# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abdullahi-bala-lau
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:38:19.906Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abdullahi-bala-lau"
name: "Abdullahi Bala Lau"
slug: "abdullahi-bala-lau"
description: "Abdullahi Bala Lau, popularly known as Sheikh Balalau, is a Nigerian Islamic scholar, cleric, mufassir, and preacher. He is the national Chairman of the Jama'atu Izalatul Bidi'ah wa Ikamatus Sunnah, the largest Salafi movement in Nigeria, since December 2011."
tagline: "Islamic cleric"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           39.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.876026666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  164
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullahi_Bala_Lau"
    title: "Abdullahi Bala Lau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullahi_Bala_Lau"
    title: "Abdullahi Bala Lau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullahi_Bala_Lau"
    title: "Abdullahi Bala Lau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulloh_Bala_Lau"
    title: "Abdulloh Bala Lau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullahi_Bala_Lau"
    title: "Abdullahi Bala Lau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%DB%81_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A4"
    title: "عبداللہ بالا لاؤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100717651"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump