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• Official Finnish Charts 1991 Chart Awards and competitions Finland

  Finland's official national record charts, compiled and published by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland; Youssou N'Dour's Egypt peaked at number 35 there in 2004.

• Islamic Cultural Center of New York 1991 Mosque Built since 1976

  The Manhattan mosque at Third Avenue and 96th Street, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and completed in 1991 after a long debate between a committee of prominent Muslims and one of architects over what the mosque should look like.

• Al Baraka Bank Pakistan 1991 Company Enterprise, brands and finance Pakistan

  A Pakistani Islamic bank in Karachi, a subsidiary of Bahrain's Al Baraka group; it began in Pakistan in 1991 as a branch of Al Baraka Islamic Bank Bahrain, was incorporated in 2004, and in 2010 merged with Emirates Global Islamic Bank in the first merger in Pakistan's Islamic banking.

• Bank Muamalat Indonesia 1991 Company Enterprise, brands and finance Indonesia

  An Indonesian commercial bank in Jakarta operating on Islamic banking principles, founded on 1 November 1991 on the initiative of the Indonesian Council of Ulama under the auspices of the government, and operating from 1 May 1992; Indonesia's Hajj Fund Management Agency holds most of its shares.

• Abdullah Omar Nasseef 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Saudi geologist and public figure (1939–2025) from Jeddah, president of King Abdulaziz University (1400–1403 AH), secretary-general of the Muslim World League (1403–1414 AH / 1983–1993), deputy chairman of the Shura Council and president of the World Muslim Congress; King Faisal Prize for Service to Islam (1991).

• Abu Taw Haa Muhammad Adnan 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Young Bangladeshi Islamic speaker and researcher, born in 1991 in Rangpur, known especially among the young for lectures on tafsir, hadith and the signs of the Hour. He broadcasts through Taw Haa Tv and a personal YouTube channel, and founded the Taw Haa Jin Nurain Online Madrasah; his eight-day disappearance in June 2021 drew nationwide attention in Bangladesh.

• Ahmad al-Nufais 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Kuwaiti Quran reciter and imam of the Grand Mosque of Kuwait, born in Kuwait on 23 Rajab 1411 AH (8 February 1991). He memorised the Quran, graduated from the Faculty of Sharia at the Islamic University of Madinah, and holds ijaza in the Hafs and Shu'ba 'an 'Asim narrations via al-Shatibiyya; his recitations spread through his YouTube channel and listening platforms.

• Amadou Hampâté Bâ 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Malian Fula writer and ethnographer, born at Bandiagara in 1901 in what was then French Sudan. As a boy he studied under the Tijani Sufi teacher Tierno Bokar; he spent his life collecting and writing down Africa's oral traditions, founded the Institute of Human Sciences in Bamako, represented Mali at UNESCO, and died at Abidjan in 1991.

• Islam Makhachev 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Russian professional mixed martial artist (born 1991 in Makhachkala, Dagestan, an ethnic Lak). The 2016 world combat sambo champion, trained under Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, he held the UFC lightweight championship from October 2022 with a division-record four successful defences, then won the UFC welterweight championship in November 2025 and defended it in 2026; he holds the longest winning streak in UFC history, at 17.

• Kalidou Koulibaly 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Senegalese professional footballer (born 1991 in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France). A centre-back who rose through Metz and Genk to eight seasons at Napoli, then Chelsea and, from 2023, Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia; he captains Senegal, whom he led to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations title, and is known for speaking out against racism in Italian football.

• Mohamed El Shorbagy 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Egyptian-born professional squash player, born in Alexandria in 1991. World No. 1 for long stretches between 2014 and 2021 and world champion in 2017, he represented Egypt until June 2022, when he switched to represent England.

• Mohammed Hijab 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  British Islamic preacher and YouTuber of Egyptian origin, born in London in 1991. He is known for public debates and interviews on religion, philosophy and politics, and for media appearances on the Palestinian question.

• Muhammad Taqi Amini 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Indian Sunni Islamic scholar, jurist and Urdu author (1926–1991). He was dean of the Faculty of Theology at Aligarh Muslim University and is known for his works on Islamic jurisprudence, including Fiqh-e-Islami Ka Tareekhi Pas-e-Manzar.

• Mutaz Essa Barshim 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Qatari high jumper of Sudanese origin, born in Doha in 1991 and a graduate of the Aspire Academy. He is the second-highest jumper of all time with a personal best of 2.43 metres, a three-time world champion (London 2017, Doha 2019, Eugene 2022), and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion, where he shared the gold medal with Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi in a rare moment of Olympic agreement. He also holds silver medals from London 2012 (promoted from bronze in 2021) and Rio 2016 and a bronze from Paris 2024, holds the Asian high jump record, and has been coached by Stanisław Szczyrba since 2009.

• N'Golo Kanté 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  French professional footballer, born in Paris in 1991 to Malian parents. A defensive midfielder regarded as one of the greatest in his position: he won the Premier League with Leicester City (2016) and then Chelsea (2017) — the first outfield player to win consecutive English titles with different clubs since Eric Cantona — the UEFA Champions League with Chelsea (2021), and the World Cup with France (2018), before joining Saudi club Al-Ittihad (2023), with whom he won the league and King's Cup double (2025).

• Omar Abdulrahman 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Emirati former attacking midfielder born in Riyadh in 1991 to Yemeni parents. He was the Asian Footballer of the Year in 2016, spent most of his career at Al Ain, and won 74 caps for the United Arab Emirates. He is known by the nickname Amoory.

• Omar Elabdellaoui 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Norwegian professional footballer (born 1991 in Oslo, of Moroccan descent). A right-back who came through Manchester City and played for Olympiacos, Galatasaray and Bodø/Glimt, winning 49 caps for Norway between 2013 and 2020.

• Raad Al-Kurdi 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Kurdish Iraqi Quran reciter and hafiz, born in Kirkuk in 1991. He became imam of the Imam al-Shafi'i Mosque in Kirkuk at the age of fifteen, and became known worldwide through the recitations published on his YouTube channel.

• Ramy Youssef 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  American stand-up comedian, actor and writer of Egyptian origin, born in Queens, New York, in 1991. He created and starred in the Hulu series Ramy (2019–2022), about a first-generation Muslim-American negotiating faith, family and identity, winning a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award for it, and co-created the Netflix series Mo.

• Riyad Mahrez 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Algerian professional footballer, born in Clichy, France, in 1991. A right winger who rose through Quimper and Le Havre to Leicester City, where he was PFA Players' Player of the Year in the club's 2015-16 Premier League title season, then won four more Premier League titles and the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League as part of a treble with Manchester City before joining Saudi club Al-Ahli in 2023; he captained Algeria to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations title and was named CAF African Footballer of the Year in 2016.

• Salem Al-Dawsari 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Saudi Arabian professional footballer (left winger), born in Jeddah in 1991 to a family from Al-Aflaj, who captains both Al-Hilal and the Saudi Arabia national team. He has spent his whole career at Al-Hilal apart from a short loan at Villarreal in Spain in 2018. He is best known worldwide for the winning goal against Argentina at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and his three World Cup goals equal Sami Al-Jaber's Saudi record.

• Waad Al-Kateab 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Waad Al-Kateab (born c. 1991) is the pseudonym of a Syrian journalist and filmmaker who documented the siege of Aleppo for five years for Channel 4 News, winning an International Emmy for her reporting, and co-directed the documentary For Sama (2019), which won the BAFTA for Best Documentary and was nominated for an Academy Award; she has lived in the United Kingdom since fleeing Aleppo in 2016 and was named to the Time 100 in 2020.

• Wahbi Khazri 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Former Tunisian footballer (born 1991 in Ajaccio, France), an attacking midfielder who played for Bastia, Bordeaux, Sunderland, Saint-Étienne and Montpellier and captained Tunisia, winning 74 caps and scoring 25 goals; he later worked as a television analyst.

• Xherdan Shaqiri 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Swiss professional footballer of Kosovar Albanian descent, born in Gjilan in 1991 and brought to Switzerland as a child. A winger who rose through Basel, winning three Swiss Super League titles, then played for Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Stoke City, and won the UEFA Champions League (2019) and the Premier League (2020) with Liverpool, before returning to Basel in 2024. A Switzerland international from 2010 to 2024, he earned 125 caps and scored 32 goals, representing his country at four FIFA World Cups.

• Yassine Bounou 1991 Figures of the last fifty years

  Moroccan professional goalkeeper (born 1991 in Montreal, Canada, to Moroccan parents), known mononymously as Bono. Raised in Casablanca, he began at Wydad, played in Spain for Atlético Madrid, Girona and Sevilla — winning the Europa League twice and the Zamora Trophy with Sevilla — and moved to Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia in 2023; he was Morocco's first-choice goalkeeper in their run to the 2022 World Cup semi-finals and was named the best goalkeeper of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

• Not Without My Daughter 1991 Film Films United States

  The film of Betty Mahmoody's memoir — an American mother escaping Iran with her daughter; the most-watched US film about Iran and long debated for its portrayal of Muslim Iranians.

• The Day, the Night, the Dawn, the Dusk 1991 Album Music and nasheed

  A qawwali album by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on Shanachie, with three long pieces of his own, among them 'Halka Halka Suroor' and 'Mera Piya Ghar Aaya'; the article dates it 1991 and Wikidata 1990, and The Washington Post wrote that its lyrics embrace both Sufi mysticism and matters of the heart.

• Mustt Mustt 1990 Album Music and nasheed

  The first qawwali fusion album of the Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with the Canadian guitarist and producer Michael Brook, at Peter Gabriel's suggestion, released by Real World on 12 November 1990; Massive Attack's remix of the title song became the first Urdu song to reach the British charts, and the label claims sales of over 600,000 copies outside the Indian subcontinent.

• Former Islamic Center of Albuquerque (Bart Prince) 1981 Mosque Built since 1976

  An innovative mosque at Albuquerque, New Mexico, designed by the organic architect Bart Prince in rising tiers like bleachers, demolished in 2005 for a more traditional building.