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• International Day to Combat Islamophobia 2022 Declaration Rights and protest

  A United Nations observance on 15 March every year, proclaimed by the General Assembly by consensus on 15 March 2022 in a resolution introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation; the date is the anniversary of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings.

• Nusuk 2022 App Websites, apps, games and devices

  A Saudi digital platform and mobile app launched by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah on 26 September 2022 as the successor of the Eatmarna app, for Umrah permits, bookings to visit al-Rawda al-Sharifa, Hajj registration, Umrah visas, lodging and transport, in twenty-five languages; the ministry announced 30 million downloads in September 2025, and the minister said in March 2026 that it had passed 51 million users.

• Abdul Azeez Madani 2022 Figures of the last fifty years

  Draft card for Abdul Azeez Madani, the Samasta leader and chief scholar of Malabar; his entry is not yet checked on the page.

• Ali Hassan Mwinyi 2022 Figures of the last fifty years

  Tanzanian politician (1925–2024) who worked as a teacher and head teacher in Zanzibar for about two decades, then became president of Zanzibar in 1984 and the second president of Tanzania from 5 November 1985 to 23 November 1995, succeeding Julius Nyerere. He relaxed import restrictions, encouraged private enterprise and reached an agreement with the IMF in 1986, and the transition to multi-party politics began in his second term. He received the King Faisal Prize for Service to Islam in 2022 and died at Dar es Salaam in 2024.

• Assem Allam 2022 Figures of the last fifty years

  Assem Allam (1 August 1939 – 2 December 2022) was an Egyptian-British businessman who moved to Britain in 1968 and studied economics at the University of Hull. He built Allam Marine, an industrial generator manufacturer, was named UK Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006, and owned Hull City A.F.C. from 2010 to 2022.

• Bahaa Taher 2022 Figures of the last fifty years

  Egyptian novelist, short-story writer and translator (1935–2022), full name Muhammad Baha al-Din Abdullah Taher. Born in Giza to a family from Luxor, he worked as a radio drama director and broadcaster before being banned from writing in 1975, after which he left Egypt and worked as a United Nations translator in Switzerland. His novels include Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery, Love in Exile and Sunset Oasis, which won the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2008.

• Bilquis Edhi 2022 Figures of the last fifty years

  Bilquis Bano Edhi (14 August 1947 – 15 April 2022) was a Pakistani nurse and philanthropist, born at Bantva, who moved with her family to Karachi after Partition, worked as a nurse at the Edhi dispensary in Mithadar, married Abdul Sattar Edhi in 1965, co-chaired the Edhi Foundation with him and led the jhoola cradle project that placed more than 300 cradles for surrendered infants across Pakistan; she received the 1986 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service and the Hilal-i-Imtiaz.

• Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta 2022 Figures of the last fifty years

  Malian politician (1945–2022) from Koutiala, prime minister of Mali (1994–2000) and president of the National Assembly (2002–2007), who founded the Rally for Mali in 2001 and was elected president in 2013 and re-elected in 2018, until a military coup forced his resignation in August 2020; he died at his home in Bamako on 16 January 2022.

• Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan 2022 Figures of the last fifty years

  Second President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi (2004–2022), the eldest son of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Born at Al Ain in 1948, he was his father's representative in the Eastern Region, crown prince of Abu Dhabi from 1969, deputy prime minister and deputy supreme commander, and carried out some presidential duties de facto from the late 1990s before succeeding his father on 2 November 2004 and being elected president the next day. Under him the UAE became a regional economic powerhouse; Etihad Airways and the Louvre Abu Dhabi were established and the Burj Khalifa was renamed for him in 2010. After a stroke in 2014 his half-brother Mohamed bin Zayed ran day-to-day affairs. He died on 13 May 2022.

• Shahabuddin Ahmed 2022 Figures of the last fifty years

  Bangladeshi jurist and statesman (1 February 1930 – 19 March 2022), chief justice of Bangladesh from 1990 to 1995, who as acting president in 1990–91 headed the interim government that held the February 1991 general election, and then served a full presidential term from 1996 to 2001. He began in the Civil Service of Pakistan in 1954, moved to the judicial branch in 1960, and chaired the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society from 1978 to 1982.

• Shireen Abu Akleh 2022 Figures of the last fifty years

  Palestinian-American journalist (1971–2022), Al Jazeera's best-known field correspondent in the Palestinian territories for 25 years. Born in Jerusalem to a Melkite Greek Catholic family from Bethlehem, she was shot and killed in Jenin on 11 May 2022 while covering an Israeli raid wearing a press vest; investigations by the UN, the US and major news organisations attributed the fatal fire to Israeli forces.

• Zulfikar Ghose 2022 Figures of the last fifty years

  Zulfikar Ghose (1935–2022) was a Pakistani-born poet, novelist and essayist. Born in Sialkot and raised in Bombay, he emigrated with his family to England after Partition, graduated from Keele University in 1959, and taught in London before moving in 1969 to the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught English literature and creative writing until his retirement as professor emeritus in 2007. His books include the autobiography Confessions of a Native-Alien (1965), The Murder of Aziz Khan (1967), The Incredible Brazilian trilogy (1972–1978) and The Triple Mirror of the Self (1992).

• The Blue Caftan 2022 Film Films BelgiumDenmarkFrance

  Maryam Touzani's film about a caftan tailor in Salé and his wife Mina; a quiet human drama on love and concealment in Moroccan craft.

• The Swimmers 2022 Film Films United KingdomUnited States

  Film about Syrian swimmer sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini who crossed the Aegean as refugees then reached the Rio Olympics; a famous refugee drama.

• Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo 2022 Animation Films CanadaFranceSyria

  Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo.

• Mediterranean Fever 2022 Film Films SwitzerlandCyprusGermany

  Maha Haj's black comedy about a Palestinian writer in Haifa befriending his thieving neighbour; Cannes screenplay winner.

• Joyland 2022 Film Films Pakistan

  Saim Sadiq's Cannes-winning film about a Lahore family shaken when the son joins a dance theatre — briefly banned in Pakistan, then released amid religious debate.

• Mat Kilau 2022 Film Films Malaysia

  A Malaysian epic on the warrior Mat Kilau and the Pahang resistance to British rule in the 1890s — the highest-grossing Malaysian film ever at release.

• Ms. Marvel 2022 Miniseries Series and programmes United States

  The Marvel miniseries on Kamala Khan — a Pakistani-American Muslim teenager in Jersey City who gains powers; Marvel's first Muslim lead, portraying mosque life, prayer and Eid.

• Mo 2022 Series Series and programmes United States

  Mo Amer's Netflix series about a Palestinian Muslim refugee in Houston navigating asylum, family and faith — one of the first US series centred on a Palestinian Muslim lead.

• Boy from Heaven 2022 Film Films DenmarkFinlandFrance

  Tarik Saleh's film about an al-Azhar student drawn into a power-and-faith struggle after the Grand Imam's death; Cannes screenplay winner.

• Salsabil: A Translation of the Meanings of the Great Qur'an (Aslan Arkhestov et al.) 2022 Book Books and publishers

  A Russian rendering of the meanings of the Qur'an whose first part appeared in 2022 as an 'experimental edition', from al-Fatiha to verse 93 of al-Tawba, with a second edition in 2023 including the whole of al-Tawba; prepared by a team led by the preacher Aslan Arkhestov, known as Abu Islam al-Sharkasi, with five assistant editors, four of them women, and published by the online Rayhan Institute, with the Arabic text and without introduction or notes.

• Tajdar-e-Haram (Atif Aslam, Coke Studio 2015) 2015 Song Music and nasheed

  The Pakistani singer Atif Aslam's rendition of the qawwali Tajdar-e-Haram, in praise of the Prophet, on the first episode of Coke Studio Pakistan's eighth season, released on 15 August 2015 as a tribute to the Sabri Brothers' classic performance; the first Pakistani music video to pass 100 million views on YouTube.

• Dubai International Holy Quran Award 1997 Competition Awards and competitions

  An annual international award and competition for memorising the Qur'an in Dubai, launched in 1418 AH (1997) by order of Muhammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum; it runs an international competition for men, another for women and local competitions, honours an Islamic Personality of the Year, and publishes books in Qur'anic studies.

• IslamQA (Islam Question & Answer) 1996 Platform Websites, apps, games and devices

  An online fatwa and question-and-answer website begun by Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid in 1996 and run under his general supervision, counted among the first online fatwa services; it answers questions from Muslims and others in sixteen languages on the method of Ahl al-Sunna wa-l-Jama'a, as it describes itself, and was blocked in Saudi Arabia in 2010 after fatwas were reserved to the Council of Senior Scholars.

• Yusuf al-Qaradawi 1994 Figures of the last fifty years

  Egyptian scholar who lived in Qatar, founder and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. He became known worldwide for his Al Jazeera programme 'Sharia and Life' and for the IslamOnline website, and wrote more than 120 books.

• Mohamed Salah 1992 SportFigures of the last fifty years Egypt

  Egyptian professional footballer, born in Nagrig, Gharbia, in 1992, who began at Al-Mokawloon, starred for Liverpool (2017–2026) winning the Champions League and Premier League titles and setting scoring records, captained Egypt at the 2026 World Cup, and plays for Trabzonspor in Türkiye since 2026. This record is the footballer, not the Tunisian scholar Mohamed Salah Ben Mrad, who has his own record in the museum.