Mad Mullah is a pejorative term used to refer to influential Islamic figures who were engagaed in anti-colonial struggle against European powers:

  • Muḥammad ibn 'Abdallāh Hassan, Somali leader of the Dervish movement against the British, Italian and Ethiopian occupation
  • Sartōr Faqīr Saidullah Mastan, Pashtun tribal leader and freedom fighter against the British Empire

See also

  • Islamist anti-imperialism