18 Notable alumni of
Islamic University of Madinah
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The Islamic University of Madinah is 1022nd in the world, 215th in Asia, and 3rd in Saudi Arabia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from the Islamic University of Madinah sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ismail ibn Musa Menk
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- muftimotivational speakerpodcaster
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Ismail ibn Musa Menk, commonly known as Mufti Menk, is a Zimbabwean Islamic speaker. He is the Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe, and head of the fatwa department for the Council of Islamic Scholars of Zimbabwe.
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Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
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- imamqāriʾ
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Qari Mishary bin Rashid Alafasy is a Kuwaiti qāriʾ (reciter of the Quran), imam, preacher, and nasheed artist. He studied in the Islamic University of Madinah's College of Qur'an, specializing in the ten qira'at and tafsir. Alafasy has released nasheed albums. He usually recites in Arabic, but he has also recited nasheeds in Japanese, English and French.
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Abdul Hadi Awang
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- writerpoliticianʿālim
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Abdul Hadi bin Awang is a Malaysian politician and religious teacher who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Marang since October 1990, 7th President of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), an Islamist political party since July 2002 and a component party of Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and formerly Gagasan Sejahtera (GS), Pakatan Rakyat (PR), Barisan Alternatif (BA) and Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU) coalitions. He served as the Leader of the Opposition from September 2002 to March 2004, 11th Menteri Besar of Terengganu from December 1999 to March 2004 and Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Ru Rendang from 1986 until 2018. At the international level, he formerly served as Vice-President of the International Union of Muslim Scholars.
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Zahran Alloush
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- military personnel
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Zahran Alloush was a Syrian Islamist rebel leader who was the commander of Jaysh al-Islam (Army of Islam), a major component of the Islamic Front, of which he was the military chief, and was described as one of the most powerful leaders in rebel-held Syria. He was killed in a joint Russian and Syrian airstrike on 25 December 2015 and was succeeded by Essam al-Buwaydhani as head of Jaysh al-Islam.
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Hidayat Nur Wahid
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- politician
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Hidayat Nur Wahid is an Indonesian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2004. He was the Speaker of Indonesia People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat/MPR) for the 2004–2009 period. He resigned as the leader of Prosperous Justice Party (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera/PKS) on 11 October 2004. Hidayat was mentioned in the media as a possible running mate for Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the 2009 Indonesian presidential election.
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Bachtiar Nasir
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Bachtiar Nasir is an Indonesian Islamist da'i and ulama. He is known for his examination and exploration of the sciences of the Qur'an. The ustad leads the Ar-Rahman Qur'anic Learning Center (AQL) Islamic Center, and also serves as the Secretary General of Intellectual Assembly of Young Ulama Indonesia (MIUMI), Chairman of Alumni of Saudi Arabia in Indonesia, and Chairman of Islamic University of Medina Alumni in Indonesia. He also served as the Central Executive of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI).
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Ja'afar Mahmud Adam
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- preacher
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Shiekh Ja'afar Mahmud Adampronunciation was a Salafist Islamic scholar and member of Nigeria's Jama’at Izalat al Bid’a Wa Iqamat as Sunna, a religio-political organisation with headquarters in Abuja. He lived primarily in Kano and went to Maiduguri for his annual Ramadan Tafsir.
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Abdul Ghani Kasuba
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- politician
- Biography
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Abdul Ghani Kasuba is an Indonesian politician and the former governor and former lieutenant governor of North Maluku.
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Yasir Qadhi
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- university teachertheologian
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Yasir Qadhi is a Pakistani American Muslim scholar and theologian. He is dean of The Islamic Seminary of America and resident scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center in Plano, Texas. He was formerly the dean of AlMaghrib Institute and taught in the religious studies department at Rhodes College. He currently serves as chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America.
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Abdulbari ath-Thubaity
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- imamkhaṭībʿālim
- Biography
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Abdulbari bin Awad ath-Thubaity is an Imam and Khatib at the Prophet's Mosque, Medina. And former guest imam for taraweeh at Masjid al-Haram.
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Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq
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- ʿālimwriterteacherpreacher
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Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq was an Egyptian-Kuwaiti Islamic scholar and preacher. He published more than 60 books related to Islam, especially Salafism.
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Tomasz Miśkiewicz
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- theologian
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Tomasz Miśkiewicz is the Polish mufti of the Muzułmański Związek Religijny (Muslim Religious Union).
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Fathul Bari Mat Jahaya
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- politician
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Fathul Bari Mat Jahya is a Muslim lecturer and politician from Malaysia.
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Hussain Yee
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- intellectualda'ipreacher
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Hussain Yee or Hussein Yee, is a Malaysian Islamic preacher and an International Da'i of Islam as well as the President of Pertubuhan Al-Khaadem in Malaysia.
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Abdul Aziz al-Harbi
- Enrolled in the Islamic University of Madinah
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- writerIslamic juristpoetlinguist
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Abdul Aziz bin Ali al-Harbi is a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar and associate professor at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca. He is one of the founders and the current president of the Arabic Language Academy in Mecca.
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Ayrat Waxitof
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- translatorimam
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Aiat Nasimovich Vahitov, also spelled Ayrat Wakhitov or Vahidov is an ethnic Tatar citizen of Russia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba. He was repatriated with six other Russians in February 2004. Fluent in Arabic, Pashto, Persian, Urdu and Russian, he also spoke basic English.
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Aamir Rashadi Madni
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- politician
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Aamir Rashadi Madni is an Indian politician, cleric and educator. He is a graduate from Madinah University. At present he runs various educational institutions in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh under the patronage of Jameatur Rashad and also does social work. He is also the founder and national president of a political party Rashtriya Ulama Council which has a strong hold specially in Uttar Pradesh and is working in 14 other states of India like Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu. The party has participated in general and assembly elections in many of these states.
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Abdullah Md Zin
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- 1946-.. (age 79)
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- writerpolitician
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Abdullah bin Md Zin is a former Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Besut constituency in Terengganu from 2004 to 2013, sitting as a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.
