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Modern-era (20th to 21st century) Islamic scholars include the following, referring to religious authorities whose publications or statements are accepted as pronouncements on religion by their respective communities and adherents.

Geographical categories have been created based on commonalities in culture and across the Islamic World.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Africa

Algeria

Abdul Baqi Miftah (born 1952)
Abdel-Hamid ibn Badis (1889–1940)
Abu Bakr al-Jazaeri (1921–2018)
Brahim Boushaki (1912–1997)
Mohamed Bachir El Ibrahimi (1889–1965)
Muhammad al-'Arabi al-Tabbani (1897/1898-1970)
Muhammad al-Hashimi al-Tilimsani (1881–1961)

Egypt

Abd al-Hamid Kishk (1933–1996)
Ahmad al-Tayyeb (born 1946)
Ahmad Muhammad Shakir (1892–1958)
Ali Gomaa (born 1952)
Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha'rawi (1911–1998)
Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928–2010)
Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926–2022)
Zainab al Ghazali (1917–2005)

Ghana

Libya

Sadiq Al-Ghariani (born 1942)

Mali

Chérif Ousmane Madani Haïdara
Mahmoud Dicko (born c.1954)

Mauritania

Abdallah Bin Bayyah (born 1935)
Mohammad Al-Hasan Al-Dido (born 1963)

Morocco

Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920–1997)
Abdullah al-Ghumari (1910–1993)
Ahmad al-Ghumari (1902–1961)
Asma Lamrabet (born 1951)
Fatima al-Kabbaj (born 1932)
Hassan Kettani (born 1972)
Muhammad Abu Khubza (1932–2020)
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali (1893–1987)

Nigeria

Senegal

Ibrahim Niass (1900–1975)
Hassan Cisse (1945–2008)

Sierra Leone

Ahmad Tejan Sillah
Mohamed Sanusi Tejan (1950–2016)

Somalia

South Africa

Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930–2021)
Ahmed Deedat (1918 - 2005)
Ebrahim Desai (1963–2021)
Taha Karaan (1969–2021)
Yusuf Karaan (1935–2015)

Tunisia

Mohamed Abdelaziz Djaït (1886–1970)
Othman Battikh (1941–2022)

Zimbabwe

Ismail ibn Musa Menk (born 1975)

Asia

Afghanistan

Abdul Ali Deobandi (1938–2009)
Abdul Hakim Haqqani (born 1967)
Abdul Malik
Abdul Rauf
Anwar Badakhshani (1932-2024)
Asif Mohseni (1935–2009)
Fazal Hadi Shinwari (1927–2011)
Fazel Ahmed Manawi
Hasan Allahyari
Hibatullah Akhundzada (born c.1959–1961)
Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi (1920 - 2002)
Mohammad Qasim Rasikh (1971)
Muhammad Ayaz Niazi (1964–2020)
Mujib Rahman Ansari (1982–2022)
Mullah Omar (1960–2013)
Mufti Nemat
Rahimullah Haqqani (died 2022)

Bahrain

Abdul Amir al-Jamri (1938-2006)
Ali Salman (born 1965)
Isa Qassim (born 1937)

Iran

Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari (1910–1993)
Abdulrahman Fattahi (born 1950s)
Abdollah Javadi-Amoli (born 1933)
Ahmad Jannati (born 1927)
Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani (1923–2008)
Ali Akbar Ghoreishi (born 1928)
Ali Mohammad Dastgheib Shirazi (born 1935)
Ali Movahedi-Kermani (born 1931)
Ali Khamenei (born 1939)
Fakhraddin Mousavi (1930–2021)
Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli (1928–2021)
Hossein Mazaheri (born 1933)
Hossein Wahid Khorasani (born 1921)
Hussein-Ali Montazeri (1922–2009)
Iftikhār al-Tujjar (1912–1977)
Ja'far Sobhani (born 1929)
Jawad Tabrizi (1926–2006)
Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani (1919–2022)
Mohammad Ali Gerami Qomi (born 1938)
Mohammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri (born 1941)
Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati (born 1933)
Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1904–1986)
Mohammad Khamenei (born 1935)
Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1903–1981)
Mohammad Sadeq Rouhani (1926–2022)
Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani (1926–2011)
Mohammad Sadoughi (1909–1982)
Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi (1935–2021)
Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani (1916–2009)
Mohammad Yazdi (1931–2020)
Mousa Shubairi Zanjani (born 1928)
Naser Makarem Shirazi (born 1927)
Ruhollah Khomeini (1900–1989)
Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi (1923–2016)
Yasubedin Rastegar Jooybari (born 1940)
Yousef Saanei (1937–2020)
Zīnah al-Sādāt Humāyūnī (1917–2016)
Zohreh Sefati (born 1948)

Iraq

Abbas Modaresi Yazdi (1943–2020)
Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899–1992)
Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi (born 1945)
Ali al-Milani (born 1948)
Ali al-Sistani (born 1930)
Allaedin Ghoraifi (born 1945)
Fazel Maleki (born 1953)
Hassan al-Shirazi (1935–1980)
Hussein Esmaeel al-Sadr (born 1952)
Kamal al-Haydari (born 1956)
Kazem al-Haeri (born 1938)
Mahmoud al-Sarkhi (born 1964)
Mohammad al-Sadr (1943–1999)
Mohammad al-Shirazi (1928–2001)
Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Hassani (1945–2017)
Mohammad Hussaini Shahroudi (1925–2019)
Mohammed Ridha al-Shirazi (1959–2008)
Mohammad Taher Khaqani (born 1940)
Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi (born 1945)
Mohammad Yaqoobi (born 1960)
Morteza Hosseini Fayaz (1929–2014)
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935–1980)
Sadiq al-Shirazi (born 1942)
Shamsodin Vaezi (born 1936)
Shahab ud-Din Mar'ashi Najafi (1897–1990)

Jordan

Abdul Karim Khasawneh (born 1944)
Nuh al-Qudah (1939–2010)
Nuh Ha Mim Keller (born 1954)
Sa'id Foudah (born 1967)
Umar Sulayman al-Ashqar (1930–2012)

Kuwait

Muhammad Baqir al-Muhri (1948-2015)
Nabil Al Awadi (born 1970)
Yasser Al-Habib (born 1979)

Lebanon

Abdullah al-Harari (1910–2008)
Gibril Haddad (born 1960)
Hisham Kabbani (born 1945)
Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935–2010)
Musa al-Sadr (1928–1978)
Sobhi Mahmassani (1909–1986)

Oman

Ahmed bin Hamad al-Khalili (born 1942)
Zohurul Hoque (1926–2017)

Palestine

Abd Al Aziz Awda (born 1946 or 1950)
Abdel Latif Moussa (1959–2009)
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1941–1989)
Amin al-Husseini (1897–1974)
Ekrima Sa'id Sabri (born 1939)
Issam Amira
Muhammad Ahmad Hussein (born 1966)
Raed Salah (born 1958)
Taissir Tamimi
Taqiuddin al-Nabhani (1909–1977)

Saudi Arabia

Abu Abd al-Rahman Ibn Aqil al-Zahiri (born 1938)
Abd al-Aziz al-Tarifi (born 1976)
Abd Al-Aziz Fawzan Al-Fawzan (born 1964)
Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz (1910–1999)
Abdulbari ath-Thubaity (born 1960)
Abdul-Rahman al-Barrak (born 1933 or 1934)
Abdul Aziz al-Harbi (born 1965)
Abdulaziz Al Sheikh (born 1940)
Abdulmohsen Al-Qasim (born 1967)
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (born 1960)
Abdullah Awad Al Juhany (born 1976)
Abdullah al-Ghudayyan (1926–2010)
Abdullah al-Muhaysini
Adil al-Kalbani (born 1959)
Ahmad ibn Umar al-Hazimi
Al-Shu'aybi (died 2001)
Al-Uthaymin (1925–2001)
Ali al-Khudair
Ali Bin Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify (born 1947)
Assim Al-Hakeem (born 1962)
Bakr Abu Zayd (1944–2008)
Bandar Baleela (born 1975)
Fahd Al-Qadi (1957–2019)
Hatim al-Awni (born 1966)
Ibn Humaid (1908–1981)
Ibn Jibrin (1933–2009)
Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh
Maher Al-Mu'aiqly (born 1969)
Mohamad al-Arefe (born 1970)
Muhammad ibn Alawi al-Maliki (1944–2004)
Muhammad Al-Munajid (born 1960)
Muhammad Ayyub (1952–2016)
Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa (born 1965)
Muhammad Muhsin Khan (1927–2021)
Nasir al-Fahd (born 1968)
Rabee al-Madkhali (born 1931)
Saad al-Ateeq (born 1969)
Saad al Ghamdi (born 1967)
Safar al-Hawali (born 1950)
Salah Al Budair (born 1970)
Saleh Al-Fawzan (born 1933)
Saleh Al-Maghamsi (born 1963)
Saud Al-Shuraim (born 1964)
Saleh Al-Talib (born 1974)
Sulaiman Al-Alwan (born 1969)
Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil Al-Qari (death 2022)
Usama bin Abdullah Khayyat (born 1956)
Yasser Al-Dosari (born 1980)
Ziya-ur-Rahman Azmi (1943–2020)

Syria

Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda (1917–1997)
Adnan al-Aroor (born 1948)
Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun (born 1949)
Ahmed Kuftaro (1915–2004)
Ali Al-Tantawi (1909–1999)
Muhammad Ajaj Al-Khatib (1932–2021)
Mohammed Rateb al-Nabulsi (born 1939)
Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni (1930–2021)
Muhammad al-Yaqoubi (born 1963)
Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy (born 1966)
Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914–1999)
Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929–2013)
Munira al-Qubaysi (1933–2022)
Salah al-Din al-Idlibi (born 1948)

Turkey

Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü (born 1965)
Ali Bardakoğlu (born 1952)
Ali Erbaş (born 1961)
Cemalnur Sargut (born 1962)
Hidayet Şefkatli Tuksal (born 1963)
Hüseyin Hilmi Işık (1911–2001)
Mahmud Esad Coşan (1938–2001)
Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu (1929–2022)
Mehmed Fatih Çıtlak (born 1967)
Mehmet Görmez (born 1959)
Mustafa Çağrıcı (born 1950)
Muzaffer Ozak (1916–1985)
Nazim Al-Haqqani (1922–2014)
Osman Nuri Topbaş (born 1942)
Ömer Tuğrul İnançer (1946–2022)
Süleyman Ateş (born 1933)
Yaşar Nuri Öztürk (1951–2016)

United Arab Emirates

Ahmed al Haddad

Yemen

Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (born 1942)
Habib Ali al-Jifri (born 1971)
Habib Umar bin Hafiz (born 1963)
Mohammed bin Ismail Al Amrani (1921–2021)
Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i (1933–2001)
Yahya al-Hajuri

South Asia

Bangladesh

Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali (1913–2008)
Abdul Halim Bukhari (1945–2022)
Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (1880–1976)
Abdul Haque Faridi (1903–1996)
Abdul Jabbar Jahanabadi (1937–2016)
Abdul Khaleque Mondal (1944–2023)
Abdul Malek Halim
Abdul Matin Chowdhury (1915–1990)
Abdur Rahim (1918–1987)
Abdur Rahman Chatgami (1920–2015)
Abdur Rahman Kashgarhi (1912–1971)
Abdus Salam Chatgami (1943–2021)
Abdus Sobhan (1936–2020)
Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh (1915–1990)
A F M Khalid Hossain (born 1959)
Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri (1898–1959)
Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi (1928–2005)
Athar Ali Bengali (1891–1976)
Azizul Haq (1903–1961)
Azizul Haque (1919–2012)
Deen Muhammad Khan (1900–1974)
Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (born 1940)
Farid Uddin Chowdhury (born 1947)
Farid Uddin Masood (born 1950)
Fazlul Karim (1935–2006)
Fazlul Haque Amini (1945–2012)
Gulamur Rahman (1865–1937)
Hafezzi Huzur (1895–1997)
Ibrahim Chatuli (1894–1984)
Ibrahim Ujani (1863–1943)
Izharul Islam
Khandaker Abdullah Jahangir (1961–2016)
Khwaja Yunus Ali (1886–1951)
Mahfuzul Haque (born 1969)
Mahmudul Hasan (born 1950)
Mohammad Akram Khan (1868–1969)
Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (born 1948)
Muhammad Faizullah (1892–1976)
Muhammad Shahidullah (1885–1969)
Muhammad Wakkas (1952–2021)
Muhibbullah Babunagari (born 1935)
Muhiuddin Khan (1935–2016)
Mushahid Ahmad Bayampuri (1907–1971)
Nur Hossain Kasemi (1945–2020)
Nur Uddin Gohorpuri (1924–2005)
Nurul Islam Farooqi (died 2014)
Nurul Islam Jihadi (1948–2021)
Nurul Islam Olipuri (born 1955)
Obaidul Haque (1934–2008)
Obaidullah Hamzah (born 1972)
Ruhul Amin (born 1962)
Sayed Muhammad Amimul Ehasan Barkati (1911–1974)
Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari (born 1959)
Syed Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri (1889–2001)
Sajidur Rahman (born 1964)
Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree (born 1945)
Shah Ahmad Hasan (1882–1967)
Shah Ahmad Shafi (1916–2020)
Shahidul Islam (1960–2023)
Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury (b. 1985)
Shamsul Haque Faridpuri (1896–1969)
Shamsul Huda Panchbagi (1897–1988)
Sultan Zauq Nadvi (born 1939)
Syed Fazlul Karim (1935–2006)
Syed Mohammad Saifur Rahman (born 1916)
Syed Rezaul Karim (born 1971)
Ubaidul Haq (1928–2007)
Zia Uddin (born 1941)

India

Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad (1939 - )
Sayyid Ibraheem Khaleel Al Bukhari (1964 - )
Dr. Muhammed Abdul Hakim Azhari (1971 - )
E Sulaiman Musliyar (1942 - )
Abdul Ghani Azhari (1922 - 2023)
Abdul Hamid Qadri Badayuni (1898–1970)
Abdul Haq Azmi (1928–2016)
Abdul Jalil Choudhury (1925–1989)
Abdul Khaliq Sambhali (1950–2021)
Abdul Rashid Dawoodi (born 1979)
Abdul Razzaq (1932–2021)
Anzar Shah Kashmiri (1927–2008)
Ameen Mian Qaudri (born 1955)
Ahmed Ali Badarpuri (1915–2000)
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856 - 1921)
Atiqur Rahman Usmani (1901–1984)
Bashir al-Najafi (born 1942)
Bashir-ud-din Farooqi (1934–2019)
E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar (1914–1996)
Faizul Waheed (1966–2021)
Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri (born 1978)
Habibur Rahman Khairabadi (born 1933)
Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi (1910–1987)
Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi (1909–1992)
Hashmi Miya (born 1947)
Hasnain Baqai
Hassan Raza Khan (1859–1908)
Jaleel Ahmad (1941-1996)
Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani (1942–2006)
Kaif Raza Khan (born 2001)
Kalbe Abid (1923–1986)
Kalbe Sadiq (1939–2020)
Kanniyath Ahmed Musliyar (1900–1993)
Khalid Saifullah Rahmani (born 1956)
Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi
Masroor Abbas Ansari (born 1975)
Muhammad Salim Qasmi (1926–2018)
Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi (born 1954)
Muhammad Taqi Amini (1926–1991)
Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri (1937–2017)
Minnatullah Rahmani (1913–1991)
Muhammad Madni Ashraf Ashrafi Al-Jilani (born 1938)
Mujahidul Islam Qasmi (1936–2002)
Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri (1892–1981)
Nazir Ahmad Qasmi (born 20 June 1964)
Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi (1926–2021)
Noor Alam Khalil Amini (1952–2021)
Qamaruzzaman Azmi (born 1946)
Rafiq Ahmad Pampori (born 1956)
Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi (born 1956)
Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi (1908–1985)
Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi (1927–2002)
Salman Mazahiri (1946–2020)
Sayyid Abdurahman Imbichikoya Thangal Al-Aydarusi Al-Azhari (1922–2015)
hah Alam Gorakhpuri (born 1969)
Shihabuddeen Ahmed Koya Shaliyathi (1884–1954)
Shakir Ali Noori (born 1960)
Shams Naved Usmani (1931–1993)
Syed Ahmad Hashmi (1932–2001)
Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi (born 1964)
Syed Hamidul Hasan
Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf (1916–1996)
Syed Muhammedali Shihab Thangal (1936–2009)
Tauqeer Raza Khan (Islamic Cleric)
Usman Mansoorpuri (1944–2021)
Wahiduddin Khan (1925–2021)
Yasin Mazhar Siddiqi (1944–2020)
Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi (1910–1991)
Zeeshan Haider Jawadi (1938–2000)
Ziauddin Madani (1877–1981)
Ziaul Mustafa Razvi Qadri (born 1935)

Indonesia

Abdul Somad (born 1977)
Abdullah Gymnastiar (born 1962)
Abdurrahman Wahid (1940–2009)
Abdul Qadir Djaelani (1938–2021)
Abdullah Wasi'an (1917–2011)
Adian Husaini (born 1965)
Ahmad Bahauddin Nursalim (born 1970)
Ahmad Muhtadi Dimyathi (born 1953)
Ali Alwi (born 1967)
Ali Yafie (1926–2023)
Bachtiar Nasir (born 1967)
Bahar bin Smith (born 1985)
B.J. Habibie (1936–2019)
Budhy Munawar Rachman (born 1963)
Fakih Usman (1904–1968)
Felix Siauw (born 1984)
Hamka (1908–1981)
Hasyim Muzadi (1944–2017)
Ilyas Ruhiat (1934–2007)
Jefri Al Buchori (1973–2013)
Khalid Basalamah (born 1975)
Mamah Dedeh (born 1951)
Maria Ulfah (born 1955)
Ma'ruf Amin (born 1943)
Mas Mansoer (1896–1946)
Miftachul Achyar (born 1953)
Mohammad Natsir (1908–1993)
Muhammad Hanif Alatas (born 1993)
Muhammad Luthfi bin Yahya (born 1947)
Muhammad Murtadho Dimyathi (born 1958)
Mustofa Bisri (born 1944)
Munzir Al-Musawa (1973–2013)
Noer Muhammad Iskandar (1955–2020)
Quraish Shihab (born 1944)
Rizieq Shihab (born 1965)
Saggaf bin Muhammad Aljufri (1937-2021)
Sahal Mahfudh (1937–2014)
Said Aqil Siradj (born 1953)
Saiful Islam Al-Payage (born 1979)
Shamsi Ali (born 1967)
Siti Noordjannah Djohantini (born 1958)
Siti Chamamah Soeratno (born 1941)
Syafiq Riza Basalamah (born 1977)
Uci Turtusi (1964–2021)
Ustadz Solmed (born 1983)
Wijayanto (born 1968)
Yahya Cholil Staquf (born 1966)
Yazid bin Abdul Qadir Jawas (1963–2024)
Yusuf Mansur (born 1976)
Zainuddin M. Z. (1952–2011)

Malaysia

Abdul Hadi Awang (born 1947)
Asri Zainul Abidin (born 1971)
Fathul Bari Mat Jahya (born 1980)
Haron Din (1940–2016)
Harussani Zakaria (1939–2021)
Hassan Azhari (1928-2018)
Hussain Yee (born 1950)
Juanda Jaya (born 1972)
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931–2015)
Osman Bakar (born 1946)
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (born 1931)
Yusof Rawa (1922–2000)
Zailan Morris
Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri (born 1969)

Pakistan

Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi (1915–2001)
Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri (1940–2021)
Abu Yahya (born 1969)
Abul A'la Maududi (1903–1979)
Alauddin Siddiqui (1936–2017)
Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan (1934–2017)
Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997)
Aqeel Turabi (1934–2009)
Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza (1975)
Fateh Muhammad Panipati (1905–1987)
Ghulam Ahmed Perwez (1903–1985)
Ghulam Ali Okarvi (1919–2000)
Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Ghaznavi (1902–1975)
Ghulam Rasool Saeedi (1937–2016)
Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar (1928–2013)
Ilyas Qadri (born 1950)
Israr Ahmed (1932–2010)
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (born 1952)
Khadim Hussain Rizvi (1966–2020)
Khalid Masud (1935–2003)
Khurshid Ahmad (born 1932)
Muhammad Adil Khan (1957–2020)
Muhammad Hanif Nadvi (1908–1987)
Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri (born 1950)
Muhammad Rafi Usmani (1936–2022)
Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai (born 1972)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani (born 1949)
Muneeb-ur-Rehman (born 1945)
Nizamuddin Shamzai (1952– 2004)
Rasheed Turabi (1908–1973)
Shah Ahmad Noorani (1926–2003)
Shah Turab ul Haq (1944–2016)
Syed Adnan Kakakhail (born 1975)
Syed Jawad Naqvi (born 1952)
Syed Shehanshah Hussain Naqvi (born 1974)
Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993)
Talib Jauhari (1939–2020)
Uzair Gul Peshawari (1886–1989)
Zar Wali Khan (1953–2020)
Zubair Ali Zai (1957–2013)

Central Asia

Kazakhstan

Absattar Derbisali (1947–2021)
Ratbek hadji Nysanbayev (born 1940)

Uzbekistan

Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Yusuf (1952–2015)
Usmankhan Alimov (1950–2021)

East Asia

China

Du Shuzhen (born 1924)
Muhammad Ma Jian (1906–1978)

Philippines

Ahmad Bashir (1919–1989)
Said Ahmad Basher (born 1951)

Europe

Albania

Abdul-Qadir al-Arna'ut (1928–2004)
Al-Albani (1914–1999)
Edmond Brahimaj (born 1959)
Rexheb Beqiri (1901–1995)
Shuaib Al Arna'ut (1928–2016)
Vehbi Sulejman Gavoçi (1923–2013)

Belarus

Ismail Alieksandrovič (1929-2024)

Bosnia

Husein Kavazović (born 1964)
Jusuf Barčić (1967–2007)
Mustafa Cerić (born 1952) Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatia

Ševko Omerbašić (born 1945)

Cyprus

Nazim Al-Haqqani (1922–2014)

Kosovo

Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004) Kosovo
Hafiz Sabri Koçi (1921–2004) Kosovo
Mulla Idriz Gjilani (1901–1949) Kosovo
Shefqet Krasniqi (born 1966) Kosovo
Sherif Ahmeti (1920–1998) Kosovo

Poland

Tomasz Miśkiewicz (born 1977)

Russia

Ahmad Afandi Abdulaev (born 1959)
Akhmad Kadyrov (1951–2004)
Ismail Berdiyev (1954–2024)
Rawil Ğaynetdin (born 1959)
Said Afandi al-Chirkawi (1937–2012)
Shamil Alyautdinov (born 1974)
Talgat Tadzhuddin (born 1948)

Ukraine

Said Ismagilov (born 1978)

Western Europe

Austria

Adnan Ibrahim (born 1966)
Muhammad Asad (1900–1992)

Ireland

Umar Al-Qadri (born 1982)

United Kingdom

Abdul Qayum (born 1960) London
Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera (born 1974)
Abu-Abdullah Adelabu London
Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq (born 1971) Leicester
Ajmal Masroor (born 1971) London
Ahmed Saad Al-Azhari (born 1978) London
Haifaa Jawad Birmingham
Haitham al-Haddad (born 1971) London
Ibrahim Mogra (born 1965) Leicester
Joel Hayward (born 1964) Cambridge
Khurshid Ahmad (scholar) (born 1932) Leicester
Martin Lings (1909–2005) Manchester
Mohammad Akram Nadwi (born 1964) Oxford
Muhammad Abdul Bari (born 1953) London
Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari, Leicester
Musharraf Hussain (born 1962) Nottingham
Abu Layth (born 1979), Birmingham
Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood (born 1942) London
Shabbir Akhtar (born 1960) Bradford
Timothy Winter (born 1960) London
Yasser al-Habib (born 1979)
Yusuf Motala (1946–2019) Lancashire

Switzerland

Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998)
Tariq Ramadan (born 1962) Geneva

North America

Canada

Shabir Ally (born 1953)
Ahmad Kutty (born 1946), Toronto
Faraz Rabbani, Ontario
Farhat Hashmi (born 1957)
Ingrid Mattson (born 1963), Ontario
Jamal Badawi, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Muzaffar Iqbal (born 1954), Edmonton
Reza Hosseini Nassab (born 1960), Toronto

Jamaica

Abdullah el-Faisal (born 1963)
Bilal Philips (born 1947)

Trinidad

Imran N. Hosein (born 1942)

United States

Aminah McCloud (born 1958)
Amina Wadud (born 1952)
Amir Hussain Los Angeles, CA
Asifa Quraishi
Asma Barlas (born 1950)
Azizah Y. Al-Hibri (born 1943) Virginia
Caner Dagli
Dalia Mogahed
Fazlur Rahman (1919–1988) Illinois
Fetullah Gulen (born 1941) Pennsylvania
Hamza Yusuf (born 1958) Berkeley, CA
Hamid Algar (born 1940) Berkeley, CA
Hassan Hathout (1924–2009) Pasadena. CA
Ismail al-Faruqi (1921–1986)
Jonathan A.C. Brown (born 1977) Washington DC
Kecia Ali (born 1972) Massachusetts
Khaled Abou El Fadl (born 1963) California
Khalid Yahya Blankinship (born 1949) Philadelphia, PA
Laleh Bakhtiar (1938–2020)
Louay Safi (born 1955)
Maria Massi Dakake (born 1968)
Mohammed Adam El-Sheikh (born 1945) Virginia
Mohammad Hassan Khalil Michigan
Muqtedar Khan (born 1966) Delaware
Muzammil H. Siddiqi (born 1943)
Omar Khalidi (1953–2010)
Omar Suleiman Texas
Omid Safi North Carolina
Ovamir Anjum Ohio
Riffat Hassan (born 1953)
Seyyed Hossein Nasr (born 1933)
Sherman Jackson California
Umar Faruq Abd-Allah (born 1948) Chicago
Wael Hallaq (born 1955) New York
Warith Deen Mohammed (1933–2008) Illinois
Yasir Qadhi (born 1975) Texas
Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi (born 1982) Chicago
Zaid Shakir (born 1956) California

Oceania

Australia

Charis Waddy (1909–2004)
Fehmi Naji (1928–2016)
Ibrahim Abu Mohamed
Taj El-Din Hilaly (born 1941)

New Zealand

Joel Hayward (born in Christchurch in 1964), lives in Cambridge, UK

See also

References

"Waddy, Charis (1909–2004)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2021 – via Encyclopedia.com.