Imam

🇺🇸Malcolm X

Social Activism

1925–1965

"Malcolm X Project. Project of the Center for Contemporary Black History at Columbia University. Retrieved May 19, 2005."

🇫🇷Aga Khan IV

Religion

1936–2025

"A secure pluralistic society requires communities that are educated and confident both in the identity and depth of their own traditions and in those of their neighbours."

🇵🇰Abdul Rashid Ghazi

Politics

1964–2007

"We are ready for our heads to be cut off but we will not bow to them,"

🇹🇷Fethullah Gülen

Literature

Sufism

1941–2024

"Erdogan’s accusation is no surprise, not for what it says about me but rather for what it reveals about his systematic and dangerous drive toward one-man rule."

Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais

Politics

b. 1962

"History of Jews is full of deception, trickery, rebellion, oppression, evil and corruption. They always seek to cause mischief on the earth and Allaah loves not the mischief-makers."

Hasan al-Askari

Politics

"Your daily subsistence which has been assured by God, should not prevent you from rising in obedience and performing your duties."

Hussain Ahmed Madani

Politics

1879–1957

"Non Muslims... are the field of action of 'tabligh' of islam and form the raw material for this splendid activity. Today, by propagating hatred towards the Hindus, this field is being closed and this material wasted."

"When I graduated from high school, I hoped that one day gay Americans would be able to get married. And now here I am 45 years later officiating same-sex marriages—how can I not be optimistic that the future is bright?"