25 results for “west”
Clear filter... Muslim physicist and mathematician known as Alhazen in the West. His Kitab al-Manazir (Book of Optics) revolutionized the u...
Persian physician and philosopher known in the West as Avicenna. His al-Qanun fi at-Tibb (Canon of Medicine) wa...
...ecame the standard text for Maliki scholarship in North and West Africa for centuries.
Brother of Uthman dan Fodio, a major West African scholar, poet, and military commander of the Sokoto...
...e Cambridge Muslim College, and one of the most influential Western Muslim intellectuals.
...l-Barahin,' the most widely studied creed text in North and West Africa.
...dely regarded as one of the most influential Muslims in the Western world.
West African Fulani scholar who settled in Medina and authored '...
...ly 2025. One of the foremost Muslim intellectuals to engage Western philosophy from an Athari framework in the English langu...
...academic voice on Islamic jurisprudence, Islamic law in the West, and the African-American Muslim experience.
The righteous king who journeyed to the east and west of the earth and built the iron barrier against Ya'juj and ...
... Tours (Poitiers) by Charles Martel, a battle considered by Western historians as one of the most decisive in stopping Musli...
...s of the Islamic University of Madinah after migrating from West Africa. His multi-volume Adwa al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Quran b...
West African Maliki scholar and Sufi leader who unified scholarl...
West African Islamic scholar, jihadist, and ruler; leader of a m...
West African scholar and founder of the Imamate of Futa Jallon; ...
The great Islamic reformer of West Africa. He founded the Sokoto Caliphate in northern Nigeria...
Greatest Islamic scholar of Timbuktu, prolific author of biographies and fiqh. Taken captive to Morocco but continued writing.
West African Islamic scholar, mujahid, and founder of the Toucou...
...alese Islamic scholar with one of the largest followings in West Africa. President of the World Muslim League.
...academic. Controversial figure who has written on Islam and Western Muslim identity.
Nigerian Islamic scholar and reformer who advocated for direct Quran-based guidance over traditional authority.
Son of Uthman dan Fodio and Sultan of Sokoto Caliphate, scholar and prolific author.
...of Washington D.C., known for works on Islamic practice for Western Muslim communities.
..., convert to Islam, known for accessible books on Islam for Western audiences including Teach Yourself Islam and Bringing Up...