Sunni Islamists

Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, formerly known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani, is a Syrian politician and former rebel commander who has served as the president of Syria since 2025. He previously served as the emir of Al-Nusra Front from 2012 to 2017, the emir of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from 2017 to 2025, the de facto leader of the Syrian Salvation Government from 2017 to 2024, and was the de facto leader of Syria from December 2024 until his appointment as President in January 2025.

Syrian engineer and former prime minister of Syria (b.1983)

Sudanese religious and political leader (1932–2016)

Islamic scholar

Iranian terrorist

Egyptian military officer (1955-1982)

American-Pakistani author on Islam (1934–2012)

Uzun-Hajji of Salta (1848 – 30 March 1920) was a North Caucasian religious, military, and political leader who was Emir of the North Caucasian Emirate during the Russian Civil War. The sheikh of a Naqshbandi Sufi tariqa and a political exile prior to the Russian Revolution, he was one of the leaders of the in the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, and he served as a member of parliament for the country.

Turkish theologian with anti-republican views (1869–1954)

Islamic studies scholar

persons in Germany connected to the 9/11 attacks

Imam allegedly kidnapped by CIA in Italy

Islamist militant leader

North Caucasian religious, military, and political leader (1859–1925)

Bangladeshi politician

British Islamist

Syrian commander

Egyptian-Australian Islamic cleric

Pakistani militant leader

American Islamist (1974-2016)

Bangladeshi Islamic scholar