RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Yasser Al-Habib

1979 - Today

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Sheikh Yasser al-Habib (Arabic: ياسر الحبيب; born 20 January 1979) is a Kuwaiti Shia scholar, and the head of the London-based Mahdi Servants Union, as well as Al-Muhassin mosque in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, and the writer of The Lady of Heaven. Al-Habib's work focuses on Islamic history, drawing on Shia and Sunni sources. Al-Habib started his religious activities in Kuwait, starting off as a member of the Dawah Party, later he founded a non-profit religious organization named Khoddam Al-Mahdi Organization, and he also expressed his religious views regarding Abu Bakr and Umar, and criticized them sharply. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasser Al-Habib has received more than 308,788 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Yasser Al-Habib is the 3,004th most popular religious figure (down from 2,681st in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Kuwait (down from 20th in 2019) and the most popular Kuwaiti Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Yasser Al-Habib ranks 3,004 out of 3,187. Before him are Walter Rauschenbusch, Eva Brunne, Soane Patita Paini Mafi, Baselios Cleemis, John McCloskey, and Ravi Zacharias. After him are Ezra Taft Benson, T. B. Joshua, J. I. Packer, Nathalie Becquart, John Cody, and Seán Brady.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Yasser Al-Habib ranks 268. Before him are Valentín Elizalde, Robyn, Hindi Zahra, Wes Brown, Paradorn Srichaphan, and Tuva Novotny. After him are Im Soo-jung, Zoltán Gera, Christina Koch, Jacqueline Bracamontes, Tom Chaplin, and Benji Madden.

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In Kuwait

Among people born in Kuwait, Yasser Al-Habib ranks 26 out of 42. Before him are Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (1955), Jihadi John (1988), Faisal Al-Dakhil (1957), Ramzi Yousef (1968), Faiza Al-Kharafi (1946), and Fathi Kameel (1955). After him are Jasem Yaqoub (1953), Fehaid Al-Deehani (1966), Bashar Abdullah (1977), Abdullah Al-Buloushi (1960), Susan Abulhawa (1970), and Jamal Al-Qabendi (1959).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Kuwait

Among religious figures born in Kuwait, Yasser Al-Habib ranks 1. 

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