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• Islamic Cultural Center, Tempe, Arizona 1984 Mosque Built since 1976

  A mosque at Tempe, Arizona, built in 1984 by M. Afzal Ibrahim and inspired by the Dome of the Rock, with a minaret and golden dome attached to an eight-sided tiled structure.

• Islamic Relief Worldwide 1984 Relief agency Organisations AfghanistanBosnia & HerzegovinaBangladesh

  An international relief and development NGO founded in 1984 by Hany El-Banna and fellow students of the University of Birmingham, with its international headquarters in Birmingham and offices and branches in more than forty countries; its income was £275.6 million in 2024. It has faced allegations from Israel, the UAE and others, which it denies, and an independent audit in 2014 found no link to terrorism.

• Albaraka Türk 1984 Company Enterprise, brands and finance Türkiye

  A Turkish participation bank in Istanbul, founded in 1984 and active from 1985 as a special finance house, known as the first participation bank in Turkey; Al Baraka Group is its largest shareholder.

• BinDawood Holding 1984 Company Enterprise, brands and finance

  BinDawood Holding.

• Takaful Malaysia 1984 Company Enterprise, brands and finance IndonesiaMalaysia

  Malaysia's first takaful (Islamic insurance) operator, established on 29 November 1984, the year of the Takaful Act, and listed on Bursa Malaysia in 1996; Lembaga Tabung Haji, the pilgrims' fund, is its largest shareholder.

• Abd al-Razzaq Nawfal 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Draft card for Abd al-Razzaq Nawfal, the Egyptian writer of Islamic encyclopedias; his entry is not yet checked on the page.

• Abdullah Musawi Shirazi 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Draft card for Abdullah Musawi Shirazi, the Iranian marja'; his entry is not yet checked on the page.

• Abdullah Rushdy 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Egyptian preacher, and imam and preacher at the Sayyida Nafisa Mosque in Cairo for the Egyptian Ministry of Awqaf, born in Cairo in 1984. He holds Azhar bachelor's degrees in Islamic dawah and in sharia and law and a master's in religions and schools; he became known for his televised debates and for his official YouTube channel, whose subscribers have passed 2.4 million. He was barred from preaching in 2017 and restored to his post by a court ruling in 2019, and he has written books answering doubts and atheism.

• Abida Parveen 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Pakistani singer and composer from Sindh (born 1954), called the queen of Sufi music, who sings kafi, ghazal and qawwali in Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Arabic and Persian to the verse of Bulleh Shah, Shah Abdul Latif and Amir Khusrau; she broke through on Radio Pakistan in 1973 and received Pakistan's highest civil award, the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, in 2021.

• Adam Malik 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Indonesian politician, diplomat and journalist, born at Pematangsiantar, North Sumatra, in 1917. A co-founder of the Antara news agency, he served as Indonesia's foreign minister (1966–1977), presided over the United Nations General Assembly (1971–1972), helped found ASEAN, and was Indonesia's third vice president (1978–1983); he died at Bandung in 1984.

• Adi Hidayat 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Indonesian preacher and educator born in Pandeglang, Banten, in 1984. He studied at the Darul Arqam Muhammadiyah pesantren in Garut and at the International Islamic Call College in Tripoli, Libya, founded the Quantum Akhyar Institute in 2013, and serves as a vice-chairman of the preaching assembly of Muhammadiyah's central board (2022–2027). He is known for systematic lessons in Qur'an commentary and hadith on his YouTube channel.

• Ahmed Sékou Touré 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Guinean politician (1922–1984) from Faranah, a trade-union leader who led the Democratic Party of Guinea to independence from France in 1958 and became Guinea's first president (1958–1984), ruling as a one-party authoritarian until he died in Cleveland, United States, on 26 March 1984 during cardiac treatment. He was born to a Mandinka Muslim family, studied at a Qur'anic school, and was the great-grandson of Samori Ture, founder of the Wassoulou Empire.

• Ali-Akbar Raefipour 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Iranian lecturer and commentator from Tehran, founder and head of the Masaf Institute since 2011, known for university lectures on Mahdism, the end of time, religions and sects and conspiracy theories, and secretary-general of the Sobh-e Iran (Morning of Iran) Front; his official Instagram page counted 1,002,269 followers in November 2026 per an on-platform profile read.

• Aseel Hameem 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Iraqi singer born in Baghdad in 1984, the daughter of the musician Karim Hameem. She turned professional at twenty-two after competing in the Arab Stars programme on MBC 1, has released dozens of solo and joint songs in several Arabic dialects and sung the theme songs of many television series, and her 2019 song 'Ser Alhayah' became the most streamed song on YouTube by a female Arab artist.

• Badr Hari 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Dutch-Moroccan kickboxer born in Amsterdam in 1984. He won the K-1 Heavyweight Championship in 2007 and the It's Showtime heavyweight title in 2009, reached the K-1 World Grand Prix final twice, and compiled 106 wins, 92 of them by knockout. His life outside the ring was marked by repeated assault convictions.

• Ebit Lew 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Malaysian preacher and entrepreneur of Chinese descent, born Lew Yun Pau in Muadzam Shah, Pahang, in 1984; he embraced Islam at the age of twelve. A graduate of Universiti Putra Malaysia, he became known for his Keluarga Sunnah family seminars, the Elewsmart supermarket chain and large-scale relief missions during the COVID-19 pandemic; his Instagram account counted 6,503,185 followers on a live counter read in November 2026.

• Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Fifth King of Saudi Arabia (r. 1982–2005) and the eldest of the Sudairi Seven, the sons of King Abdulaziz by Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi. He was Minister of Education (1953–1962), Interior Minister (1962–1975) and Crown Prince (1975–1982); as king he adopted the title Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in 1986 and introduced the Basic Law of Governance in 1992. After his stroke in 1995 Crown Prince Abdullah governed in practice until Fahd's death at Riyadh on 1 August 2005.

• Felix Siauw 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Chinese-Indonesian writer and preacher born in Palembang in 1984 into a Catholic family. He converted to Islam in 2002 while at university, after meeting a Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia activist, and became one of Indonesia's best-known religious authors for young readers, with books such as Muhammad al-Fatih 1453 and Yuk Berhijab!. He is associated in his preaching with Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia.

• French Montana 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Moroccan-American rapper, born Karim Kharbouch in Casablanca in 1984, who immigrated with his family to New York City at the age of 13. He built his reputation with the Cocaine City DVD series, signed with Bad Boy and Maybach Music in 2012, and earned a diamond certification for his 2017 single "Unforgettable"; he is the most-streamed African-born musical artist.

• Habiba Ghribi 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Tunisian runner specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase, born in Kairouan in 1984. She became world champion at Daegu 2011 and Olympic champion at London 2012 after the Russian Yuliya Zaripova was disqualified for doping — the first Tunisian woman to win an Olympic medal — and has held the Tunisian record of 9:05.36 since 2015.

• Kazim Jawad al-Arada 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  An Iraqi poet, writer and translator, born in Nasiriyya in southern Iraq.

• Kenan Sofuoğlu 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Turkish motorcycle racer and parliamentarian, born in Akyazı, Sakarya, in 1984. He won a record five Supersport World Championship titles (2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016), retired from racing in 2018 and was elected to parliament the same year.

• Mahira Khan 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Pakistani actress (born 1984) from Karachi who began as a video jockey and rose to fame with the television drama Humsafar (2011) and the films Bol (2011), Bin Roye and Superstar, and starred opposite Shah Rukh Khan in the Indian film Raees (2017).

• Mahmoud al-Shahat Anwar 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Egyptian Qur'an reciter (born 1984) from Mit Ghamr in Dakahlia, son of the reciter al-Shahat Muhammad Anwar, under whom he memorised the Qur'an; he won first place at an international competition in Egypt, recited on a Qur'an radio in London and publishes his own recordings.

• Mahmud Muhammad Shakir 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Egyptian scholar of Arabic, editor and writer (1909–1997), known as Abu Fihr, who developed a 'method of tasting' in literary study; his 'al-Mutanabbi' (1936) caused a stir, he edited sixteen volumes of al-Tabari's Tafsir, 'Tabaqat Fuhul al-Shu'ara' and 'Dala'il al-I'jaz', fought two literary controversies with Taha Husayn and Louis Awad, and received the King Faisal Prize for Arabic Language and Literature (1984).

• Mamady Doumbouya 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Guinean general and politician from the Kankan Region, of Mandinka origin, who served in the French Foreign Legion and commanded Guinea's Special Forces Group, led the coup of 5 September 2021 that overthrew President Alpha Condé and became interim president on 1 October 2021, then won the December 2025 election and was inaugurated as Guinea's fifth, civilian president on 17 January 2026. His birth date is disputed: the articles give 5 December 1984, while the Guinean presidency's official biography gives 4 March 1980.

• Marouane Chamakh 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Moroccan former footballer (born 1984 in Tonneins, France), a forward who won the French league title with Bordeaux in 2009, played for Arsenal and Crystal Palace in England, and scored 18 goals in 65 appearances for Morocco before retiring in 2019.

• Maryam Monsef 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Afghan-Canadian politician born in Mashhad, Iran, who represented Peterborough—Kawartha in Canada's House of Commons from 2015 to 2021 and held the federal portfolios of democratic institutions, women and gender equality, international development and rural economic development.

• Mbark Boussoufa 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Retired Moroccan attacking midfielder (born 1984 in Amsterdam), named Belgian Footballer of the Year three times with Anderlecht, who played in Russia, the Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar and won 70 caps for Morocco, including the 2018 World Cup.

• Mohammad Hossein Pouyanfar 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Iranian maddah (eulogist) from Shemiranat, Tehran, born in 1984, who trained under the eulogist Hojjat Kasri, founded the Reyhanat al-Nabi hey'at in 2001 and the Hamdardi charity in 2019, and is known for the piece 'Man Iranam o to Araghi'; his Instagram account counted 615,485 followers in November 2026 when read on the platform.

• Muhammad al-Tatwani 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  A jurist, historian and journalist from Tetouan, of Andalusian descent.

• Muhammad Shafee Okarvi 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Pakistani scholar and orator (1930–1984) of Khem Karan in Punjab, who migrated to Okara in 1947 and settled as a preacher in Karachi. He was one of the founders of Jamaat Ahle Sunnat Pakistan and its first chairman, founded the Jamia Hanafiyya Ashraf-ul-Madaris at Okara, delivered over 18,000 speeches in 38 years, and was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz posthumously in 1985.

• Mustafa al-Zarqa 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Syrian jurist and legal scholar (1904–1999), born in Aleppo into a scholarly family. He taught civil law and sharia at the universities of Damascus and Jordan, sat as a deputy for Aleppo and twice held ministerial office; his al-Madkhal al-Fiqhi al-'Amm is a standard modern restatement of Islamic jurisprudence, and he received the King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies in 1984. He died in Riyadh.

• Mustafa Suleyman 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Mustafa Suleyman (born August 1984 in London) is a British artificial-intelligence entrepreneur of Syrian descent who co-founded DeepMind in 2010 and Inflection AI in 2022, became CEO of Microsoft AI in March 2024, and wrote The Coming Wave (2023).

• Nadiem Makarim 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Nadiem Makarim (born Nadiem Anwar Makarim on 4 July 1984 in Singapore) is an Indonesian businessman and politician, founder in 2010 of Gojek, Indonesia's first startup valued above ten billion dollars; he studied at Brown University and took his MBA at Harvard, served as minister of education and culture and then of education, culture, research and technology (2019-2024), was arrested in 2025 in the Chromebook procurement case, and on 30 June 2026 was convicted and sentenced to ten years, a verdict he denied and said he would appeal.

• Nashat Akram 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Iraqi playmaker, born in 1984 in Hillah and nicknamed 'the Maestro'. A leading figure in the Iraq side that won the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, he saw a 2008 move to Manchester City collapse when he was refused a work permit, then played for FC Twente in their Dutch title-winning season and for clubs in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Qatar and China.

• Oussama Mellouli 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Tunisian swimmer, born in La Marsa in 1984. He won the 1500 m freestyle at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, then the 10 km marathon gold and the 1500 m freestyle bronze at London 2012 — the first swimmer to medal in both open water and the pool at a single Olympics — and competed at six Olympic Games between 2000 and 2020.

• Prem Nath Bazaz 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Prem Nath Bazaz was a Kashmiri Pandit politician, journalist and historian who co-founded the Hamdard newspaper with Sheikh Abdullah, broke with the National Conference over its direction, and wrote standard histories of Kashmir's freedom struggle.

• Reza Zanjani 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Draft card for Reza Zanjani, the ayatollah and preacher against the Shah; his entry is not yet checked on the page.

• Saba Qamar 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  Pakistani actress (born 1984), among her country's most prominent television and film performers, known for the dramas Dastaan, Maat and Digest Writer and the Indian film Hindi Medium (2017); she received the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz in 2012 and the Pride of Performance in 2016.

• Taha Baqir 1984 Figures of the last fifty years

  An Iraqi historian and archaeologist born in al-Hilla, south-west of Baghdad, from a family known for learning.

• Cities of Salt 1984 Book Books and publishers

  Abdul Rahman Munif's five-volume epic on oil and the transformation of Arabia — among the greatest Arabic novels, banned in several countries.