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• Iqraa TV 1998 Television channel Media

  A Saudi Islamic religious television channel founded by Saleh Abdullah Kamel and launched on 1 Rajab 1419 (21 October 1998) within the Arab Radio and Television network, in Arabic and, from 2011, in English, with programmes for the family, children, women and young people; its satellite broadcasts ended on 1 January 2025, and it continues online and on social media.

• IslamicFinder (and the Athan app) 1998 App Websites, apps, games and devices

  A website and app for prayer times, the adhan, the qibla and the Hijri calendar, online before December 1998 as a directory of Islamic centres and mosques in the United States with local prayer times, and maintained in 2001 by the non-profit Wasat.com; its Athan app shows 10M+ downloads on Google Play, and the site calls it 'trusted by 55 million believers'.

• Zabihah 1998 Platform Websites, apps, games and devices

  Zabihah.

• Abdou Diouf 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Senegalese politician (born 1935) from Louga; prime minister of Senegal (1970–1981) and then its second president (1981–2000), succeeding Léopold Sédar Senghor and conceding power after losing the 2000 election to Abdoulaye Wade; afterwards secretary-general of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (2003–2014).

• Achraf Hakimi 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Moroccan professional footballer (born 1998 in Madrid to Moroccan parents). A right-back raised in Getafe who came through Real Madrid's academy, played for Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan, and since 2021 for Paris Saint-Germain, with whom he has won the Champions League twice; he captains Morocco, reached the 2022 World Cup semi-finals with them, won the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, and was named African Player of the Year for 2025.

• Al-Akwa', Muhammad ibn Ali 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  A scholar of jurisprudence and inheritance law, philologist and prolific writer, with wide knowledge of the history of Yemen in the Islamic period.

• Busenaz Sürmeneli 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Turkish boxer born in Bursa in 1998 and raised in Trabzon. She won the welterweight gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics — the first Olympic boxing medal in Turkey's history — and is a three-time world champion (2019, 2022, 2025) and the 2024 European champion, competing for Fenerbahçe.

• Hakim Muhammad Said 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Hakim Muhammad Said (9 January 1920 – 17 October 1998) was a Pakistani physician, researcher and institution-builder, born at Delhi into an educated, religious Urdu-speaking family, who re-established the Hamdard Laboratories at Karachi after Partition in 1948 and built the Hamdard Foundation, Hamdard University and the Madinat-al-Hikmah campus, authored or edited some 200 books on medicine, philosophy, religion and education, served as governor of Sindh in 1993–1994, and was assassinated at Karachi in 1998. 'Hakim' in his name is the professional title of a Unani physician, not a name element.

• Hamad al-Ansari 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Draft card for Hamad al-Ansari, the hadith scholar and teacher at the Prophet's Mosque; his entry is not yet checked on the page.

• Islam Sobhi 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Egyptian Quran reciter born in 1998, known to audiences through recitations published on his official YouTube channel, social platforms and podcasts. He recites in the Hafs 'an Asim narration, and platform biographies describe him as a medical student.

• Kimia Alizadeh 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Iranian-born Bulgarian taekwondo athlete, born in Karaj in 1998. Her bronze medal at Rio 2016 made her the first Iranian woman to win a Summer Olympic medal. She left Iran in January 2020, competed for the Refugee Olympic Team at Tokyo 2020, took Bulgarian citizenship in 2024 and won bronze for Bulgaria at Paris 2024.

• Mahbub ul Haq 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Mahbub ul Haq (24 February 1934 – 16 July 1998) was a Pakistani economist and international development theorist, born at Gurdaspur into a Punjabi Muslim family, who migrated with his family to Lahore at Partition, served as chief economist of the Planning Commission in the 1960s — famous for his '22 families' speech on the concentration of Pakistan's wealth — then directed policy planning at the World Bank, served as finance minister in the 1980s, and at the United Nations Development Programme created the Human Development Report and the Human Development Index (HDI), which changed how development is measured worldwide.

• Mohammed el-Kurd 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Palestinian writer, poet and journalist (born 1998 in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem). He came to world attention documenting the Sheikh Jarrah evictions in 2021 alongside his twin sister Muna, with whom he was named to the Time 100. His works include the poetry collection Rifqa (2021) and Perfect Victims (2025).

• Moshood Abiola 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Nigerian businessman, publisher and politician (1937–1998) from Abeokuta who built a business empire and the Concord newspaper group and stood for the presidency on the Social Democratic Party ticket, apparently winning the election of 12 June 1993, which the military ruler Ibrahim Babangida annulled. He declared himself president in 1994 and was detained; his wife Kudirat was assassinated in 1996; he died in custody in Abuja on 7 July 1998. Nigeria later honoured him posthumously with its highest award and made 12 June Democracy Day.

• Muhammad Mutawalli al-Sha'rawi 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Egyptian Qur'an commentator and religious scholar, famed for his televised reflections (khawatir) on the Qur'an, which reached millions of viewers in simple language; he served as Minister of Endowments and al-Azhar Affairs from 1976 to 1978, and some called him the Imam of the Preachers.

• Muna el-Kurd 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Palestinian journalist and activist (born 1998 in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem) who studied media at Birzeit University. She rose to world attention in 2021 in the 'Save Sheikh Jarrah' campaign alongside her twin brother Mohammed, with whom she was named to the Time 100.

• Naji Marshall 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  American basketball forward (born 1998) from Atlantic City, New Jersey, who starred at Xavier, went undrafted in 2020, and built an NBA career with New Orleans (2020–2024) and Dallas; of his faith he states in his own words: 'I'm a Christian.'

• Nizar Qabbani 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Syrian poet and diplomat (1923–1998), regarded as Syria's national poet and one of the most celebrated contemporary Arab poets. Born in Damascus, he studied law, served in the Syrian diplomatic service until 1966, and wrote poetry of love, women and politics; he died in London in 1998 and was buried in Damascus.

• Rashid Khan 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Afghan cricketer and captain of the Afghanistan national team in Twenty20 Internationals, born in Nangarhar in 1998 to a Shinwari Pashtun family from Jalalabad. A right-arm leg-spin bowler and aggressive right-handed batter, he played in Afghanistan's first Test match in 2018, became the youngest cricketer to captain a Test team in 2019 at 20 years and 350 days, became the youngest player to top the ICC bowler rankings in both ODIs and T20Is in 2018, is the fastest bowler to 100 ODI wickets (44 matches) and to 100 T20I wickets (53 matches), was named the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Decade in 2020, holds the record for the most wickets in men's T20 Internationals, and plays in franchise leagues worldwide including the IPL, the PSL and Australia's Big Bash League.

• Sani Abacha 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Nigerian officer (1943–1998) born in Kano to Kanuri parents who became Nigeria's military ruler by a palace coup in November 1993 and ruled until his sudden death in Abuja on 8 June 1998. His rule was marked by wide human-rights abuses, the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and allegations of looting billions of dollars. He was buried the same day in Kano according to Muslim tradition, and was succeeded by Abdulsalami Abubakar, who led the return to civilian rule.

• Shamail Nadwi 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  Indian Islamic scholar, mufti and author, born in Srinagar in 1998 and raised in Kolkata, and a graduate of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in Lucknow. He founded the online Markaz al-Wahyain in 2021 and the Wahyain Foundation in 2024, and became widely known for his 2025 academic debate on the existence of God with the poet Javed Akhtar in New Delhi.

• Yan Dhanda 1998 Figures of the last fifty years

  English attacking midfielder of Punjabi descent, born in Birmingham in 1998. He came through the West Bromwich Albion and Liverpool academies and played for Swansea City, Ross County and Heart of Midlothian, with a loan at Dundee. A former England youth international, he has said he wants to represent India.

• The Siege 1998 Film Films United States

  The Siege.

• West Beirut 1998 Film Films BelgiumGermanyFrance

  West Beirut.

• Gate of the Sun 1998 Book Books and publishers

  Elias Khoury's epic of Palestinian refugees retelling the Nakba in Shatila camp; filmed by Yousry Nasrallah.

• Islamway 1998 Website Websites, apps, games and devices

  A multilingual Islamic website known for its audio: sermons, lessons, recitations and nasheeds, with fatwas, articles and books; it was begun by two people in late 1998 as 'The Islamway Radio', and says its team has grown to more than 150 volunteers and that it holds 96,648 sermons and lessons by 794 scholars and preachers and 35,917 recitations by 351 reciters (the site's figures, 2023).

• Islamweb 1998 Website Websites, apps, games and devices

  A Qatari Islamic portal of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, launched in 1998 as a fatwa site and widened to the Qur'an, consultations, audio, articles and a library, in six languages; The Peninsula reported in 2023 nearly 300,000 fatwas, 200,000 consultations, more than half a million audio files and eight million pages.

• My Name Is Red 1998 Book Books and publishers

  Pamuk's historical novel of Ottoman miniaturists and a murder in the sultan's workshop — figural art at the centre of the mystery.

• The Book of Saladin 1998 Book Books and publishers

  Tariq Ali's Saladin novel narrated by an imagined Jewish-Muslim scribe — second of his 'Islam Quintet'.

• Islamic Personality of the Year (Dubai International Holy Quran Award) 1997 Title Awards and competitions United Arab Emirates

  An annual honour within the Dubai International Holy Quran Award for a person or institution with a distinguished contribution in the religious, intellectual and scientific fields; the first recipient was Muhammad Mutawalli al-Sha'rawi at the first session in 1418 AH.

• Aisha Abd al-Rahman (Bint al-Shati) 1994 Figures of the last fifty years

  Egyptian writer and professor of Arabic literature (1913–1998) who wrote as 'Bint al-Shati', professor at Ain Shams University, author of 'al-Tafsir al-Bayani lil-Qur'an al-Karim' (1966–1969), biographies of the women of the Prophet's household and more than forty books; State Award 1987, King Faisal Prize for Arabic Literature 1994.