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Scholars in Islamic studies are both [[Muslim scholars|Muslim]] and non-Muslim scholars who work in one or more fields of [[Islamic studies]]. "Islamic studies" an [[umbrella term]] for all Islam-related studies, related to both [[Islamization of knowledge]] and an extrinsic study of Islam, and Islamic culture. This article conflates scholars of Islam and Islamic scholars, i.e., objective and subjective scholars students of Islam.
Scholars in Islamic studies are both [[Muslim scholars|Muslim]] and non-Muslim scholars who work in one or more fields of [[Islamic studies]]. "Islamic studies" an [[umbrella term]] for all Islam-related studies, related to both [[Islamization of knowledge]] and an extrinsic study of Islam, and Islamic culture. This article conflates scholars of Islam and Islamic scholars, i.e., objective and subjective scholars students of Islam.



* Entries in this page feature modern-day Muslim scholars active from 1900 onwards.
* Entries on this page feature '''Modern-Day Muslim Scholars from 1900 onwards.'''
* Entrant must have one or more "scholarly works on Islam/Qur'an, in print or A/V media", to qualify for listing on this page.
* Significant amount of "scholarly work on Islam/Qur'an in print or on audio-visual media", are thought as necessary to be listed as a scholar.
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* Imams, Preachers, Educators and General Authors are listed at the bottom in a separate category "General Writers and Speakers".
* Authorship in general, a significant public speaking record and/or political activism are not considered as an automatic qualification to be listed as a scholar.
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* As a result, Imams, Preachers, Educators, Reformists and General Authors on Islam are listed at the bottom in a separate category "General Writers and Speakers (GW&S)".
* Refer to the GW&S section before posting what you may think is a missing scholar. As the person of your choice may already be listed in the GW&S, not having met the criteria of what is considered here to be a scholar.
* For scholars from earlier eras, refer to other lists on Wikipedia.
* For scholars from earlier eras, refer to other lists on Wikipedia.
* Entries on this page are organized primarily by Nation/Region
* Entries on this page are organized primarily by Nation/Region where the scholar spent most of his/her career.
* Entries are accompanied by a brief pen sketch of the scholars background and accomplishments.
* Entries are accompanied by a brief pen sketch of the scholars background and accomplishments.
* For more detailed information, click on individual pages for each scholar.
* For more detailed information, click on individual pages for each scholar.



==North America==
==North America==
*'''[[Hamza Yusuf]]''' - (1960-) Charismatic public speaker, Shaykh Hamza spent years studying Islam and Arabic in the Muslim world following his conversion in 1977. Recently founded Califronia-based [[Zaytuna Institute]] to implement his vision of a revival of islamic sciences.
*'''[[Hamza Yusuf]]''' - (1960-) Charismatic public speaker, Shaykh Hamza spent years studying Islam and Arabic in the Muslim world following his conversion in 1977. Recently founded Califronia-based [[Zaytuna Institute]] to implement his vision of a revival of islamic sciences.
*'''[[Bilal Philips]]''' - (1952-) Jamaican-born Dr. Philips of Canada has virtually lived overseas since his conversion, for decades studying and preaching in Saudi Arabia, the Philipines, UK, and U.A.E. at various times. A popular TV personality, he is also a prolific author of numerous books and audio material.
*'''[[Bilal Philips|Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips]]''' - (1952-) Jamaican-born Dr. Philips of Canada has virtually lived overseas since his conversion, for decades studying and preaching in Saudi Arabia, the Philipines, UK, and U.A.E. at various times. A popular TV personality, he is also a prolific author of numerous books and audio material.
*'''[[Imam Zaid Shakir]]''' - (1956-) Closely associated with Hamza Yusuf, like whom, he converted to Islam in 1977 and studied in Syria for seven years thereafter and now features at the [[Zaytuna Institute]] in California.
*'''[[Imam Zaid Shakir]]''' - (1956-) Closely associated with Hamza Yusuf, like whom, he converted to Islam in 1977 and studied in Syria for seven years thereafter and now features at the [[Zaytuna Institute]] in California.
*'''[[Nuh Ha Mim Keller|Nuh Keller]]''' - (1954-) Translator of classical Islamic books and a specialist in [[Islamic Law]], Shaykh Nuh is also n authorised [[sheikh]] in [[tasawwuf]] in the [[Shadhili]] [[Sufi]] order and currently lives in [[Amman]], [[Jordan]].
*'''[[Nuh Ha Mim Keller]]''' - (1954-) Translator of classical Islamic books and a specialist in [[Islamic Law]], Shaykh Nuh is also n authorised [[sheikh]] in [[tasawwuf]] in the [[Shadhili]] [[Sufi]] order and currently lives in [[Amman]], [[Jordan]].
*'''[[Sherman Jackson]]''' - is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Visiting Professor of Law and Professor of Afro-American Studies at the [[University of Michigan]], [[Ann Arbor]]. He has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Indiana University, Wayne State University.
*'''[[Sherman Jackson]]''' - is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Visiting Professor of Law and Professor of Afro-American Studies at the [[University of Michigan]], [[Ann Arbor]].
*'''[[Laleh Bakhtiar]]''' - (1938-) Chicago-based [[Iranian-American]] Muslim author and translator of numerous classical works, including 'The Sublime Quran'', an English translation of the [[Qur'an]].
*'''[[Laleh Bakhtiar]]''' - (1938-) Chicago-based [[Iranian-American]] Muslim author and translator of numerous classical works, including 'The Sublime Quran'', an English translation of the [[Qur'an]].
*'''[[Ingrid Mattson]]''' - (1963-) [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Muslim]] [[convert]] Prof. Mattson holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from the [[University of Chicago]]. In 2001 she was elected Vice-President of [[Islamic Society of North America|ISNA]] and in 2006 she was elected the first female President of the organization.
*'''[[Ingrid Mattson]]''' - (1963-) [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Muslim]] [[convert]] Prof. Mattson holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from the [[University of Chicago]]. In 2001 she was elected Vice-President of [[Islamic Society of North America|ISNA]] and in 2006 she was elected the first female President of the organization.
*'''[[Jamal Badawi]]''' - [[Egypt]]ian-born Prof. Badawi is a long-time faculty at [[Saint Mary's University (Halifax)|Saint Mary's University]] in [[Halifax Urban Area|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]. He is a well-known author, activist, preacher and speaker on [[Islam]] and Muslims, having researched and starred in a 352-segment television series on Islam.
*'''[[Jamal Badawi]]''' - [[Egypt]]ian-born Prof. Badawi is a long-time faculty at [[Saint Mary's University (Halifax)|Saint Mary's University]] in [[Halifax Urban Area|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]. He is a well-known author, activist, preacher and speaker on [[Islam]] and Muslims, having researched and starred in a 352-segment television series on Islam.
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*'''[[Seyyed Hossein Nasr]]''' -
*'''[[Maher Hathout]]''' - Los Angeles based Egyptian-American Dr. Hathout has written several books and appeared on numerous occasions in the media.
*'''[[Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo]]''' - (1960-)
*'''[[Taha Jabir Alalwani]]''' - (1935-)
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*'''[[Ahmad Kutty]]''' - (1946-)
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*'''[[Wael Hallaq]]''' - (1955-)
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*'''[[Jerald F. Dirks]]''' - (1950-)
*'''[[Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi]]''' - (1975-)


==Great Britain==
==Great Britain==
*'''[[Ahmad Thomson]]''' - Rhodesian-born British barrister and Muslim convert Ahmad Thomson is a high profile public figure for Islam in Britain, with several books to his credit.
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*'''[[Ahmad Thomson]]''' -
*'''[[Abdalqadir as-Sufi]]''' - (1930-) Scotsman Abdalqadir as-Sufi is the leader of the Darqawi-Shadhili-Qadiri Sufi Tariqa, founder of the influential [[Murabitun]] Movement and author of numerous books on Islam, Sufism (Tasawwuf) and political theory.
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*'''[[Abdalqadir as-Sufi]]''' -
*'''[[Timothy Winter|Abdal Hakim Murad|]]''' - (1960-) High profile British convert T.J. Winter is Shaykh Zayed Lecturer of Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University and has several translations of classical works to his credit.
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*'''[[Martin Lings]]''' -
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*'''[[Marmaduke Pickthall]]''' - (1875-1936) Novelist and orientalist British convert M.M. Pictkhall is forever linked to his famous translation ''[[The meaning of the Holy Qur'an]]''.
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*'''[[Timothy Winter]]''' -
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*'''[[Martin Lings]]''' -
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*'''[[Marmaduke Pickthall]]''' - 1875, [[England]], ''[[The meaning of the Holy Qur'an]]'' '''


==Western Europe==
==Western Europe==
*'''[[Muhammad Asad]]''' - Leopold Weiss born in July 1900 in the city of Lviv, now in Ukraine, died 1992 was a Jew who converted to Islam
*'''[[Muhammad Asad]]''' - (1900-1992) German-Jewish journalist and later foreign correspondent to the Middle East, Leopold Weiss converted to Islam and wrote several books including a highly regarded translation of the Qur'an.
*'''[[Ivan Aguéli]]''' - ''Shaykh Abd al-Hadi Aqhili'' (1869-1917) Swedish-born wandering Shadhili Sufi.
*'''[[Ivan Aguéli]]''' - ''Shaykh Abd al-Hadi Aqhili'' (1869-1917) Swedish-born wandering Shadhili Sufi.
*'''[[Frithjof Schuon]]''' -
*'''[[Frithjof Schuon]]''' -
*'''[[Tariq Ramadan]]''' -
*'''[[Tariq Ramadan]]''' -
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*'''[[Murad Wilfried Hofmann]]''' -

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==Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia==
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*'''[[Ayatollah Khomeini]]''' -
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*'''[[Seyyed Hossein Nasr]]''' -
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*'''[[Ali Shariati]]''' -


==Hijaz (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, Gulf States)==
==Hijaz (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, Gulf States)==
*'''[[Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz]]''' - (1910-1999)
*'''[[Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz]]''' - (1910-1999)
*'''[[Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen]]''' - (1921-2001)
*'''[[Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen]]''' - (1921-2001)
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*'''[[Yusuf al-Qaradawi]]''' - (1926-)
*'''[[Muhammad Muhsin Khan]]''' - (1927-)
*'''[[Safi-ur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri]]''' -


==Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine==
==Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine==
*'''[[Sayyid Qutb]]''' - (1906 - 1996)
*'''[[Salah S. Ali]]''' - Scholar in Comparative Cultural and Islamic Studies, Mosul University and HIA University College in Kristiansand, Norway
*'''[[Hassan al-Banna]]''' - (1906-1949)
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*'''[[Rashid Rida]]''' - (1865-1935)
*'''[[Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy]]''' - (1928-)
*'''[[Mahmud Shaltut]]''' - (1893-1963)
*'''[[Abd al-Hamid Kishk]]''' - (1933-1996)
*'''[[Mohammed al-Ghazali]]''' - (1917-1996)
*'''[[Umar Sulayman al-Ashqar]]''' -
*'''[[Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani]]''' - (1941-1999)
*'''[[Abdel-Halim Mahmoud]]''' - (1910-1978)
*'''[[Taqiuddin al-Nabhani]]''' - (1909-1977)
*'''[[Gibril Haddad]]'''
*'''[[Gibril Haddad]]'''


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*'''[[Harun Yahya]]''' -
*'''[[Harun Yahya]]''' -


==North Africa (Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco)==
==North & West Africa (Sudan, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria etc)==
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*'''[[Sayyid Qutb]]''' -
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*'''[[Hassan al-Banna]]''' -
*'''[[Hassan al-Turabi]]''' - (1932-)
*'''[[Hassan al-Turabi]]''' - (1932-)

==West Africa (Nigeria, West Africa)==
*'''[[Abdallah Bin Bayyah]]''' - (1935-)
*'''[[Abdallah Bin Bayyah]]''' - (1935-)
*'''[[Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali]]''' -

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==Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia==
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*'''[[Ruhollah Khomeini|Ayatollah Khomeini]]''' - (1902-1989)
*'''[[Ali al-Sistani]]''' - (1930-)
*'''[[Ali Shariati]]''' -


==Sub-Continent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)==
==Sub-Continent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)==
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*'''[[Amin Ahsan Islahi]]''' -
*'''[[Amin Ahsan Islahi]]''' -
*'''[[Taqi Usmani]]''' -
*'''[[Taqi Usmani]]''' -
*'''[[Tahir ul Qadri]]''' -
*'''[[Tahir ul Qadri]]''' -
*'''Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree''' -
*'''[[Muhammad Hamidullah]]''' - (1909-2002)
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*'''[[Ghulam Azam]]''' -
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*'''[[Motiur Rahman Nizami]]''' -
*'''[[Israr Ahmed]]''' -
*'''[[Israr Ahmed]]''' -
*'''[[Maulana Wahiduddin Khan]]''' - (1925-)
*'''[[Ashraf Ali Thanvi]]''' -
*'''[[Ashraf Ali Thanvi]]''' -
*'''[[Zafar Ishaq Ansari]]''' - (1932-)
*'''[[Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi]]''' - (1885-1944)
*'''[[Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi]]''' - (1932-)
*'''[[Farhat Hashmi]]''' -
*'''[[Farhat Hashmi]]''' -
*'''[[Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi]]''' -
*'''[[Abul Kalam Azad]]''' - (1888-1958)
*'''[[Allama Mashriqi]]''' -
*'''[[Allama Mashriqi]]''' -
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*'''[[Khurshid Ahmad]]''' -
*'''[[Shibli Nomani]]''' - (1857-1914)
*'''[[Ghulam Ahmed Parwez]]''' -
*'''[[Ghulam Ahmed Parwez]]''' -
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*'''[[Ghulam Azam]]''' -
*'''[[Abd-al-Hamid Siddiqui]]''' -
*'''[[Motiur Rahman Nizami]]''' -
*'''Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree''' -


==Far East (China, Malaysia, Indonesia)==
==Far East (China, Malaysia, Indonesia)==
*'''[[Hussein Ye]]''' -
*'''[[Hussein Ye]]''' -
*'''[[Muhammad Ma Jian]]''' - (1906-1978)


==Miscellaneous==
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==Converts to Islam==
===Converts to Islam===
*'''[[Sheikh Sharifuddin Khalifa]]'''
*'''[[Sheikh Sharifuddin Khalifa]]'''
*'''[[Roger Garaudy]]'''
*'''[[Roger Garaudy]]'''
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*'''[[Jeffrey Lang]]'''
*'''[[Hamza Yusuf]]'''
*'''[[Hamza Yusuf]]'''
*'''[[Hussein Ye]]'''
*'''[[Hussein Ye]]'''
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*'''[[Bilal Philips]]'''
*'''[[Bilal Philips]]'''
*'''[[Imam Zaid Shakir]]'''
*'''[[Imam Zaid Shakir]]'''
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*'''[[Thomas McElwain]]'''
*'''[[Muhammad Asad]]'''
*'''[[Muhammad Asad]]'''
*'''[[Martin Lings]]'''
*'''[[Martin Lings]]'''
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*'''[[Ahmad Thomson]]'''
*'''[[Ahmad Thomson]]'''
*'''[[Abdalqadir as-Sufi]]'''
*'''[[Abdalqadir as-Sufi]]'''
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*'''[[Yusuf Islam]]'''


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==Female Scholars==
===Female Scholars===
*'''[[Laleh Bakhtiar]]''' -
*'''[[Laleh Bakhtiar]]''' -
*'''[[Ingrid Mattson]]''' -
*'''[[Ingrid Mattson]]''' -
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==General Writers==
===General Writers===
*'''[[Yusuf Estes]]'''
*'''[[Yusuf Estes]]'''
*'''[[Michael Wolfe]]'''
*'''[[Michael Wolfe]]'''
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*'''[[Siraj Wahhaj]]'''
*'''[[Siraj Wahhaj]]'''
*'''[[Abdul Malik Mujahid]]'''
*'''[[Abdul Malik Mujahid]]'''
*'''[[Javed Ahmad Ghamidi]]'''
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*'''[[Abdullah Yusuf Azzam]]'''
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*'''[[Ahmed Deedat]]'''
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*'''[[Zakir Naik]]'''
*'''[[Muhammad bin Jamil Zeno]]'''


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==and Speakers==
===and Speakers===
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Revision as of 09:30, 11 October 2009

Scholars in Islamic studies are both Muslim and non-Muslim scholars who work in one or more fields of Islamic studies. "Islamic studies" an umbrella term for all Islam-related studies, related to both Islamization of knowledge and an extrinsic study of Islam, and Islamic culture. This article conflates scholars of Islam and Islamic scholars, i.e., objective and subjective scholars students of Islam.


  • Entries on this page feature Modern-Day Muslim Scholars from 1900 onwards.
  • Significant amount of "scholarly work on Islam/Qur'an in print or on audio-visual media", are thought as necessary to be listed as a scholar.
  • Authorship in general, a significant public speaking record and/or political activism are not considered as an automatic qualification to be listed as a scholar.
  • As a result, Imams, Preachers, Educators, Reformists and General Authors on Islam are listed at the bottom in a separate category "General Writers and Speakers (GW&S)".
  • Refer to the GW&S section before posting what you may think is a missing scholar. As the person of your choice may already be listed in the GW&S, not having met the criteria of what is considered here to be a scholar.
  • For scholars from earlier eras, refer to other lists on Wikipedia.
  • Entries on this page are organized primarily by Nation/Region where the scholar spent most of his/her career.
  • Entries are accompanied by a brief pen sketch of the scholars background and accomplishments.
  • For more detailed information, click on individual pages for each scholar.


North America

Great Britain

  • Ahmad Thomson - Rhodesian-born British barrister and Muslim convert Ahmad Thomson is a high profile public figure for Islam in Britain, with several books to his credit.
  • Abdalqadir as-Sufi - (1930-) Scotsman Abdalqadir as-Sufi is the leader of the Darqawi-Shadhili-Qadiri Sufi Tariqa, founder of the influential Murabitun Movement and author of numerous books on Islam, Sufism (Tasawwuf) and political theory.
  • Abdal Hakim Murad| - (1960-) High profile British convert T.J. Winter is Shaykh Zayed Lecturer of Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University and has several translations of classical works to his credit.
  • Marmaduke Pickthall - (1875-1936) Novelist and orientalist British convert M.M. Pictkhall is forever linked to his famous translation The meaning of the Holy Qur'an.
  • Martin Lings -

Western Europe

Hijaz (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, Gulf States)

Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine

Turkey, Albania, Bosnia

North & West Africa (Sudan, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria etc)

Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia

Sub-Continent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)

Far East (China, Malaysia, Indonesia)

Miscellaneous

See Also

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