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Yusuf al-Qaradawi

1926 - 2022

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Yusuf al-Qaradawi (Arabic: يوسف القرضاوي, romanized: Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī; or Yusuf al-Qardawi; 9 September 1926 – 26 September 2022) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar based in Doha, Qatar, and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. His influences included Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Qayyim, Sayyid Rashid Rida, Hassan al-Banna, Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Abul A'la Maududi and Naeem Siddiqui. He was best known for his programme الشريعة والحياة, al-Sharīʿa wa al-Ḥayāh ("Sharia and Life"), broadcast on Al Jazeera, which had an estimated audience of 40–60 million worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yusuf al-Qaradawi has received more than 1,268,223 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Yusuf al-Qaradawi is the 494th most popular religious figure (up from 556th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 101st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Egyptian Religious Figure.

Yusuf al-Qaradawi is an Islamic scholar who is most famous for his work on Islamic jurisprudence.

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  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Yusuf al-Qaradawi ranks 494 out of 3,187. Before him are Denis, Charles de Foucauld, Christina of Bolsena, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Hannah, and Baal Shem Tov. After him are Devadatta, Dorothea of Caesarea, Hasan al-Askari, Saint Eustace, Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, and Ibn Majah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Yusuf al-Qaradawi ranks 21. Before him are Sathya Sai Baba, Chuck Berry, Miles Davis, Jerry Lewis, Ben Roy Mottelson, and Nuon Chea. After him are Hugh Hefner, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Paul Bocuse, Thích Nhất Hạnh, and Donald A. Glaser. Among people deceased in 2022, Yusuf al-Qaradawi ranks 20. Before him are Ayman al-Zawahiri, Olivia Newton-John, Madeleine Albright, Monica Vitti, Ben Roy Mottelson, and Vivienne Westwood. After him are Robbie Coltrane, José Eduardo dos Santos, Francisco Gento, Uwe Seeler, Kane Tanaka, and Sidney Poitier.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Yusuf al-Qaradawi ranks 87 out of 642. Before him are Saint Maurice (250), Lactantius (250), Constantine P. Cavafy (1863), Teti (-2350), Psamtik I (-700), and Eric Hobsbawm (1917). After him are Maria al-Qibtiyya (600), Paul of Thebes (227), Isma'il Pasha (1830), Saint Sarah (100), Athenaeus (200), and Saint Menas (285).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Egypt

Among religious figures born in Egypt, Yusuf al-Qaradawi ranks 13. Before him are Moses in Islam (-1392), Seti I (-1323), Tiye (-1398), Pachomius the Great (292), Saint Apollonia (110), and Saint Maurice (250). After him are Maria al-Qibtiyya (600), Paul of Thebes (227), Saint Sarah (100), Saint Menas (285), Mary of Egypt (344), and Djet (-3000).

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