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
406,123
Total Views (this year)
1
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
73,455
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2
Louis Farrakhan
controversial leader of Nation of Islam
60,038
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3
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Rahim Aga Khan
50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1971)
28,020
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4
Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (1897-1975)
25,306
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5
Aga Khan IV
49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims
24,860
views
views
6
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)
24,025
views
views
7
Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644
15,180
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views
8
Warith Deen Mohammed
Leader of the Nation of Islam (1933-2008)
8,735
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9
Muhammad al-Mahdi
twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam
6,559
views
views
10
Jaafar Al-Sadiq
Muslim scholar and Imam (died 765)
5,599
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views
11
Fethullah Gülen
Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)
5,597
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views
12
Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin
Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams
4,904
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views
13
Armando Bukele Kattán
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
4,635
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views
14
Ali al-Ridha
eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818)
4,054
views
views
15
Khalid Abdul Muhammad
Black nationalist leader in the United States (1948-2001)
3,971
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views
16
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
3,928
views
views
17
Assim al-Hakeem
Saudi Arabian Minangkabau Islamic Da'i
3,778
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views
18
Omar Suleiman
American Islamic scholar and author (born 1986)
3,468
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views
19
Shamil
North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
3,368
views
views
20
Musa al-Kazim
seventh of the Twelve Imams (745–799 CE)
3,258
views
views
21
Muhammad al-Baqir
Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams
3,257
views
views
22
Zayd ibn Ali
Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
3,228
views
views
23
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
3,199
views
views
24
Yasir AlDawsari
Imam of Masjid-al-Haraam
3,159
views
views
25
Yasin Abu Bakr
religious figure in Trinidad and Tobago; leader of Jamaat al Muslimeen
3,148
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views
26
Aga Khan II
Member of the Iranian royal family.
3,142
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views
27
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
Saudi monarch and the last Emir of Nejd (1850–1928)
2,954
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views
28
Siraj Wahhaj
American Imam (born 1950)
2,925
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views
29
Hasan al-Askari
eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams
2,300
views
views
30
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)
2,176
views
views
31
Omar Bakri Muhammad
Islamist militant leader
2,167
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views
32
Mohammad Tawhidi
Muslim influencer and reformist Imam
2,030
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views
33
Ahmad Sirhindi
Philosopher (1564-1624)
2,027
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views
34
Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Imam of Grand Mosque (Kuwait), Quran reciter, preacher, Nasheed artist
1,973
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views
35
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese politician, essayist (1923–1986)
1,922
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views
36
Aly Hindy
Canadian Imam
1,800
views
views
37
Ali al-Hadi
tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828–868)
1,766
views
views
38
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate
1,762
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views
39
Idris Ibn Abdallah
Idrisid ruler (r. 788–791)
1,740
views
views
40
Muhammad al-Jawad
ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism
1,670
views
views
41
Saud Al-Shuraim
Former Imam Saudi at Masjid al-Haram
1,581
views
views
42
Rashid ad-Din Sinan
leader of the Syrian wing of the Hashshashin sect and figure in the history of the Crusades
1,571
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views
43
Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʻUthaymīn
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (1929-2001)
1,514
views
views
44
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Syrian Muslim preacher (1882–1935)
1,450
views
views
45
Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt
1,439
views
views
46
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934
1,166
views
views
47
Ali Jaber
former Imam of Masjid al-Haram (1954–2005)
1,165
views
views
48
Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
5th King of the Saudi State
1,132
views
views
49
Muhammad Ayyub
Imam of Prophet's Mosque (1952–2016)
1,100
views
views
50
Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi
Iman of Oman, first ruler from the Al Bu Said dynasty
1,065
views
views
51
Muhammad ibn Ismail
Seventh of the Isma'ili Shia Imams (740–813
1,042
views
views
52
Hussain Ahmad Madani
Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar
1,006
views
views
53
Salman Alodah
Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956)
999
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views
54
Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi
Islamic hadith scholar (824–892)
948
views
views
55
Al-Mustansir
Egyptian caliph from 1036 to 1094/95
941
views
views
56
Shah Khalil Allah III
Nizari imam (1740-1817)
933
views
views
57
Maher Almuaiqly
Saudi imam
865
views
views
58
Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify
Saudi Imam
814
views
views
59
Sheikh Mansur
Military general and politician (1760-1794)
803
views
views
60
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
4th Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (r. 953–975)
800
views
views
61
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
Islamic scholar
791
views
views
62
Adil al-Kalbani
Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric
773
views
views
63
Saud al-Kabeer
ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814
762
views
views
64
Osman Nuhu Sharubutu
Ghanaian Islamic cleric
755
views
views
65
Muhsin Hendricks
South African imam and LGBTQIA activist
753
views
views
66
Isma'il ibn Jafar
sixth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams
734
views
views
67
Abdul Aziz Ghazi
Khateeb of the central mosque of Islamabad known as Lal Masjid
719
views
views
68
Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad
Islamic scholar
712
views
views
69
Imam Samudra
Indonesian terrorist (1970–2008)
693
views
views
70
Adnan Ibrahim
Austrian imam and television preacher
681
views
views
71
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
Senegalese slave
641
views
views
72
Abdullah bin Faisal
Emir of Nejd (1831–1889)
633
views
views
73
Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya
10th-century Arab religious leader; founder of the Zaydi Imamate
623
views
views
74
Bandar Baleela
Saudi Islamic scholar and imam (born 1975)
611
views
views
75
Saʻd al-Ghāmidī
Saudi Arabian Imam and Qari
611
views
views
76
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
Pakistani fundamentalist
582
views
views
77
Shaikh Noreen Muhammad Siddique
Qari
563
views
views
78
Ahmed Talib Hameed
Saudi Islamic scholar and Imam (born 1981)
551
views
views
79
Uthman al-Khamis
Kuwaiti Islamic scholar
539
views
views
80
Al-Musta'li
Fatimid caliph and imam (1074–1101)
535
views
views
81
Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
Saudi imam
534
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views
82
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Quran translator
526
views
views
83
Musa Baluku
Ugandan militant
503
views
views
84
Husein Kavazović
Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012
502
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views
85
Daayiee Abdullah
American homosexual Muslim activist
497
views
views
86
Ibrahim Ahmad Maqari
Nigerian religious leader (Tijjaniya)
489
views
views
87
Rukn al-Din Khurshah
Nizari Ismaili Imam
486
views
views
88
Saleh Al-Talib
Saudi scholar and Imam
485
views
views
89
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
second Fatimid caliph from 934 to 946
484
views
views
90
Seyran Ateş
Turkish-German attorney (born 1963)
473
views
views
91
Al-Aziz Billah
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 975 to 996
471
views
views
92
Warsh
imam and Muslim theologian of Quran (728–812)
470
views
views
93
Muhammad al-Arifi
Saudi Arabian author and Da'i
466
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views
94
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed
Tunisian-French LGBTQ+ activist
460
views
views
95
Ghazi Muhammad
Imam of Dagestan (1795–1832)
451
views
views
96
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
Fatimid caliph and imam (1096–1130)
444
views
views
97
Ahmad al-Wafi
Eighth Ismaili imam (c. 766–828)
435
views
views
98
Conrad Tillard
American religious leader & politician (1964-)
425
views
views
99
Yahya ibn Zayd
son of Zayd ibn Ali
422
views
views
100
Mohammed Bello Abubakar
Nigerian imam
421
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