Trending Imams in Germany — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed imams on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Malcolm X. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
42,039
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
9,975
views
views
2
Aga Khan IV
49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims
4,593
views
views
3
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)
3,445
views
views
4
Seyran Ateş
Turkish-German attorney (born 1963)
2,268
views
views
5
Fethullah Gülen
Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)
2,078
views
views
6
Rahim Aga Khan
50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1971)
1,489
views
views
7
Muhammad al-Mahdi
twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam
1,483
views
views
8
Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (1897-1975)
1,198
views
views
9
Louis Farrakhan
American religious (born 1935), leader of Nation of Islam (since 1981)
1,036
views
views
10
Anwar al-Awlaki
American-Yemeni imam and suspected Islamist extremist (1971–2011)
1,016
views
views
11
Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644
884
views
views
12
Aga Khan III
48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community (1877-1957)
782
views
views
13
Shamil
North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
579
views
views
14
Seyit Rıza
Zaza tribal chief
438
views
views
15
Hassan Dabbagh
German imam
386
views
views
16
Badr Bin Mohammad Al-Turki
377
views
views
17
Benjamin Idriz
376
views
views
18
Hassan Yousef
Leader of Hamas
356
views
views
19
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
328
views
views
20
Abdul Adhim Kamouss
Moroccan imam
316
views
views
21
Rashid ad-Din Sinan
leader of the Syrian wing of the Hashshashin sect and figure in the history of the Crusades
315
views
views
22
Al Sayed Musa al-Sadr
Lebanese Shiite jurist and political activist
307
views
views
23
Omar Bakri Muhammad
Islamist militant leader
280
views
views
24
Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr
Imam allegedly kidnapped by CIA in Italy
264
views
views
25
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
259
views
views
26
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
Saudi monarch and the last Emir of Nejd (1850–1928)
252
views
views
27
Zayd ibn Ali
Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
241
views
views
28
Assim al-Hakeem
Saudi Arabian Minangkabau Islamic Da'i
241
views
views
29
Muhamed Ciftci
232
views
views
30
Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʻUthaymīn
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (1929-2001)
224
views
views
31
Jaafar Al-Sadiq
Muslim scholar and Imam (died 765)
201
views
views
32
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Syrian Muslim preacher (1882–1935)
200
views
views
33
Ali al-Rida
eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818)
195
views
views
34
Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin
Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams
194
views
views
35
Muhsin Hendricks
South African imam and LGBTQIA activist
185
views
views
36
Yahyâ Sergio Yahe Pallavicini
184
views
views
37
Aga Khan I
politician (1800–1881)
169
views
views
38
Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt
168
views
views
39
Idris Ibn Abdallah
Idrisid ruler (r. 788–791)
158
views
views
40
Salman Al-Ouda
Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956)
136
views
views
41
Muhammad al-Baqir
Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams
134
views
views
42
Aga Khan II
Member of the Iranian royal family.
134
views
views
43
Hasan al-Askari
eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams
133
views
views
44
Ali al-Hadi
tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828–868)
130
views
views
45
Mohamed Taha Sabri
Tunisian imam
123
views
views
46
Musa al-Kazim
seventh of the Twelve Imams (745–799 CE)
119
views
views
47
Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Imam of Grand Mosque (Kuwait), Quran reciter, preacher, Nasheed artist
116
views
views
48
Ramazan Demir
113
views
views
49
Jakub Szynkiewicz
Polish Imam (1884-1966)
111
views
views
50
Kunta-haji
Chechen mystic (1800–1867)
109
views
views
51
Sheikh Mansur
military general and politician (1760-1794)
104
views
views
52
Saud al-Kabeer
ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814
99
views
views
53
Husein Kavazović
Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012
99
views
views
54
Abdelhakim Sefrioui
91
views
views
55
Nedžad Grabus
Bosniak mufti
88
views
views
56
Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
5th King of the Saudi State
87
views
views
57
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate
85
views
views
58
Siraj Wahhaj
American Imam (born 1950)
85
views
views
59
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934
85
views
views
60
Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi
Islamic hadith scholar (824–892)
84
views
views
61
Abdullah bin Faisal
Emir of Nejd (1831–1889)
83
views
views
62
Halim Malkoč
Waffen SS volunteer (1917-1947)
78
views
views
63
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)
77
views
views
64
Khalid Abdul Muhammad
Black nationalist leader in the United States (1948-2001)
75
views
views
65
Ala al-Din Muhammad III
Nizari Ismaili Imam
75
views
views
66
Hassen Chalghoumi
French imam
72
views
views
67
Muhammad al-Jawad
ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism
69
views
views
68
Al-Aziz Billah
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 975 to 996
69
views
views
69
Saud Al-Shuraim
Former Imam Saudi at Masjid al-Haram
68
views
views
70
Mehmet Görmez
Turkish statesperson (born 1959)
66
views
views
71
Ahmed al Haddad
Grand Mufti of Dubai
65
views
views
72
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
4th Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (r. 953–975)
64
views
views
73
Nizar
Fatimid prince and Nizari imam (1045–1095)
63
views
views
74
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
second Fatimid caliph from 934 to 946
60
views
views
75
Ali az-Zahir
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 1021 to 1036
59
views
views
76
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed
Tunisian-French LGBTQ+ activist
56
views
views
77
Gad al-Haq
scientist of (Al-Azhar)
55
views
views
78
Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad
Islamic scholar
55
views
views
79
Tuan Guru
55
views
views
80
Shah Khalil Allah III
Nizari imam (1740-1817)
53
views
views
81
Isma'il ibn Jafar
sixth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams
53
views
views
82
Nizar Rayan
Hamas leader (1959-2009)
52
views
views
83
Ghazi Muhammad
Imam of Dagestan (1795–1832)
52
views
views
84
Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni
Syrian Islamic scholar
49
views
views
85
Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri
Syrian lawyer
46
views
views
86
Saud II. ibn Faisal
Ruler of Second Saudi State in 1871 and from 1873 to 1875
46
views
views
87
Ahmad Abu Laban
Palestinian-Danish imam
43
views
views
88
Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi
Iman of Oman, first ruler from the Al Bu Said dynasty
42
views
views
89
Rukn al-Din Khurshah
Nizari Ismaili Imam
40
views
views
90
Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi
15th-century Egyptian scholar
38
views
views
91
Bahaa el-Din Ahmed Hussein el-Akkad
Egyptian Imam who converted to Christianity
36
views
views
92
Abdullah bin Thunayan Al Saud
Emir of Nejd and Head of the House of Saud (r.1841-1843)
35
views
views
93
Abdul Aziz Ghazi
Khateeb of the central mosque of Islamabad known as Lal Masjid
33
views
views
94
Mustafë Memeti
Albanian imam in Switzerland
32
views
views
95
Mevlud Dudić
Bosniak mufti
32
views
views
96
Mulla Idriz Gjilani
Albanian politician (1901-1949)
32
views
views
97
Maḥmūd Qoul Aghasi
31
views
views
98
Al-Musta'li
Fatimid caliph and imam (1074–1101)
31
views
views
99
Abdelkader Mesli
Imam and French resistant member (1902–1961)
31
views
views
100
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
Senegalese slave
31
views
views