Sheikh Malam Ibrahim Khaleel malamin addinin Islama ne da ke zaune a Jihar Kano a Najeriya, wanda ya nuna sha'awar tsayawa takarar gwamnan jihar a zaben shekara 2011. Lokacin da aka tambaye shi kan ko gwamnan na lokacin, Ibrahim Shekarau, yana goyon bayan Sheikh Khaleel, Sakataren reshen jihar Kano na All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) ya ce gwamnan bai yanke shawara kan kowane dyan takara ba. Sheikh Khaleel an san shi da fatawa mai sauki amma wani lokacin mai jawo taƙaddama. Misali, lokacin da a shekara ta 2005 yawancin malamai suka la'anci wata mace da ta jagoranci salla a Amurka, Sheikh Khaleel ya ce babu wani abin da ya dace game da wannan. A cikin shekarar 2006, an ambato shi yana cewa yana adawa da ra'ayin masu wa'azin Islama da shiga siyasa. Ya ce rabuwa sakamakon bijirewa dokokin da ke jagorantar auren Musulmi ne, ko yin abin da ya saba wa koyarwar Musulunci. Ya kalubalanci jama'a kan tsananin sakaci da cin zarafin mata a cikin dangin musulmai.