Islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community...

This is a list of notable Islamic religious leaders in Nigeria. Ahmad Abubakar Gumi Sheikh Adelabu Ja'afar Mahmud Adam Isa Ali Pantami Kabiru Gombe Sani...

This is a list of the top-level leaders for religious groups with at least 50,000 adherents, and that led anytime from January 1, 1901, to December 31...

This is a list of the top-level leaders for religious groups with at least 50,000 adherents, and that led anytime from January 1, 1801, to December 31...

top-level leaders for religious groups with at least 50,000 adherents, and that led anytime since January 1, 2001. It should likewise only name leaders listed...

The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State of...

Islamic religious police (also sometimes known as morality police or sharia police) are official Islamic vice squad police agencies, often in Muslim-majority...

Muslim leader, theologian, philosopher, Muslim revivalist, and Islamic thinker. He was a son of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam from...

Authority, is the head of state and the highest political and religious authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran (above the president). The armed forces,...

Afghānistān), officially the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and also styled by his religious title Amir al-Mu'minin (Arabic, lit...

him as leader of the Nation of Islam. The Islamic scholar John Andrew Morrow summarizes Fard's teachings as rooted in "a wide variety of (Islamic) ideas...

4, 5): on the one side, the Islamic Commission of Spain is the organ that can certify imams and Islamic religious leaders. On the other side, the Ministry...

he saw as a 'declaration of war on Islam.' In April 2018, Sadr wrote: "I am ready to intervene between the Islamic Republic (Iran) and Kingdom of Saudi...

or "imitation" of an expert in Islamic jurisprudence (a mujtahid) is not only lawful but obligatory on many religious questions for all Muslims not so...

Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding...

imams may lead Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, and provide religious guidance. Thus for Sunnis, anyone can study the basic Islamic sciences and...

officially state-registered Islamic organization in U.S. history, and was the first American-born Islamic religious leader. Although the Moorish Science...

where he studied various Islamic studies including Arabic language, rhetoric, logic, Islamic philosophy, the Hadith and Islamic jurisprudence, eventually...

Hazrat Imam Hussain رضی اللہ عنہ His shrine is at Dewa, India. In the book "Islamic Review and Muslim India", (Kraus Reprint, 1971) it was mentioned that Waris...

activist and scholar. A professor of Islamic studies, she is currently the London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron University College...

espoused in most other countries, Pakistani nationalism is religious in nature, consisting of Islamic nationalism. Religion was the basis of the Pakistani nationalist...

1975) was an American religious leader, black separatist, and self-proclaimed Messenger of Allah who led the Nation of Islam (NOI) from 1933 until his...

Deobandi islamic scholar, writer and religious personality. He is the former education, culture secretary and central leader of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh...

issue fatwas, arguing Islam does not prohibit women from serving as muftis. She has authored works of gender analysis on Islamic law. Salih was featured...

supreme religious and political leader of an Islamic state known as the caliphate. Caliphs led the Muslim Ummah as political successors to the Islamic prophet...

current leader of the Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel insurgent group in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, now largely a part of Islamic State...

to be the highest authority in Islamic jurisprudence. The Grand Imam of al-Azhar is the most prominent official religious role in Egypt. Prior to the establishment...

genuine Islam. Religious leaders should therefore leave secular affairs to the new leaders who were striving for goals that conformed with Islamic principles...

which tends to follow the interpretations of local religious leaders and religious teachers at Islamic boarding schools (pesantren). There is also a historically...

Louis Eugene Walcott; May 11, 1933) is an American religious leader who heads the Nation of Islam (NOI), a black nationalist organization. Farrakhan is...