16 Notable alumni of
Islamic University of Madinah
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The Islamic University of Madinah is 1048th in the world, 223rd in Asia, and 3rd in Saudi Arabia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 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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- podcastermufti
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Mufti Ismail ibn Musa Menk is a Zimbabwean Islamic speaker. He is the Grand Mufti of Zimbabwe's Muslim community, 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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- qāriʾimam
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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 English and French.
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Abdul Hadi Awang
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- politicianwriter'ālim
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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 and a component party of Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition, since July 2002. He served as Leader of the Opposition from July 2002 to March 2004, 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
- Biography
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Zahran Alloush was a Syrian Islamist 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 persons 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 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
- Biography
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Shiekh Ja'afar Mahmud Adampronunciation was a Nigerian 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 while he went to Maiduguri for his Annual Ramadan Tafsir.
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Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq
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- writer'ālimpreacherteacher
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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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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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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
- Biography
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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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- preacherda'iintellectual
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Dato' Sheikh 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
- poetIslamic juristwriterlinguist
- Biography
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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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- imamtranslator
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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 Praesh 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 78)
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- politicianwriter
- Biography
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Abdullah bin Md Zin is a former Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Besut constituency in Terengganu serving for two terms from 2004 to 2013 and is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a member party of the Barisan Nasional coalition.
