# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/taha-karaan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:26:05.646Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/taha-karaan"
name: "Taha Karaan"
slug: "taha-karaan"
description: "Taha Karaan was a South African Muslim scholar and jurist. He was the head-mufti of the Muslim Judicial Council, South Africa. He was the founder of Mahajjah Research Institute and the Dar al-Uloom al-Arabiyyah al-Islamiyyah in Strand."
tagline: "South African jurist (1969-2021)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/Taha_Karaan_%282021%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1969-06-02"
deathDate: "2021-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.36
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.692273333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ত্বহা কারান"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taha_Karaan"
    title: "Taha Karaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "ताहा करान"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B7%DB%81_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "طہ کران"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B7%DB%81_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "طہ کران"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taha_Karaan"
    title: "Taha Karaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107187433"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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