List of Muslims

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Table of contents

1 People associated with Islam 1.1 Traditional Theologians and Philosophers 1.2 Shia Imams (main shia Theologians and Philosophers after the Prophet) 1.3 Main Sunni Theologians and Philosophers after the Prophet 1.4 Other Theologians and Philosophers 1.5 Historiographers and sociologists 2 Historical Figures 2.6 Early historic personalities 2.7 Ottoman Empire Rulers 2.8 Military Leaders and Figures 2.9 Muslim dynasties 2.10 Politicians 3 Artists 3.11 Writers and Poets 3.12 Entertainers 4 Scientists and Mathematicians 5 Athletes 6 (Freedom) Fighters, Military activists and suspected terrorists 7 Other

People associated with Islam

Traditional Theologians and Philosophers

\n* The Prophet Muhammad \n* Al-Farabi\n* Ibn Sina \n* Ibn Taymiya\n* Al-Dinawari\n* Al-Ghazali\n* Al-Kindi\n* Al-Tirmidhi\n* Abu Muslim\n* Razi\n* Wasil ibn Ata\nSee also early Muslim philosophy, Islamic philosophy

Shia Imams (main shia Theologians and Philosophers after the Prophet)

\nSee: List of Shia Imams

• Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib Al-Mortaza \n* Imam Hasan ibn Ali Al-Mojtaba \n* Imam Hussein ibn Ali Sayyed-Al-Shohada \n* Imam Ali ibn Hussein Zainol Abedin \n* Imam Mohammad ibn Ali Bagher \n* Imam Jafar ibn Mohammad Al-Sadiq \n* Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kazem \n* Imam Ali ibn Musa Al-Reza \n* Imam Mohammad ibn Ali Al-Taghi \n* Imam Ali ibn Mohammad Al-Hadi \n* Imam Hasan ibn Ali Al-Askari \n* Imam Mohammad ibn Hasan Al-Mahdi

Main Sunni Theologians and Philosophers after the Prophet

\n* Ali ibn Abu Talib Al-Mortaza \n* Imam Abu Hanifa\n* Imam Hambal\n* Imam Shafi\n* Malik Ibn Anas\n* Al-Bukhari

Other Theologians and Philosophers

• Khaled Abou Al-Fadl\n* Munawar Ahmad Anees\n* Leila Ahmed\n* Alija Ali Izetbegovic\n* Nasim Butt\n* M. Umar Chapra\n* Merryl Wyn Davies\n* Hamid Enyat\n* Ismail Al-Faruqi\n* Hazrat Inayat Khan\n* Sayyid Mawdudi\n* Fatima Mernissi\n* Seyyed Hossein Nasr\n* Syed Nawad Haider Naqwi\n* Ziauddin Sardar\n* Idries Shah\n* Ali Shariati\n* Hamza Yusuf

See also modern Islamic philosophy, Islamization of knowledge

Historiographers and sociologists

\n* Hammudah Abdalati\n* Al-Mas'udi\n* Al-Tabari\n* Ibn Kathir\n* Ibn Khaldoun\n* Ibn Khallikan\n* Rashid al-Din\n* Amin Maalouf\n* Usamah ibn Munqidh See also Islamic economics, The Muqadimmah, and isnad

Historical Figures

Early historic personalities

\n* Prophet Muhammad\n* Abd-ar-rahman I\n* Ali Ben Abu Talib - caliph (or the first Imám for Shia Muslims)\n* Abu Bakr - caliph\n* Fatima Zahra\n* Hasan bin Ali grandson of Muhammad\n* Husayn bin Ali grandson of Muhammad\n* Muawiyah I\n* Saladin\n* Umar ibn al-Khattab - caliph\n* Uthman ibn Affan - caliph

Ottoman Empire Rulers

\nSee: Osmanli Dynasty

Military Leaders and Figures

• Abdel Kadir\n* Shamil Basayev\n* Imam Shamil\n* Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef\n* Hyder Ali\n* Khalid bin Walid\n* Muhammad Ahmad\n* Muhammad bin Qasim\n* Musa bin Nusair\n* Qutaibah bin Muslim\n* Saladin\n* Sher Shah\n* Nadir Shah\n* Tahir ibn Husayn\n* Tariq ibn-Ziyad\n* Timur\n* Tipu Sultan\n* Lt-Gen Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi

Muslim dynasties

• Abbadid\n* Abbasid\n* Ayyubid dynasty\n* Hashemite\n* Osmanli (rulers of the Ottoman Empire)\n* Mameluk dynasty\n* Mughal Emperors\n* Saffarid dynasty\n* House of Saud (Saudis)\n* Tahirid dynasty\n* Umayyad

Politicians

• Mahmoud Abbas\n* Abdullah, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia\n* Abdullah I of Jordan\n* Abdullah II of Jordan\n* Mohammed Bahr Al-Uloum\n* Omar Hasan Ahmad Al-Bashir\n* Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim\n* Abd ar-Rahman Al-Haydari Al-Kaylani\n* Zayed ibn Sultan Al-Nahayan\n* Iajuddin Ahmed\n* Yasser Arafat\n* Qari Ahmadullah\n* Badar\n* Benazir Bhutto\n* Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto\n* Abdelaziz Bouteflika\n* Faisal of Saudi Arabia\n* Fahd of Saudi Arabia\n* Recep Tayyip Erdogan\n* Moammar Ghadafi\n* Hussein of Jordan\n* Moulvi Ibrahim\n* Alija Ali Izetbegovic\n* Zafarullah Khan Jamali\n* Muhammad Ali Jinnah\n* Abdul Kalam\n* Islam Karimov\n* Hamid Karzai\n* Hamad bin Khalifa\n* Zalmay Khalilzad\n* Ali Khamenei\n* Ayub Khan\n* Yahya Khan\n* Juma Khan\n* Mohammad Khatemi\n* Ruhollah Khomeini\n* Megawati Sukarnoputri\n* Qusay Hussein (al-Majid)\n* Saddam Hussein (al-Majid)\n* Uday Hussein (al-Majid)\n* Mahatir Mohammad\n* Mohammed VI of Morocco\n* Hosni Mubarak\n* Pervez Musharraf\n* Mohammed Omar\n* Qaboos of Oman\n* Mohammed Qalamuddin\n* Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad\n* Abdul Karim Qassim\n* Ahmed Qurei\n* Mohammad Rabbani\n* Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi\n* Anwar Sadat\n* Ibn Saud\n* Ahmet Necdet Sezer\n* Abdurrahman Wahid\n* Khaleda Zia\n* Muhammad Zia ul-Haq

Artists

Writers and Poets

\n* Akbar S. Ahmed\n* Rashid Ahmed\n* Mohammed Asad\n* Tariq Ali\n* Hafiz\n* Al-Hallaj\n* Hakim Bey\n* Kabir\n* Omar Khayyam\n* Naim Frashëri\n* Ibn Arabi\n* Allama Iqbal\n* Abdul Rahman Munif\n* Marmaduke Pickthall\n* Rumi\n* Sa'adi\n* Michael Wolfe

Entertainers

\n* Adewale Ayuba\n* Art Blakey\n* John Coltrane\n* Everlast\n* Freeway\n* Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)\n* Islamic Force\n* Mos Def\n* Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan\n* Ali Shaheed Muhammad\n* Q-Tip\n* Richard Thompson

Scientists and Mathematicians

\n* Abdus Salam, physics\n* Abu Al-Qasim, medicine\n* Abu Nasr Mansur, mathematics\n* Ibn Ismail Ibn al-Razzaz Al-Jazari, engineering\n* Al-Khwarizmi, mathematics\n* Avicenna, medicine\n* Averroes, medicine\n* Biruni, mathematics\n* Ahmed H. Zewail, chemistry\n* Avicenna, medicine\n* Mahmoud Hessaby, engineering\n* Rhazes, medicine\nSee also list of inventions by Muslims, Islamic science

Athletes

\n* Tariq Abdul-Wahad\n* Shareef Abdur-Rahim\n* Mahmoud Abdur-Rauf\n* Muhammad Ali\n* Laila Ali\n* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar\n* Mohammed Azharuddin\n* Hassiba Boulmerka\n* Ali Daei\n* Hicham El Guerrouj\n* Chris Eubank\n* Naseem Hamed\n* Mustafa Hamsho\n* Ali Karimi\n* Imran Khan\n* Khalid Khannouchi\n* Mehdi Mahdavikia\n* Matthew Saad Muhammad\n* Eddie Mustapha Muhammad\n* Hakeem Olajuwon\n* Dwight Muhammad Qawi\n* Hasim Rahman\n* Saleem Rashid\n* Zinedine Zidane

(Freedom) Fighters, Military activists and suspected terrorists

\nThese men have often been called "terrorists" by the U.S. and their allies. Many regard a portion or all of these men as freedom fighters. The term to describe them is disputed.\n* Ahmed Alnami\n* Abdulaziz al-Omari\n* Yasser Arafat\n* Mohammed Atef\n* Mahmoud Mahmoud Atta\n* Mohammed Atta\n* Yahya Ayash\n* Said Bahaji\n* Fayez Banihammad\n* Djamel Beghal\n* Ramzi Binalshibh\n* Osama bin Laden\n* Buffalo six\n* Wadih El-Hage\n* Sulaiman Abu Ghaith\n* Saeed Al-Ghamdi\n* Hani Hanjour\n* Nawaf al-Hazmi \n* Salem al-Hazmi \n* Ahmed Al-Haznawi\n* Riduan Isamuddin (aka Hambali)\n* Khadaffy Janjalani\n* Ziad Jarrah\n* Mohammed Jamal Khalifa\n* Amir Khattab\n* Ibn Al-Shaykh Al-Libi\n* Khalid al-Mihdhar\n* Khalid Sheik Mohammed\n* Zacarias Moussaoui\n* Majed Moqed\n* Imad Mugniyah\n* Abdul Hakim Murad\n* El Sayyid Nosair\n* Amrozi bin Nurhasyim\n* Jose Padilla\n* Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman\n* Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi (Hamas)\n* Richard Reid\n* Ahmed Ressam\n* Wali Khan Amin Shah\n* Waleed al-Shehri\n* Wail al-Shehri\n* Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh\n* Nizar Trabelsi\n* Ahmed Yassin\n* Ramzi Yousef\n* Tohir Yuldashev\n* Ayman Al-Zawahiri\n* Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi\n* Abu Zubaydah

Other

• Ibn Battuta\n* Zahra Kazemi\n* Rashad Khalifa\n* Suleyman al-Faris (John Walker Lindh)\n* El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X)\n* Abdul Aziz (David Myatt)\n* Ali Shariati\n* Ahmed Urabi\n* Abdul Haq\n* Maher Arar\n* Muhammad Abd al Wahhab

See also: List of people by belief, list of Islamic terms in Arabic Category:Islam Muslims, List of\n