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Malcolm X.
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372,731
Total Views (this year)
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Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
71,604
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2
Louis Farrakhan
controversial leader of Nation of Islam
55,117
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3
Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (1897-1975)
23,084
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4
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)
22,477
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5
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Rahim Aga Khan
50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1971)
21,914
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6
Aga Khan IV
49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims
21,377
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7
Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644
13,957
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8
Warith Deen Mohammed
Leader of the Nation of Islam (1933-2008)
7,896
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9
Muhammad al-Mahdi
twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam
6,077
views
views
10
Fethullah Gülen
Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)
5,073
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views
11
Jaafar Al-Sadiq
Muslim scholar and Imam (died 765)
5,070
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views
12
Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin
Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams
4,595
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views
13
Armando Bukele Kattán
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
4,141
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views
14
Ali al-Ridha
eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818)
3,851
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15
Shamil
North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
3,830
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views
16
Khalid Abdul Muhammad
Black nationalist leader in the United States (1948-2001)
3,560
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views
17
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
3,553
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views
18
Assim al-Hakeem
Saudi Arabian Minangkabau Islamic Da'i
3,430
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views
19
Yasin Abu Bakr
religious figure in Trinidad and Tobago; leader of Jamaat al Muslimeen
3,036
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views
20
Omar Suleiman
American Islamic scholar and author (born 1986)
3,024
views
views
21
Muhammad al-Baqir
Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams
2,983
views
views
22
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
2,976
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views
23
Musa al-Kazim
seventh of the Twelve Imams (745–799 CE)
2,917
views
views
24
Siraj Wahhaj
American Imam (born 1950)
2,811
views
views
25
Yasir AlDawsari
Imam of Masjid-al-Haraam
2,800
views
views
26
Zayd ibn Ali
Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
2,791
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views
27
Aga Khan II
Member of the Iranian royal family.
2,682
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views
28
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
Saudi monarch and the last Emir of Nejd (1850–1928)
2,465
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views
29
Omar Bakri Muhammad
Islamist militant leader
2,077
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views
30
Hasan al-Askari
eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams
2,065
views
views
31
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
2,039
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views
32
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)
1,999
views
views
33
Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Imam of Grand Mosque (Kuwait), Quran reciter, preacher, Nasheed artist
1,878
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views
34
Mohammad Tawhidi
Muslim influencer and reformist Imam
1,859
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views
35
Ahmad Sirhindi
Philosopher (1564-1624)
1,780
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views
36
Idris Ibn Abdallah
Idrisid ruler (r. 788–791)
1,672
views
views
37
Ali al-Hadi
tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828–868)
1,611
views
views
38
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate
1,569
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39
Muhammad al-Jawad
ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism
1,549
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views
40
Rashid ad-Din Sinan
leader of the Syrian wing of the Hashshashin sect and figure in the history of the Crusades
1,525
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views
41
Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʻUthaymīn
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (1929-2001)
1,456
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views
42
Aly Hindy
Canadian Imam
1,436
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views
43
Saud Al-Shuraim
Former Imam Saudi at Masjid al-Haram
1,435
views
views
44
Abdelhakim Sefrioui
1,366
views
views
45
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Syrian Muslim preacher (1882–1935)
1,358
views
views
46
Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt
1,315
views
views
47
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934
1,133
views
views
48
Ali Jaber
former Imam of Masjid al-Haram (1954–2005)
1,003
views
views
49
Muhammad Ayyub
Imam of Prophet's Mosque (1952–2016)
987
views
views
50
Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
5th King of the Saudi State
965
views
views
51
Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi
Iman of Oman, first ruler from the Al Bu Said dynasty
941
views
views
52
Hussain Ahmad Madani
Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar
918
views
views
53
Muhammad ibn Ismail
Seventh of the Isma'ili Shia Imams (740–813
903
views
views
54
Salman Alodah
Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956)
901
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views
55
Sheikh Mansur
Military general and politician (1760-1794)
891
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views
56
Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi
Islamic hadith scholar (824–892)
889
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views
57
Al-Mustansir
Egyptian caliph from 1036 to 1094/95
867
views
views
58
Shah Khalil Allah III
Nizari imam (1740-1817)
781
views
views
59
Maher Almuaiqly
Saudi imam
766
views
views
60
Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify
Saudi Imam
735
views
views
61
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
Islamic scholar
725
views
views
62
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
4th Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (r. 953–975)
724
views
views
63
Muhsin Hendricks
South African imam and LGBTQIA activist
709
views
views
64
Saud al-Kabeer
ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814
701
views
views
65
Abdul Aziz Ghazi
Khateeb of the central mosque of Islamabad known as Lal Masjid
688
views
views
66
Osman Nuhu Sharubutu
Ghanaian Islamic cleric
670
views
views
67
Adil al-Kalbani
Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric
664
views
views
68
Imam Samudra
Indonesian terrorist (1970–2008)
632
views
views
69
Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad
Islamic scholar
629
views
views
70
Isma'il ibn Jafar
sixth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams
628
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views
71
Seyran Ateş
Turkish-German attorney (born 1963)
574
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views
72
Saʻd al-Ghāmidī
Saudi Arabian Imam and Qari
571
views
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73
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
Senegalese slave
562
views
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74
Ghazi Muhammad
Imam of Dagestan (1795–1832)
535
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views
75
Abdullah bin Faisal
Emir of Nejd (1831–1889)
533
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views
76
Uthman al-Khamis
Kuwaiti Islamic scholar
529
views
views
77
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
Pakistani fundamentalist
523
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views
78
Bandar Baleela
Saudi Islamic scholar and imam (born 1975)
503
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views
79
Adnan Ibrahim
Austrian imam and television preacher
489
views
views
80
Ahmed Talib Hameed
Saudi Islamic scholar and Imam (born 1981)
488
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views
81
Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya
10th-century Arab religious leader; founder of the Zaydi Imamate
488
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views
82
Hassen Chalghoumi
French imam
479
views
views
83
Al-Musta'li
Fatimid caliph and imam (1074–1101)
479
views
views
84
Shaikh Noreen Muhammad Siddique
Qari
478
views
views
85
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
second Fatimid caliph from 934 to 946
466
views
views
86
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed
Tunisian-French LGBTQ+ activist
461
views
views
87
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Quran translator
455
views
views
88
Daayiee Abdullah
American homosexual Muslim activist
451
views
views
89
Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
Saudi imam
451
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views
90
Husein Kavazović
Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012
447
views
views
91
Rukn al-Din Khurshah
Nizari Ismaili Imam
444
views
views
92
Musa Baluku
Ugandan militant
441
views
views
93
Ibrahim Ahmad Maqari
Nigerian religious leader (Tijjaniya)
440
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views
94
Al-Aziz Billah
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 975 to 996
439
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views
95
Muhammad al-Arifi
Saudi Arabian author and Da'i
436
views
views
96
Warsh
imam and Muslim theologian of Quran (728–812)
428
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views
97
Saleh Al-Talib
Saudi scholar and Imam
418
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views
98
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
Fatimid caliph and imam (1096–1130)
407
views
views
99
Ahmad al-Wafi
Eighth Ismaili imam (c. 766–828)
403
views
views
100
Saleh Alluhaidan
Saudi scholar, judge, imam, preacher, and member of the Council of Senior Scholars
383
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