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• Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Egyptian Quran reciter (1927–1988) known as the 'Golden Throat' and the 'Voice of Mecca'. He joined Egyptian Radio in 1951, became the first president of Egypt's Syndicate of Quran Reciters in 1984, and carried his recitations, recorded and live, around the world.

• Adil Rashid 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  English cricketer, born in Bradford in 1988 of Pakistani Mirpuri descent. A right-arm leg-break bowler, he has played for Yorkshire since 2006 and for England in One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket since 2009, played Tests between 2015 and 2019, is England's highest wicket-taker among spin bowlers in both ODIs and T20Is, won the 2019 Cricket World Cup and the 2022 T20 World Cup with England, was appointed MBE in 2023, and missed the 2022 India series to perform Hajj.

• Ahmad Abd al-Sattar al-Jawari 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  An Iraqi scholar born in Karkh, Baghdad, who held a doctorate and was a leading researcher of the Arabic heritage.

• Ahmad Domocao Alonto 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Filipino Muslim lawyer, educator and politician from Lanao (1914–2002), congressman (1953) and senator (1955–1961), founder of the Mindanao Islamic University (1954) and author of the laws creating Mindanao State University and the Commission on National Integration; an advocate of peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Christians and of autonomy for Muslim Mindanao; King Faisal Prize for Service to Islam (1988).

• Anissa Meksen 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  French-Algerian kickboxer born in Nancy in 1988. She won the Glory Women's Super Bantamweight Championship twice, world titles in Muay Thai and savate, and the French professional boxing title, compiling 104 wins; she is regarded as one of the greatest female kickboxers of her generation.

• Belal Muhammad 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  American mixed martial artist of Palestinian descent (born 1988 in Chicago to Palestinian parents). Titan FC welterweight champion in 2016, he won the UFC welterweight championship in July 2024 — the first UFC champion of Palestinian descent — and lost the title in May 2025. He is known for his outspoken support of Palestine and for carrying its flag at weigh-ins.

• Ferry Unardi 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Ferry Unardi (born 16 January 1988 in Padang, West Sumatra) is an Indonesian software engineer and business executive, co-founder in 2012 of the online travel agency Traveloka and its founding chief executive; he studied computer science and mathematics at Purdue University, worked three years as a software engineer at Microsoft, left a Harvard Business School MBA to build Traveloka into Southeast Asia's largest online travel agency, and received the Satyalancana Wira Karya award in 2016.

• Hamengkubuwono IX 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Ninth Sultan of Yogyakarta and Indonesian statesman, born at Yogyakarta in 1912 as Gusti Raden Mas Dorodjatun. Crowned in 1940, he backed the republic in 1945 and sheltered its government, served as defence minister and in senior economic offices, and was Indonesia's second vice president (1973–1978) and first governor of the Special Region of Yogyakarta; he died at Washington, D.C., in 1988.

• Husein Ja'far Al-Hadar 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Indonesian preacher and writer, born in Bondowoso in 1988. He studied aqidah and philosophy, then Qur'anic exegesis, at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, and became known for his channel Jeda Nulis and a calm preaching style addressed to young people, calling for tolerance and moderation.

• Inès Boubakri 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Tunisian foil fencer, born in Tunis in 1988. Her bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics made her the first Tunisian, and the first African and Arab woman, to win an Olympic medal in fencing; she competed at four Olympic Games between 2008 and 2020.

• Islam Slimani 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Algerian football striker (born 1988 in Algiers), Algeria's all-time top scorer with 46 goals in over a hundred internationals. He played for Sporting CP, Leicester City and other European clubs and won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations with Algeria.

• Khabib Nurmagomedov 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Russian former mixed martial artist of Avar Dagestani origin, born in the village of Sildi in 1988. He held the UFC lightweight championship from 2018 to 2021 and retired undefeated at 29-0, the first Muslim to win a UFC title; he was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2022.

• Khalfan Ibrahim 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Retired Qatari winger born in Doha in 1988. He won the 2006 Asian Player of the Year award, the first Qatari to do so, spent most of his career with Al Sadd (2004–2017), winning the 2011 AFC Champions League, and was dubbed the 'Maradona of Qatar'.

• Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Pashtun leader and nonviolent activist (1890–1988) from Utmanzai in Hashtnagar, known as Bacha Khan and the 'Frontier Gandhi'. In 1929 he founded the Khudai Khidmatgar ('Servants of God', the Red Shirts) to resist British rule nonviolently; he opposed the Partition of India, spent long years in British and then Pakistani prisons, and by his will was buried at Jalalabad in Afghanistan.

• Mahdi Rasouli 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Iranian maddah (eulogist) from Zanjan, born there in 1988, who leads the city's Tharallah hey'at and recites in Persian, Arabic and Azerbaijani Turkish; Middle East Eye has described him as among the most prominent religious singers in Iran, and his verified Instagram account counted 1,546,790 followers in November 2026 when read on the platform.

• Mesut Özil 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  German former professional footballer, born in Gelsenkirchen in 1988 to Turkish immigrant parents. An attacking midfielder for Schalke 04, Werder Bremen, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Fenerbahçe and İstanbul Başakşehir, renowned for his vision and assists, he won La Liga with Real Madrid, three FA Cups with Arsenal and the 2014 World Cup with Germany, retired from international football in 2018 alleging discrimination and disrespect, and retired from playing in 2023.

• Mo Gilligan 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Mosiah Bikila Gilligan (born 19 February 1988), known as Mo Gilligan, is a British stand-up comedian and television presenter, born in Lambeth, London to parents of Jamaican and St Lucian descent. He rose through comedy clips on social media from 2017, co-hosted The Big Narstie Show, hosted The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan on Channel 4, and has judged The Masked Singer UK since 2020.

• Muhammad Bin Shams El-Din 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Syrian preacher resident in Germany, owner of a widely followed YouTube channel and founder of the Talib al-Ilm platform and the online Shams al-Din School for Islamic Sciences; he gives lessons in creed, hadith and fiqh and holds live debates with opponents, and his critics describe him as a leading face of what they call the neo-Haddadiyya.

• Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Pakistani general (1924–1988) who deposed Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in the coup of 5 July 1977, ruled as chief martial law administrator and then as the sixth president of Pakistan (1978–1988), and drove a state Islamisation programme while coordinating support for the Afghan mujahideen in the Soviet–Afghan War. He died in a plane crash near Bahawalpur on 17 August 1988.

• Mona Haydar 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  The Syrian-American poet-rapper of 'Hijabi' (2017) — a prominent Muslim feminist voice in American music.

• Nuri Şahin 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Turkish-German football manager and former midfielder, born in Lüdenscheid, Germany, in 1988 to Turkish parents. He became the youngest player and then the youngest scorer in Bundesliga history with Borussia Dortmund, won the Bundesliga with them in 2011, moved to Real Madrid and returned to Dortmund, and later played for Werder Bremen and Antalyaspor. As a coach he has managed Antalyaspor and Borussia Dortmund and now leads İstanbul Başakşehir; he earned 52 caps for Turkey.

• Ruhollah Khatami 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Draft card for Ruhollah Khatami, the ayatollah and father of president Mohammad Khatami; his entry is not yet checked on the page.

• Servet Tazegül 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Turkish taekwondo practitioner of Azerbaijani origin, born in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1988. Olympic champion at London 2012 in the 68 kg class, bronze medallist at Beijing 2008, and a world and European champion.

• Sharif Sharifov 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Russian-Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler, born in Gunukh, Dagestan, in 1988. Olympic champion at London 2012 (84 kg) and bronze medallist at Rio 2016, world champion in 2011 and European champion in 2019; the Arabic article gives his origin as Avar.

• Tarik Elyounoussi 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Norwegian footballer, born in Al Hoceima, Morocco in 1988. A forward and winger who played for Fredrikstad and Rosenborg in Norway, Heerenveen in the Netherlands, Olympiacos in Greece and AIK in Sweden, and represented the Norway national team.

• Yacouba Sylla 1988 Figures of the last fifty years

  Hamawi Tijani preacher and entrepreneur (c. 1906–1988), one of Shaykh Hamahullah's most prominent disciples and his appointed muqaddam. His preaching at Kaédi in southern Mauritania sparked clashes with the Umari Tijanis, and in 1930 he was sentenced to eight years' exile at Sassandra in Côte d'Ivoire. Released in 1938, he settled at Gagnoa and built there a religious community known as Yacoubism and a business empire of plantations, transport and cinemas, becoming a leading Muslim notable of Côte d'Ivoire and a friend of President Houphouët-Boigny; he died at Gagnoa in 1988.

• The Satanic Verses 1988 Book Books and publishers

  Rushdie's 1988 novel that triggered the Khomeini fatwa and the global free-expression crisis — indexed here as a historical object, neutrally.

• The Korean translation of the meanings of the Qur'an (Hamid Choi) 1988 Book Books and publishers

  A Korean rendering of the meanings of the Qur'an by Hamid Young Kil Choi, professor at Myongji University and chairman of the Korea Muslim Federation, begun in the early 1980s on the basis of Abdullah Yusuf Ali's English and al-Sabuni's Safwat al-Tafasir; its first edition came out in 1988 with funding from a UAE company, and the King Fahd Complex printed it in 1997 in a bilingual edition with the Arabic text; it is today the main point of access to the Qur'an in Korean.