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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102,433
Total Views (this year)
Country
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1
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925β1965)
26,606
views
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2
Louis Farrakhan
controversial leader of Nation of Islam
7,627
views
views
3
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)
6,807
views
views
4
Aga Khan IV
49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims
6,364
views
views
5
Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (1897-1975)
5,517
views
views
6
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Rahim Aga Khan
50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1971)
4,886
views
views
7
Umar ibn Al-KhattΔb
2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644
4,207
views
views
8
Muhammad al-Mahdi
twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam
2,033
views
views
9
Shamil
North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
1,591
views
views
10
Warith Deen Mohammed
Leader of the Nation of Islam (1933-2008)
1,562
views
views
11
Ali al-Ridha
eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766β818)
1,527
views
views
12
Abdelhakim Sefrioui
1,366
views
views
13
Jaafar Al-Sadiq
Muslim scholar and Imam (died 765)
1,362
views
views
14
Fethullah GΓΌlen
Turkish preacher and imam (1941β2024)
1,359
views
views
15
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
1,088
views
views
16
Omar Suleiman
American Islamic scholar and author (born 1986)
1,044
views
views
17
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996β1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
957
views
views
18
Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin
Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams
916
views
views
19
Assim al-Hakeem
Saudi Arabian Minangkabau Islamic Da'i
845
views
views
20
Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Imam of Grand Mosque (Kuwait), Quran reciter, preacher, Nasheed artist
817
views
views
21
Yasir AlDawsari
Imam of Masjid-al-Haraam
806
views
views
22
Aga Khan II
Member of the Iranian royal family.
802
views
views
23
Khalid Abdul Muhammad
Black nationalist leader in the United States (1948-2001)
788
views
views
24
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923β1986)
783
views
views
25
Musa al-Kazim
seventh of the Twelve Imams (745β799 CE)
760
views
views
26
Muhammad al-Baqir
Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams
737
views
views
27
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
Saudi monarch and the last Emir of Nejd (1850β1928)
672
views
views
28
Zayd ibn Ali
Alid political and religious leader (c.695β740)
629
views
views
29
Mohammad Tawhidi
Muslim influencer and reformist Imam
599
views
views
30
Hasan al-Askari
eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams
590
views
views
31
Armando Bukele KattΓ‘n
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
574
views
views
32
Rashid ad-Din Sinan
leader of the Syrian wing of the Hashshashin sect and figure in the history of the Crusades
573
views
views
33
Ali al-Hadi
tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828β868)
533
views
views
34
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Syrian Muslim preacher (1882β1935)
509
views
views
35
MuαΈ₯ammad ibn αΉ’ΔliαΈ₯ al-Κ»UthaymΔ«n
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (1929-2001)
507
views
views
36
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate
488
views
views
37
Ahmad Sirhindi
Philosopher (1564-1624)
471
views
views
38
Idris Ibn Abdallah
Idrisid ruler (r. 788β791)
465
views
views
39
Muhammad al-Jawad
ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism
455
views
views
40
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934
402
views
views
41
Sheikh Mansur
Military general and politician (1760-1794)
401
views
views
42
Saud Al-Shuraim
Former Imam Saudi at Masjid al-Haram
372
views
views
43
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)
366
views
views
44
Hussain Ahmad Madani
Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar
330
views
views
45
Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi
Iman of Oman, first ruler from the Al Bu Said dynasty
299
views
views
46
Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt
298
views
views
47
Hassen Chalghoumi
French imam
291
views
views
48
Ali Jaber
former Imam of Masjid al-Haram (1954β2005)
287
views
views
49
Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi
Islamic hadith scholar (824β892)
286
views
views
50
Abdelkader Mesli
Imam and French resistant member (1902β1961)
286
views
views
51
Salman Alodah
Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956)
271
views
views
52
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
4th Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (r. 953β975)
261
views
views
53
Muhammad ibn Ismail
Seventh of the Isma'ili Shia Imams (740β813
259
views
views
54
Mamoudou barry
Malian
252
views
views
55
Muhammad Ayyub
Imam of Prophet's Mosque (1952β2016)
250
views
views
56
Al-Mustansir
Egyptian caliph from 1036 to 1094/95
244
views
views
57
Shah Khalil Allah III
Nizari imam (1740-1817)
242
views
views
58
Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
5th King of the Saudi State
239
views
views
59
Ghazi Muhammad
Imam of Dagestan (1795β1832)
236
views
views
60
Maher Almuaiqly
Saudi imam
235
views
views
61
Omar Bakri Muhammad
Islamist militant leader
235
views
views
62
Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify
Saudi Imam
221
views
views
63
Osman Nuhu Sharubutu
Ghanaian Islamic cleric
210
views
views
64
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
Senegalese slave
194
views
views
65
Seyran AteΕ
Turkish-German attorney (born 1963)
187
views
views
66
Warsh
imam and Muslim theologian of Quran (728β812)
186
views
views
67
Adnan Ibrahim
Austrian imam and television preacher
185
views
views
68
Isma'il ibn Jafar
sixth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams
182
views
views
69
Saud al-Kabeer
ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814
182
views
views
70
Adil al-Kalbani
Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric
180
views
views
71
SaΚ»d al-GhΔmidΔ«
Saudi Arabian Imam and Qari
174
views
views
72
Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad
Islamic scholar
172
views
views
73
Uthman al-Khamis
Kuwaiti Islamic scholar
168
views
views
74
Muhsin Hendricks
South African imam and LGBTQIA activist
166
views
views
75
Shaikh Noreen Muhammad Siddique
Qari
161
views
views
76
Bandar Baleela
Saudi Islamic scholar and imam (born 1975)
159
views
views
77
Al-Aziz Billah
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 975 to 996
156
views
views
78
Abdullah bin Faisal
Emir of Nejd (1831β1889)
155
views
views
79
Al-Musta'li
Fatimid caliph and imam (1074β1101)
153
views
views
80
Daayiee Abdullah
American homosexual Muslim activist
153
views
views
81
Musa Baluku
Ugandan militant
152
views
views
82
Imam Samudra
Indonesian terrorist (1970β2008)
149
views
views
83
Hassan Iquioussen
142
views
views
84
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
Islamic scholar
141
views
views
85
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed
Tunisian-French LGBTQ+ activist
136
views
views
86
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
second Fatimid caliph from 934 to 946
135
views
views
87
Ahmed Talib Hameed
Saudi Islamic scholar and Imam (born 1981)
129
views
views
88
Siraj Wahhaj
American Imam (born 1950)
127
views
views
89
Seyit RΔ±za
Zaza tribal chief
123
views
views
90
Muhammad al-Arifi
Saudi Arabian author and Da'i
123
views
views
91
Husein KavazoviΔ
Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012
121
views
views
92
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
Pakistani fundamentalist
120
views
views
93
Ahmad al-Wafi
Eighth Ismaili imam (c.β766β828)
119
views
views
94
Abu Ishaq al-Houweny
Islamic scholar (1956β2025)
119
views
views
95
Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
Saudi imam
117
views
views
96
Saleh Alluhaidan
Saudi scholar, judge, imam, preacher, and member of the Council of Senior Scholars
116
views
views
97
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
Fatimid caliph and imam (1096β1130)
115
views
views
98
Nizar
Fatimid prince and Nizari imam (1045β1095)
114
views
views
99
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Quran translator
114
views
views
100
Saif bin Sultan
Omani imam
113
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