Ibrahim Yaqoub Zakzaky (ur. 5 maja 1953 w Zarii) – nigeryjski duchowny szyicki, konwertyta z sunnizmu.
Zafascynowany osobą ajatollaha Chomejniego i rewolucją w Iranie, odwiedził ten kraj kilkakrotnie. W Nigerii rozpoczął akcję intensywnej prozelityzacji, doprowadzając do nawrócenia milionów sunnitów na islam szyicki„(...) There were hardly any Nigerian Shiites in 1960, when the country gained independence from Britain. Most of the Muslims at the time were Sufis with no affiliation to any group (...)” As Trump Makes Threats, Iran Makes Friends (ang.), bloomberg.com, 8 marca 2017 [dostęp 2017-06-26] „(...) Mr Zakzaky became a follower of Ayatollah Khomeini in the 1980s, when Iran was exporting its revolutionary Shia Islamic ideology worldwide. His own Zaria-based sect, which is known as the Shia Islamic movement, is believed to account for the majority of Shia Muslims in Nigeria (...)” Iran complains to Nigeria over 'massacre' of sect loyal to Ayotollah Khomeini (ang.), telegraph.co.uk, 16 grudnia 2015 [dostęp 2017-06-26] „(...) The Islamic Movement of Nigeria is a Shia sect with close ties to Iran based in Zaria, Kaduna state. It began in the 1980s and is led by Sheik Zakzaky, who was inspired by Iran’s revolutionary movement when he traveled there.