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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Ranked
307,548
Total Views (this year)
1
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
64,347
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2
Louis Farrakhan
controversial leader of Nation of Islam
30,411
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3
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Rahim Aga Khan
50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1971)
22,729
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4
Aga Khan IV
49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims
21,036
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5
Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (1897-1975)
20,557
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views
6
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)
19,360
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views
7
Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644
10,431
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views
8
Warith Deen Mohammed
Leader of the Nation of Islam (1933-2008)
8,661
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views
9
Muhammad al-Mahdi
twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam
5,091
views
views
10
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
3,898
views
views
11
Jaafar Al-Sadiq
Muslim scholar and Imam (died 765)
3,837
views
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12
Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify
Saudi Imam
3,738
views
views
13
Aga Khan II
Member of the Iranian royal family.
3,719
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views
14
Fethullah Gülen
Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)
3,264
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views
15
Omar Suleiman
American Islamic scholar and author (born 1986)
3,176
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views
16
Muhammad al-Baqir
Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams
3,021
views
views
17
Armando Bukele Kattán
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
3,013
views
views
18
Yasir AlDawsari
Imam of Masjid-al-Haraam
2,947
views
views
19
Assim al-Hakeem
Saudi Arabian Minangkabau Islamic Da'i
2,684
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views
20
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
2,586
views
views
21
Ali al-Ridha
eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818)
2,584
views
views
22
Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin
Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams
2,490
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views
23
Shamil
North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
2,459
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views
24
Khalid Abdul Muhammad
Black nationalist leader in the United States (1948-2001)
2,451
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views
25
Musa al-Kazim
seventh of the Twelve Imams (745–799 CE)
2,038
views
views
26
Daayiee Abdullah
American homosexual Muslim activist
2,029
views
views
27
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
Saudi monarch and the last Emir of Nejd (1850–1928)
2,011
views
views
28
Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Imam of Grand Mosque (Kuwait), Quran reciter, preacher, Nasheed artist
1,833
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views
29
Zayd ibn Ali
Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
1,668
views
views
30
Hasan al-Askari
eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams
1,610
views
views
31
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
1,605
views
views
32
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Syrian Muslim preacher (1882–1935)
1,493
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views
33
Ahmad Sirhindi
Philosopher (1564-1624)
1,413
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views
34
Ali al-Hadi
tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828–868)
1,381
views
views
35
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate
1,361
views
views
36
Shah Khalil Allah III
Nizari imam (1740-1817)
1,264
views
views
37
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)
1,258
views
views
38
Muhammad al-Jawad
ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism
1,180
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views
39
Saud Al-Shuraim
Former Imam Saudi at Masjid al-Haram
1,176
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views
40
Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʻUthaymīn
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (1929-2001)
1,171
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views
41
Muhsin Hendricks
South African imam and LGBTQIA activist
1,161
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views
42
Hussain Ahmad Madani
Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar
1,157
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views
43
Mohammad Tawhidi
Muslim influencer and reformist Imam
1,147
views
views
44
Rashid ad-Din Sinan
leader of the Syrian wing of the Hashshashin sect and figure in the history of the Crusades
1,040
views
views
45
Ali Jaber
former Imam of Masjid al-Haram (1954–2005)
993
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views
46
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934
981
views
views
47
Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi
Iman of Oman, first ruler from the Al Bu Said dynasty
910
views
views
48
Muhammad ibn Ismail
Seventh of the Isma'ili Shia Imams (740–813
883
views
views
49
Salman Alodah
Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956)
834
views
views
50
Idris Ibn Abdallah
Idrisid ruler (r. 788–791)
832
views
views
51
Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt
798
views
views
52
Muhammad Ayyub
Imam of Prophet's Mosque (1952–2016)
784
views
views
53
Osman Nuhu Sharubutu
Ghanaian Islamic cleric
784
views
views
54
Al-Mustansir
Egyptian caliph from 1036 to 1094/95
770
views
views
55
Maher Almuaiqly
Saudi imam
733
views
views
56
Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
5th King of the Saudi State
729
views
views
57
Nizar Rayan
Hamas leader (1959-2009)
708
views
views
58
Omar Bakri Muhammad
Islamist militant leader
702
views
views
59
Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi
Islamic hadith scholar (824–892)
687
views
views
60
Adil al-Kalbani
Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric
686
views
views
61
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
4th Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (r. 953–975)
671
views
views
62
Sheikh Mansur
Military general and politician (1760-1794)
663
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views
63
Bandar Baleela
Saudi Islamic scholar and imam (born 1975)
631
views
views
64
Isma'il ibn Jafar
sixth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams
584
views
views
65
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
Pakistani fundamentalist
565
views
views
66
Shaikh Noreen Muhammad Siddique
Qari
536
views
views
67
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed
Tunisian-French LGBTQ+ activist
530
views
views
68
Musa Baluku
Ugandan militant
525
views
views
69
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
Senegalese slave
518
views
views
70
Saleh Al-Talib
Saudi scholar and Imam
513
views
views
71
Ahmed Talib Hameed
Saudi Islamic scholar and Imam (born 1981)
502
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views
72
Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad
Islamic scholar
494
views
views
73
Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
Saudi imam
476
views
views
74
Saʻd al-Ghāmidī
Saudi Arabian Imam and Qari
471
views
views
75
Imam Samudra
Indonesian terrorist (1970–2008)
462
views
views
76
Saud al-Kabeer
ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814
455
views
views
77
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
Islamic scholar
444
views
views
78
Nizar
Fatimid prince and Nizari imam (1045–1095)
430
views
views
79
Taha Najmuddin
Indian imam
396
views
views
80
Yasin Abu Bakr
religious figure in Trinidad and Tobago; leader of Jamaat al Muslimeen
391
views
views
81
Abdullah bin Faisal
Emir of Nejd (1831–1889)
388
views
views
82
Uthman al-Khamis
Kuwaiti Islamic scholar
384
views
views
83
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
second Fatimid caliph from 934 to 946
378
views
views
84
Al-Aziz Billah
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 975 to 996
378
views
views
85
Suhaib Webb
American Muslim scholar
374
views
views
86
Ahmad al-Wafi
Eighth Ismaili imam (c. 766–828)
371
views
views
87
Husein Kavazović
Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012
363
views
views
88
Adnan Ibrahim
Austrian imam and television preacher
360
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views
89
Warsh
imam and Muslim theologian of Quran (728–812)
358
views
views
90
Al-Musta'li
Fatimid caliph and imam (1074–1101)
350
views
views
91
Abdul Aziz Ghazi
Khateeb of the central mosque of Islamabad known as Lal Masjid
346
views
views
92
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
Fatimid caliph and imam (1096–1130)
346
views
views
93
Abd Allah al-Radi
Tenth of the Shia Isma'ili Imams ( 825–881)
337
views
views
94
Seyit Rıza
Zaza tribal chief
334
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views
95
Saleh Alluhaidan
Saudi scholar, judge, imam, preacher, and member of the Council of Senior Scholars
331
views
views
96
Syed Ahmed Bukhari
Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid, Delhi
324
views
views
97
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Quran translator
321
views
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98
Mamoudou barry
Malian
319
views
views
99
Siraj Wahhaj
American Imam (born 1950)
315
views
views
100
Salah Al Budair
Imaam at Masjid al-Nabawi
314
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