RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abdul Rahman

1965 - Today

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Abdul Rahman (Dari: عبدالرحمن; born 1965) is an Afghan man whose arrest and trial in February 2006 sparked widespread controversy among the international community. Abdul Rahman had been arrested by Afghan authorities for apostasy and subsequently threatened with the death penalty. He had converted to Christianity from Islam while providing medical assistance to Afghan refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdul Rahman has received more than 36,512 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Abdul Rahman is the 3,047th most popular religious figure (down from 2,662nd in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 124th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Afghan Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 37k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abdul Rahman ranks 3,047 out of 3,187. Before him are James Aloysius Hickey, Desmond Connell, Paul Hinder, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Katharine Drexel, and Augusto Paolo Lojudice. After him are Hamza Yusuf, F. F. Bruce, Gianni Ambrosio, Peter Okpaleke, Hafiz Saeed, and Trinley Thaye Dorje.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Abdul Rahman ranks 539. Before him are Ira Sachs, Philippe Torreton, Aneta Kręglicka, Wolfgang Feiersinger, Greg K., and Ignacio Ambríz. After him are Thomas Stangassinger, Hernán Díaz, Peter Kjær, Christoph Brüx, Dieter Baumann, and Paul Ben-Victor.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Abdul Rahman ranks 139 out of 177. Before him are Ali Shah Durrani (1800), Nadia Nadim (1988), Dadullah (1966), Suhail Shaheen (null), Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970), and Zablon Simintov (1960). After him are Sitara Achakzai (1957), Nasrin Oryakhil (1964), Islam Bibi (1974), Ahmed Wali Karzai (1961), Malalai Kakar (1967), and Zabiullah Mujahid (1978).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Afghanistan

Among religious figures born in Afghanistan, Abdul Rahman ranks 5. Before him are Abu Dawood (817), Ibrahim ibn Adham (718), Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006), and Ali Hujwiri (1009).

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