Trending Imams in USA this year
The 100 most-viewed imams this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Malcolm X.
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354,350
Total Views (this year)
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Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
64,783
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2
Louis Farrakhan
controversial leader of Nation of Islam
54,598
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3
Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (1897-1975)
22,435
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4
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Rahim Aga Khan
50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1971)
21,589
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views
5
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)
21,046
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6
Aga Khan IV
49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims
20,525
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views
7
Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644
13,210
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views
8
Warith Deen Mohammed
Leader of the Nation of Islam (1933-2008)
7,849
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9
Muhammad al-Mahdi
twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam
5,692
views
views
10
Jaafar Al-Sadiq
Muslim scholar and Imam (died 765)
4,928
views
views
11
Fethullah Gülen
Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)
4,702
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views
12
Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin
Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams
4,461
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views
13
Armando Bukele Kattán
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
4,022
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views
14
Ali al-Ridha
eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818)
3,714
views
views
15
Khalid Abdul Muhammad
Black nationalist leader in the United States (1948-2001)
3,527
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views
16
Assim al-Hakeem
Saudi Arabian Minangkabau Islamic Da'i
3,408
views
views
17
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
3,387
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views
18
Yasin Abu Bakr
religious figure in Trinidad and Tobago; leader of Jamaat al Muslimeen
3,036
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views
19
Omar Suleiman
American Islamic scholar and author (born 1986)
3,017
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views
20
Shamil
North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
2,987
views
views
21
Muhammad al-Baqir
Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams
2,900
views
views
22
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
2,827
views
views
23
Musa al-Kazim
seventh of the Twelve Imams (745–799 CE)
2,826
views
views
24
Siraj Wahhaj
American Imam (born 1950)
2,806
views
views
25
Yasir AlDawsari
Imam of Masjid-al-Haraam
2,738
views
views
26
Zayd ibn Ali
Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
2,723
views
views
27
Aga Khan II
Member of the Iranian royal family.
2,618
views
views
28
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
Saudi monarch and the last Emir of Nejd (1850–1928)
2,403
views
views
29
Omar Bakri Muhammad
Islamist militant leader
2,060
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views
30
Hasan al-Askari
eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams
2,000
views
views
31
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)
1,959
views
views
32
Mohammad Tawhidi
Muslim influencer and reformist Imam
1,791
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views
33
Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Imam of Grand Mosque (Kuwait), Quran reciter, preacher, Nasheed artist
1,759
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views
34
Ahmad Sirhindi
Philosopher (1564-1624)
1,758
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views
35
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
1,684
views
views
36
Ali al-Hadi
tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828–868)
1,569
views
views
37
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate
1,529
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views
38
Idris Ibn Abdallah
Idrisid ruler (r. 788–791)
1,514
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views
39
Muhammad al-Jawad
ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism
1,482
views
views
40
Aly Hindy
Canadian Imam
1,436
views
views
41
Saud Al-Shuraim
Former Imam Saudi at Masjid al-Haram
1,387
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views
42
Rashid ad-Din Sinan
leader of the Syrian wing of the Hashshashin sect and figure in the history of the Crusades
1,344
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views
43
Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʻUthaymīn
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (1929-2001)
1,323
views
views
44
Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt
1,270
views
views
45
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Syrian Muslim preacher (1882–1935)
1,263
views
views
46
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934
1,037
views
views
47
Ali Jaber
former Imam of Masjid al-Haram (1954–2005)
991
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views
48
Muhammad Ayyub
Imam of Prophet's Mosque (1952–2016)
979
views
views
49
Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
5th King of the Saudi State
942
views
views
50
Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi
Iman of Oman, first ruler from the Al Bu Said dynasty
918
views
views
51
Hussain Ahmad Madani
Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar
912
views
views
52
Muhammad ibn Ismail
Seventh of the Isma'ili Shia Imams (740–813
893
views
views
53
Salman Alodah
Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956)
881
views
views
54
Al-Mustansir
Egyptian caliph from 1036 to 1094/95
836
views
views
55
Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi
Islamic hadith scholar (824–892)
811
views
views
56
Shah Khalil Allah III
Nizari imam (1740-1817)
775
views
views
57
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
Islamic scholar
725
views
views
58
Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify
Saudi Imam
722
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views
59
Maher Almuaiqly
Saudi imam
720
views
views
60
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
4th Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (r. 953–975)
693
views
views
61
Muhsin Hendricks
South African imam and LGBTQIA activist
691
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views
62
Sheikh Mansur
Military general and politician (1760-1794)
683
views
views
63
Abdul Aziz Ghazi
Khateeb of the central mosque of Islamabad known as Lal Masjid
681
views
views
64
Saud al-Kabeer
ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814
673
views
views
65
Osman Nuhu Sharubutu
Ghanaian Islamic cleric
670
views
views
66
Adil al-Kalbani
Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric
664
views
views
67
Imam Samudra
Indonesian terrorist (1970–2008)
632
views
views
68
Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad
Islamic scholar
621
views
views
69
Isma'il ibn Jafar
sixth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams
587
views
views
70
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
Senegalese slave
555
views
views
71
Saʻd al-Ghāmidī
Saudi Arabian Imam and Qari
532
views
views
72
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
Pakistani fundamentalist
518
views
views
73
Abdullah bin Faisal
Emir of Nejd (1831–1889)
512
views
views
74
Ahmed Talib Hameed
Saudi Islamic scholar and Imam (born 1981)
483
views
views
75
Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya
10th-century Arab religious leader; founder of the Zaydi Imamate
482
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views
76
Bandar Baleela
Saudi Islamic scholar and imam (born 1975)
479
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views
77
Shaikh Noreen Muhammad Siddique
Qari
478
views
views
78
Uthman al-Khamis
Kuwaiti Islamic scholar
478
views
views
79
Adnan Ibrahim
Austrian imam and television preacher
469
views
views
80
Al-Musta'li
Fatimid caliph and imam (1074–1101)
456
views
views
81
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Quran translator
455
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views
82
Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
Saudi imam
448
views
views
83
Daayiee Abdullah
American homosexual Muslim activist
441
views
views
84
Musa Baluku
Ugandan militant
440
views
views
85
Ibrahim Ahmad Maqari
Nigerian religious leader (Tijjaniya)
440
views
views
86
Seyran Ateş
Turkish-German attorney (born 1963)
439
views
views
87
Husein Kavazović
Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012
434
views
views
88
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
second Fatimid caliph from 934 to 946
428
views
views
89
Rukn al-Din Khurshah
Nizari Ismaili Imam
421
views
views
90
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed
Tunisian-French LGBTQ+ activist
419
views
views
91
Saleh Al-Talib
Saudi scholar and Imam
418
views
views
92
Muhammad al-Arifi
Saudi Arabian author and Da'i
417
views
views
93
Warsh
imam and Muslim theologian of Quran (728–812)
415
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views
94
Al-Aziz Billah
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 975 to 996
412
views
views
95
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
Fatimid caliph and imam (1096–1130)
401
views
views
96
Ahmad al-Wafi
Eighth Ismaili imam (c. 766–828)
394
views
views
97
Ghazi Muhammad
Imam of Dagestan (1795–1832)
384
views
views
98
Mohammed Bello Abubakar
Nigerian imam
362
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views
99
Yahya ibn Zayd
son of Zayd ibn Ali
361
views
views
100
Saleh Alluhaidan
Saudi scholar, judge, imam, preacher, and member of the Council of Senior Scholars
357
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