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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

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 California-based Zaytuna Institute to implement his vision of a revival of islamic sciences.
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 Philippines, 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.
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.
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-) Canadian Muslim convert Prof. Mattson holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Chicago. In 2001 she was elected Vice-President of ISNA and in 2006 she was elected the first female President of the organization.
Jamal Badawi - Egyptian-born Prof. Badawi is a long-time faculty at Saint Mary's University in 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.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr -
Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo - (1960-)
Taha Jabir Alalwani - (1935-)
Ahmad Kutty - (1946-)
Wael Hallaq - (1955-)
Jerald F. Dirks - (1950-)
Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi - (1975-)
Naeem Abdul Wali
Shah Baleeghuddin - (1924-2009) Charismatic public speaker, renowned Islamic scholar, author, speaker, broadcaster and former member of the National Assembly of Pakistan

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

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.
Frithjof Schuon -
Tariq Ramadan -
Murad Wilfried Hofmann -

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

Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz - (1910-1999)
Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen - (1921-2001)
Yusuf al-Qaradawi - (1926-)
Muhammad Muhsin Khan - (1927-)
Safi-ur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri -

Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine

Muhammad Husain Haikal - (1889-1957)
Sayyid Qutb - (1906 - 1996)
Hassan al-Banna - (1906-1949)
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)
Safwat al-Shwadify - (1945-2000)
Gibril Haddad

Turkey, Albania, Bosnia

Said Nursî - (1878-1960)
Fethullah Gülen - (1941-)
Harun Yahya -
Mustafa Ceric -

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

Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia

Ayatollah Khomeini - (1902-1989)
Ali al-Sistani - (1930-)
Ali Shariati -

Muhammad Sodiq Muhammad Yusuf (Uzbekistan)

Sub-Continent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh)

Mirza Abul Fazl - (1865-1956), Allahabad, India.
Abul Ala Maududi - (1903-1979), Hyderabad, India.
Ghulam Ahmed Parvez QADIYANI KAFIR - (1903-1985), Panjab, Pakistan. [[1]]
Hashim Amir Ali - (1903-1987), Hyderabad, India.
Amin Ahsan Islahi -
Taqi Usmani -
Tahir ul Qadri -
Muhammad Khalilur Rahman - (1906-1988), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Muhammad Hamidullah - (1909-2002)
Hasanuddin Ahmed - (1923- ), Hyderabad, India.
Israr Ahmed -
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan - (1925-)
Ashraf Ali Thanvi -
Zafar Ishaq Ansari - (1932-)
Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi - (1885-1944)
Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi SHIA - (1932-)
Farhat Hashmi -
Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi -
Abul Kalam Azad - (1888-1958)
Allama Mashriqi -
Khurshid Ahmad -
Shibli Nomani - (1857-1914)
Ghulam Azam -
Abd-al-Hamid Siddiqui -
Motiur Rahman Nizami -
Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree -
Shah Baleeghuddin - (1924-2009) Charismatic public speaker, renowned Islamic scholar, author, speaker, broadcaster and former member of the National Assembly of Pakistan

Far East (China, Malaysia, Indonesia)

Hussein Ye -
Muhammad Ma Jian - (1906-1978)

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Miscellaneous

Converts to Islam

Female Scholars

General Writers

and Speakers

External links

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 *'''[[Mirza Abul Fazl]]''' - (1865-1956), Allahabad, India.
 *'''[[Abul Ala Maududi]]''' - (1903-1979), Hyderabad, India.
-*'''[[General Pervez musharraf]]''' - (1903-1985), Panjab, Pakistan. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghulam_Ahmed_Pervez]]
+*'''[[Ghulam Ahmed Parvez QADIYANI KAFIR]]''' - (1903-1985), Panjab, Pakistan. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghulam_Ahmed_Pervez]]
 *'''[[Hashim Amir Ali]]''' - (1903-1987), Hyderabad, India.
 *'''[[Amin Ahsan Islahi]]''' -