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This article is a ist of modern-day (20th to 21st century) scholars of Islam who are themselves Muslim.

Geographical categories have been created based on commonalities in culture and language across the Muslim World. Non-Scholars (i.e. prominent lecturers, speakers, famous imams, political activists and others) whose scholarly credentials are not clear-cut have been listed at the bottom in a separate category. Female scholars are listed twice, the second time at the bottom in a separate category.

Sub-Saharan Africa

(includes Nigeria, West Africa, Mauritania, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya and rest of East Africa, South Africa)

Muhammad Ash-Shanqeeti (1907–1973) Mauritania
Abu-Abdullah Adelabu Nigeria
Hassan al-Turabi (1932-), Sudan
Ibrahim Khaleel, Nigeria
Farid Esack (1959), South Africa
Ahmed Deedat (1918–2005), South Africa
Siraj ur-rehman (1941–2009), Kenya
Wahba Zuhayli (1932-), Syria

North Africa

(includes Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya)

Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali (1927-), Morocco
Fatema Mernissi (1940-), Morocco
Abdessalam Yassine (1928-), Morocco
Abdelhamid Ben Badis (1889–1940), Algeria

Greater Levant

(includes Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt)

Hassan al-Banna (1906–1949), Egypt
Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926-), Egypt
Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966), Egypt
Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928–2010), Egypt
Rashid Rida (1865–1935), Syria
Mahmud Shaltut (1893–1963), Egypt
Abd al-Hamid Kishk (1933–1996) Egypt
Mohammed al-Ghazali (1917–1996) Egypt
Abdel-Halim Mahmoud (1910–1978), Egypt
Safwat al-Shwadify (1945–2000), Egypt
Aisha Abd al-Rahman (1913–1998), Egypt
Ahmad Muhammad Shakir (1892–1956), Egypt
Gibril Haddad (1960-), Lebanon
Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004), Albanian-Syrian
Muhammad bin Yahya al-Ninowy Syria
Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914-1999), Albanian-Syrian

The Arabian Peninsula

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

Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz (1910–1999), Saudi Arabia
Abdur-Rahman al-Mu'allimee al-Yamani (1894–1966), Yemen-Saudi Arabia
Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (1942-), Yemen
Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen (1921–2001), Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Muhsin Khan (1927-), Afghanistan-Saudi Arabia
Abdallah Bin Bayyah (1935-), Mauritius-Saudi Arabia
Umar Sulayman al-Ashqar (1930s-2009), Jordan
Abdullah ibn Abdulrahman ibn Jibreen (1933–2009), Saudi Arabia

Persia (Iran)

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934-), Iran
Ali al-Sistani (1930-), Iran
Ali Khamenei (1939-), Iran
Ali Shariati (1933–1977), Iran
Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989), Iran
Sheikh Haron (1964-), Iran
Tahereh Saffarzadeh (1936–2008), Iran

Western Europe

Ivan Aguéli (1869–1917) Sweden
Abdul Hadi Palazzi (1961–) Italy
Muhammad Asad (1900–1992) Germany, of Jewish origins
Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) Switzerland

Eastern Europe

(includes Turkey, Albania, Bosnia,Kosovo)

Mustafa Ceric (1952-), Bosnia
Fethullah Gülen (1941-), Turkey
Hüseyin Hilmi Işık (1911–2001), Turkey
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904–1983), Turkey
Said Nursî (1878–1960), Turkey

Great Britain

East, Southeast, and Central Asia

(includes China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Malaysia, Central Asia)

Hussein Ye (1950-), Malaysia
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Malaysia
Muhammad Ma Jian (1906–1978), China
Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954), Singapore

North America

Abdul Alim Musa (1945-) USA
Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips (1952-) Canada
Ahmad Kutty (1946-)originally from Kerala, India
Asma Barlas (1950-) Pakistani-born Professor
Hassan Hathout (1924–2009)
Ingrid Mattson (1963-) Canadian Muslim convert
Jonathan A.C. Brown
Khaled Abou El Fadl (1963-)
Leila Ahmed (1940-)
Louay Safi (1955-)
Muqtedar Khan (1966-)
Muzammil H. Siddiqi (1943-)
Omid Safi
Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1933-
Sherifa Zuhur
Sherman Jackson
Taha Jabir Alalwani (1935-)
Wael Hallaq (1955-)

South Asia

Pakistan

 [[Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1928-2003)

Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Abd-al-Hamid Siddiqui
Abul Ala Maududi (1903–1979)
Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (1892–1954) Meerut-Madina
Ahmad Noorani Siddiqi (1926–2003) Karachi, Pakistan
Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997)
Ehsan Elahi Zaheer (1945–1987)
Ghulam Muhammad Rizvi Nagpuri
Ahmad Raza Khan (1856–1921)
Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi (1888–1963)
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (1951–)
Khalid Masud (1935–2003), Lahore, Pakistan
Muhammad Taqi Usmani (1943-)
Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari (1918–1998)
Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri (1941–1993)
Naseer Ahmad Nasir (1910–2000)
Qamaruzzaman Azmi
Syed Tatheer Hussain Zaidi (1956), Lahore-Pakistan
Tariq Jameel (1953-)
Yousuf Ludhianvi (1932–2000)
Zafar Ishaq Ansari (1932-), Pakistan
Zar Wali Khan (1955-

India

Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958) India
Hashim Amir Ali (1903–1987), Hyderabad, India
Mirza Abul Fazl (1865–1956), Allahabad, India
Muhammad Hamidullah (1908–2002), Hyderabad (India) exiled in Paris.
Anwar Shah Kashmiri (1875–1933) India
Shibli Nomani (1857–1914), India
Asghar Ali Engineer (1939-), India
Husain Ahmed Madani (1879–1957), India
Rashid Ahmad Gangohi (1829–1905), delhi India
Khurshid Ahmad (1932-), India
Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi (1885–1944), Khandala, India
Omar Khalidi (1953–2010), Hyderabad, India. migrated to USA.
Pir Meher Ali Shah,(1856–1937)
Maulana Mehmud Hasan,(1851–1920) Darul Uloom Deoband
Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri (1916–1996), U.P., India
M. M. Akbar Kerala, India
Saniyasnain Khan (1959-), New Delhi, India
Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (1913–1999), India
Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi (1964-), Delhi, India
Syed Mohsin Nawab Rizvi (1911–1969),Lucknow-India
Wahiduddin Khan (1925-), New Delhi, India
Rafique Zakaria, India
Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, raibareli, India
Qadhi Mujahidul Islam Qasmi, India
Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi (1833-1880), India

Female Scholars

References

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 * [[Farhat Hashmi]]
 * [[Ingrid Mattson]]
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 * [[Amina Wadud]]
 * [[Aisha Abd al-Rahman]]