* 1975 – Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politicians and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loyalists, murdered in the Dhaka Central Jail.

* Sheikh Sulman ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah ( Bahrain )

* August 5 – Sheikh Ahmad Jami

Famous local Sheikhs include Abdirahman bin Isma ' il al-Jabarti, an early Muslim leader in northern Somalia ; Abadir Umar Ar-Rida, the patron saint of Harar ; Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Sheikh of the riwaq in Cairo who recorded the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt ; Abd Al-Rahman bin Ahmad al-Zayla ' i, scholar who played a crucial role in the spread of the Qadiriyyah movement in Somalia and East Africa ; Shaykh Sufi, 19th century scholar, poet, reformist and astrologist ; Abdallah al-Qutbi, polemicist, theologian and philosopher best known for his five-part Al-Majmu ' at al-mubaraka (" The Blessed Collection "); and Muhammad Al-Sumaalee, teacher in the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca who influenced many of the prominent Islamic scholars of today.

This is strongly opposed to the extremes of either speculative philosophy as was warned against by the Imams of the Salaf, chiefly Imam Al-Shafi ' i and Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, or of anthropomorphism which was strongly refuted by Sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah in his monumental al ` Aqeedat al ` Wasatiyah who defined the aqeedah or ' creed ' of the Salaf to be the balanced middle path far from the extremities of the various sects prevalent in the Muslim world ..

* Srisak Vallipodom, Sheikh Ahmad Qomi and the History of Siam, Cultural Center of the Islamic City, Republic of Iran, Bangkok 1995, page 209

* " Shake ", the stage name of Malaysian singer Sheikh Abdullah Ahmad

Muhammad Ahmad stayed with Sheikh Muhammad Sharif for seven years, during which time he was recognized for his piety and asceticism.

In 1872, Muhammad Ahmad invited Sheikh Sharif to move to al-Aradayb, an area on the White Nile neighboring Aba Island.

At a subsequent celebration in honor of the circumcision of Sheikh Sharif's sons, Muhammad Ahmad expressed his disapproval of the dancing and music, which reignited the latent tension between the two men.

After recognizing that the split with Sheikh Sharif was irreconcilable, Muhammad Ahmad approached a rival leader of the Samaniyya order named Sheikh al-Qurashi wad al-Zayn.

On 25 July 1878, Sheikh al-Qurashi died and his followers recognized Muhammad Ahmad as their new leader.

Landmarks claimed in the history of Salafi da ' wah are Ahmad ibn Hanbal ( d. 240 AH / 855 AD ) who is known among Salafis as Imam Ahl al-Sunnah, and one of the three scholars commonly titled with the honorific Sheikh ul-Islam, namely, Taqi ad-Deen Ibn Taymiyyah ( d. 728 AH / 1328 AD ) and Ibn al-Qayyim ( d. 751 AH / 1350 ).

Sheikh Ahmad of Perlis urged him to read the world news and to become more familiar with current affairs, both local and international.

Former president Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad made her husband Major General Ziaur Rahman Chief of Staff of Bangladesh Army after Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who subsequently assumed power as Chief Martial Law Administrator following a series of military coups on and following National Revolution and Solidarity Day.

Jamali appointed Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmad as Chief Justice of Pakistan and re-established the Supreme Court of Pakistan after deposing Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui.

Sheikh Ahmad Sahnoun led the organization in Algeria between 1953 and 1954 during the French colonialism.

Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani and Shamsul Huq were elected the first President and General Secretary of the party respectively, while Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad and A. K. Rafiqul Hussain were elected the party's first Joint Secretaries.

Younger MPs with a link to assassinated members of the 1972-1975 AL government are Syed Ashraful Islam, son of Syed Nazrul Islam, Sheikh Taposh, son of Sheikh Fazlul Huq Moni, and Sohel Taj, son of Tajuddin Ahmad.

* Awami Muslim League Pakistan, founded in 2008 by Sheikh Rashid Ahmad after differences with PML-Q.

Imam Ahmad is one of the most celebrated Sunni theologians, often referred to as " Sheikh ul-Islam " or the " Imam of Ahl al-Sunnah ," honorifics given to the most esteemed doctrinal authorities in the Sunni tradition.

After receiving The Stormer, Sheikh Hamdan gave the car to his close friend, Ahmad Bin Dalmook who currently uses It.

He is renowned in the Muslim and non-Muslim world as Sheikh ul Akbar ( The greatest master ) and also as a genuine Wali ( friend of Allah ) as attested by 9th century scientist called Jalal ad-din-Suyuti, he analyzed verdicts of different scholars and gave final conclusion that he was a true Wali of Allah ( friend of Lord Almighty ).

After the July 2010 Kampala attacks in nearby Uganda, which targeted people watching screenings of the World Cup final, Shabaab's spiritual leader, Sheikh Mukhtar Abu Zubayr threatened to carry out further attacks on foreign soil, in particular in Burundi and Uganda, due to the presence of peacekeeping troops from these countries in Somalia.

On 30 October, Al-Arabi won the Sheikh Jassem Cup, beating Al-Rayyan Club 3 – 0 in the final with LuaLua scoring one goal in the seventh minute.

God praise everybody who trained and helped me, namely the leader Sheikh Osama bin Laden.

* On July 28, 1989, Israeli commandos kidnapped Sheikh Abdul Karim Obeid, the leader of Hezbollah.

* 1971 – Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.

Atlantis ' leader, the self-styled Sheikh Yakub Al-Sheikh Ibrahim, was wanted in the US for various crimes including fraud and money laundering.

Sahib Khan, the Deccan strangler, ' knew Ram Sing Siek: he was a noted Thug leader-a very shrewd man ,' who also served with the Pindaris for a while and was responsible for the assassination of the notorious Pindari leader Sheikh Dulloo.

** Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan ( present day-Bangladesh ), delivers his famous speech in the Racecourse Field in Dhaka, calling on the masses to be prepared to fight for national independence.

** East Pakistan ( now Bangladesh ) independence is declared by local Awami League leader Hannan Sarker on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, from Kalurghat Radio Station in Chittagong.

The leader of the Black Hand, Sheikh Izz ad-Din al-Qassam is attacked and killed by the British.

The near total dominance of religious parties in elections has given a new prominence to clerics within the political system, with the most senior Shia religious leader, Sheikh Isa Qassim, playing an extremely important role.

Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman (, ‘ Umar ‘ Abd ar-Raḥman ; born 3 May 1938 ), commonly known in the United States as " The Blind Sheikh ", is a blind Egyptian Muslim leader who is currently serving a life sentence at the Butner Medical Center which is part of the Butner Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina, United States.

In an interview with a Nigerian media house Sheikh Adelabu, the founder and spiritual leader of Awqaf Africa Society in London, dismissed the common myth that all Yorubas are descendants of Oduduwa as a false representation by Orisha worshippers to gain an unjust advantage over the spread of Islam and the recruitment of Christianity ".

Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed, leader of the London-based Islamic organisation Al Muhajiroun, said that warnings had appeared on the Internet.

Sheikh ( pronounced or ;, mostly pronounced, plural )— also spelled Sheik or Shaikh or Shekh, or transliterated as Shaykh — is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means " elder " and carries the meaning " leader and / or governor ".

The previous Samaniyya leader, Sheikh al-Qurashi Wad al-Zayn, had asserted that the long-awaited-for redeemer would come from the Samaniyya line.

According to President Bush, Al-Qaeda leader Khaled Sheikh Mohammed's plan was to use Asian confederates from Jemaah Islamiyah recruited by Islamic militant Hambali for the hijacking.

* Sheikh Mansur, Chechen leader against Catherine the Great's Russia

* Sheikh Mukhtar Robow, leader and spokesman for Somalia's al-Shabaab known as Abu Mansur

Al-Qaeda leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told him in August that if he wanted to go to Afghanistan, he should go in the next few weeks, because it would soon become more difficult.

and yield the government to Sheikh Abdullah, the leader of a popular political party, the National Conference Party.