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Benazir Bhutto
11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan (1953–2007)
Mohammad Khatami
President of Iran from 1997 to 2005
Tawakkol Karman
Yemeni-Turkish journalist, politician and human rights activist (born 1979)
Fethullah Gülen
Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)
Anwar Ibrahim
Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2022
Reza Pahlavi
Reza Pahlavi is an Iranian political activist and the former Crown Prince of the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran. He is the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, and his wife, Empress Farah. He lives in the United States as a dissident in exile.
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Egyptian Islamic theologian based in Doha, Qatar (1926-2022)
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
President of Somalia; PDP Chairman; educator; civic, academic, and political activist
Muqtada al-Sadr
Iraqi Shia scholar, politician and militia leader (born 1974)
Ali Sistani
Iranian cleric
Syed Abul Ala Maududi
South Asian Islamic scholar, Founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (1903–1979)
Hussein-Ali Montazeri
cleric and Deputy Supreme Leader of Iran from 1985 to 1989
Mohammed Badie
Egyptian politician, 8th Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood
Rached Ghannouchi
Tunisian politician
Hasan al-Turabi
Sudanese religious and political leader (1932–2016)
Ali Tarhouni
Libyan economist and politician
Abdul Hadi Awang
President of Malaysian Islamic Party
Yousef Saanei
Iranian grand ayatollah (1937-2020)
Qazi Hussain Ahmad
Islamist political party president (1938–2013)
Muhammad Kazim Khurasani
Iranian Shi'a jurist and political activist (1839–1911)
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi
Pakistani philosopher and Muslim scholar (born 1952)
Aref Ali Nayed
Libyan islamic scholar and Ex Libya Ambassador to UAE, and Presidential Candidate on 2021 Election
Haleh Sahabi
Iranian humanitarian activist (1958–2011)
Shah Ahmad Noorani
Spiritual and political leader (1926–2003)
Mohamad Sabu
Malaysian politician
Ezzatollah Sahabi
Iranian activist (1930–2011)
Abdallah Mazandarani
Iranian Shia Marja' and politician (1840–1912)
Naeem Siddiqui
Pakistani scholar and politician (1916–2002)
Abdallah Djaballah
Algerian politician
Ali al-Sallabi
Libyan Islamist
Mohamed Sowan
Libyan politician
Muhiddin Kabiri
politician
Bouguerra Soltani
Algerian politician
Mohammad Tavasoli
Iranian politician
Khurram Murad
Pakistani writer and scholar (1932-1996)
Hussein al-Khalili
Iraqi Islamic scholar and jurist (1815–1908)