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Top 502021 Recep Tayyip Erdogan1Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud2HE Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei3Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein4Muhammad Taqi Usmani5HM King Mohammed VI6Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan7Sayyid Ali Hussein Sistani8Habib Umar bin Hafiz9Salman Al-Ouda10Tamim bin Hamid Al-Thani11JokoTHE TOP 50 – 2020
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EVOLUTION AND ISLAM—A BRIEF REVIEW Evolution and Islam—a Brief Review. Evolution has become one of the hottest buzzwords amongst Muslims and not necessarily in any positive sense. Indications suggest that the Muslim populous seem to be generally hostile and suspicious of evolution from an Islamic standpoint for various reasons. This is evinced by the availableliterature [1
PROPHETIC LEADERSHIP The prophet (pbuh) was less concerned with winning arguments and more concerned with winning hearts. This is what Spiritual intelligence is about. The 11 Prophetic leadership qualities are authentic, timeless and universal. They mattered in the past, are neededNIZAM YAQUBY
Nizam Yaquby was trained in the Islamic sciences in Bahrain and Makkah before going on to study at McGill University. He sits on a plethora of Sharia advisory boards including Morgan Stanley, Arab Banking Corporation, Citigroup Inc, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole CIB, Dow Jones Islamic Index, Lloyds TSB, andHSBC Amanah.
THE ROLE OF ZAKAT IN BUILDING FAITH COMMUNITIES The Role of Zakat in Building Faith Communities. Muslims in minority settings must wake up to the importance of zakat. The payment of zakat is one of the most repeated injunctions of the Holy Qur’an. It is conjoined in importance with the ritual prayer (salat) almost thirty times. God has promised many things in the Qur’an to those who give AHMAD UMAR | THE MUSLIM 500 Ahmad Umar, also known as Abu Ubaidah, has been the Emir of al-Shabaab since 2014, after US airstrikes killed the previous emir (Ahmed Abdi Godane). When Umar became advisor to Godane in 2013, he purged al-Shabaab of its foreign fighters, and oversaw all the domestic policies of the group. Umar adheres to takfiri ideology and strives tofulfill
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Date: 2021-03-15 20:10:34. Keyword: The 500 Most Influential Muslims. Sri Lanka Announces Burqa Ban as Easter Jihad Anniversary Approaches. 2021-03-15 20:10:34. Frances Martel, Frances Martel. The government of Sri Lanka announced this weekend it would implement a nationwide ban on burqas, Islamic coverings for women that shield the entire faceTOP 50 – 2021
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EVOLUTION AND ISLAM—A BRIEF REVIEW Evolution and Islam—a Brief Review. Evolution has become one of the hottest buzzwords amongst Muslims and not necessarily in any positive sense. Indications suggest that the Muslim populous seem to be generally hostile and suspicious of evolution from an Islamic standpoint for various reasons. This is evinced by the availableliterature [1
PROPHETIC LEADERSHIP The prophet (pbuh) was less concerned with winning arguments and more concerned with winning hearts. This is what Spiritual intelligence is about. The 11 Prophetic leadership qualities are authentic, timeless and universal. They mattered in the past, are neededNIZAM YAQUBY
Nizam Yaquby was trained in the Islamic sciences in Bahrain and Makkah before going on to study at McGill University. He sits on a plethora of Sharia advisory boards including Morgan Stanley, Arab Banking Corporation, Citigroup Inc, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole CIB, Dow Jones Islamic Index, Lloyds TSB, andHSBC Amanah.
THE ROLE OF ZAKAT IN BUILDING FAITH COMMUNITIES The Role of Zakat in Building Faith Communities. Muslims in minority settings must wake up to the importance of zakat. The payment of zakat is one of the most repeated injunctions of the Holy Qur’an. It is conjoined in importance with the ritual prayer (salat) almost thirty times. God has promised many things in the Qur’an to those who give AHMAD UMAR | THE MUSLIM 500 Ahmad Umar, also known as Abu Ubaidah, has been the Emir of al-Shabaab since 2014, after US airstrikes killed the previous emir (Ahmed Abdi Godane). When Umar became advisor to Godane in 2013, he purged al-Shabaab of its foreign fighters, and oversaw all the domestic policies of the group. Umar adheres to takfiri ideology and strives tofulfill
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Introduction. Welcome to the twelfth annual issue of The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims. We are very pleased that we have made it this far and that the book has evolved as it has. We thank you for all your support and suggestions and look forward to continually receiving them.NOMINATIONS
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With Narendra Modi’s (a man heavily implicated in the 2002 Gujrat pogroms against Muslims) victory in 2014 and landslide in 2019, changes are being made on many fronts (e.g. Kashmir) which will result in disaster for the minorities of India. Bilkis, or dadi (grandmother) as she is known, protested for over 100 days against this ideologywhich
THE UYGHURS AND THE FATE OF CHINA The Uyghurs and the Fate of China. Dr Azeem Ibrahim. More than 1 million Muslim Uyghurs in their native Xinjiang province, China, are believed to have been interned in ‘re-education camps’ by the Chinese authorities. A further 2 million still on the outside are living in one of the world’s most heavy-handed surveillance regimes.SALIM AL-HASSANI
Dr Salim al-Hassani is a former professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, and the celebrated author of 1001 Inventions: Muslim Heritage in Our World, a best-selling account of scientific and technological developments in Islamic history. ISLAM AND EVOLUTION: THE CURIOUS CASE OF DAVID SOLOMON Islam and Evolution: The Curious Case of David Solomon Jalajel. by Shoaib Malik. The field of Islam and Evolution has been steadily developing over the past few decades, and we are beginning to see a healthy spectrum of opinions on the matter. I wrote a brief review of the spectrum in the last Muslim 500 2020 edition, 1 but this isn’tthe
NIZAM YAQUBY
Nizam Yaquby was trained in the Islamic sciences in Bahrain and Makkah before going on to study at McGill University. He sits on a plethora of Sharia advisory boards including Morgan Stanley, Arab Banking Corporation, Citigroup Inc, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole CIB, Dow Jones Islamic Index, Lloyds TSB, andHSBC Amanah.
THE ROLE OF ZAKAT IN BUILDING FAITH COMMUNITIES The Role of Zakat in Building Faith Communities. Muslims in minority settings must wake up to the importance of zakat. The payment of zakat is one of the most repeated injunctions of the Holy Qur’an. It is conjoined in importance with the ritual prayer (salat) almost thirty times. God has promised many things in the Qur’an to those who give AHMAD UMAR | THE MUSLIM 500 Ahmad Umar, also known as Abu Ubaidah, has been the Emir of al-Shabaab since 2014, after US airstrikes killed the previous emir (Ahmed Abdi Godane). When Umar became advisor to Godane in 2013, he purged al-Shabaab of its foreign fighters, and oversaw all the domestic policies of the group. Umar adheres to takfiri ideology and strives tofulfill
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Date: 2021-05-21 17:30:00 Keyword: Ali Khamenei Iran leader urges Muslim states to back Palestinians militarily, financially - Reuters.2021-05-21 17:30:00
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Your Email (required) By using this form, you agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website EVOLUTION AND ISLAM—A BRIEF REVIEW by Dr Shoaib Malik. Evolution has become one of the hottest buzzwords amongst Muslims and not necessarily in any positive sense. Indications suggest that the Muslim populous seem to be generally hostile and suspicious of evolution from an Islamic standpoint for variousreasons.
DESTRUCTION OF SUFI SHRINES The Editorial Staff The past two years have seen a disturbing trend of systematic grave desecration done by various Wahhabi groups in Libya, Mali, and Egypt. With the fall of ruling powers resulting from the THE UYGHURS AND THE FATE OF CHINA Dr Azeem Ibrahim. More than 1 million Muslim Uyghurs in their native Xinjiang province, China, are believed to have been interned in ‘re-education camps’ by the Chinese authorities. HE PRESIDENT IDRISS DEBY ITNO Deby is the President of Chad and heads the Patriotic Salvation Movement. He took power in 1990, leading a predominantly Muslim army.Muslims make up
MUSLIMS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS by Fazlun Khalid. T here are a very few spaces left today that can be described as 'Islamic' in the sense that a truly holistic appreciation of it exists that takes into account and integrated perspective that includes a deep affinity with the natural world.. It has often been observed that Islam cannot ordinarily be described as a religion and that it prescribes a way of life that goes beyond ISLAM AND EVOLUTION: THE CURIOUS CASE OF DAVID SOLOMON 1 Shoaib Ahmed Malik. 2020. “Evolution and Islam - A Brief Review.” In The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims, 2020, edited by Abdallah Schleifer, 207–12.THE NOBLE QUR’AN
Meticulous attention and care has been taken to prepare this new edition of The Noble Qur’an, with meaning and explanatory notes by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani.A new careful rendition of the Qur’an, in clear modern English, with an abundance of brief yet informativeexplanatory notes.
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Top 502021 Recep Tayyip Erdogan1Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud2HE Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei3Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein4Muhammad Taqi Usmani5HM King Mohammed VI6Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan7Sayyid Ali Hussein Sistani8Habib Umar bin Hafiz9Salman Al-Ouda10Tamim bin Hamid Al-Thani11JokoTHE TOP 50 – 2020
The Top 50. 2020. Muhammad Taqi Usmani. 1. HE Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei. 2. Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. 3. Salman binAbdul-Aziz Al-Saud.
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THE 500 MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSLIMS contents 10. Science and Technology p.148 11. Arts and Culture p.150 Qur’an Reciters p.156 12. Media p.158 13. Radicals p.163 14. International Islamic Networks p.165 DATO MUHAMMAD AFIFI AL-AKITI Muhammad Afifi Al-Akiti. Al-Akiti is a scholar, trained theologian, and philologist. He is a lecturer of Islamic studies with the Faculty of Theology at Oxford University. He is internationally acclaimed for his 2005 fatwa “defending the transgressed by censuring the reckless against the killing of civilians”, written in response to the 7 PROPHETIC LEADERSHIP The prophet (pbuh) was less concerned with winning arguments and more concerned with winning hearts. This is what Spiritual intelligence is about. The 11 Prophetic leadership qualities are authentic, timeless and universal. They mattered in the past, are neededNIZAM YAQUBY
Nizam Yaquby was trained in the Islamic sciences in Bahrain and Makkah before going on to study at McGill University. He sits on a plethora of Sharia advisory boards including Morgan Stanley, Arab Banking Corporation, Citigroup Inc, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole CIB, Dow Jones Islamic Index, Lloyds TSB, andHSBC Amanah.
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Meticulous attention and care has been taken to prepare this new edition of The Noble Qur’an, with meaning and explanatory notes by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani. A new careful rendition of the Qur’an, in clear modern English, with an abundance of brief yet informative explanatory notes. There is a brief introduction to each Surah in avery
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Top 502021 Recep Tayyip Erdogan1Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud2HE Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei3Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein4Muhammad Taqi Usmani5HM King Mohammed VI6Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan7Sayyid Ali Hussein Sistani8Habib Umar bin Hafiz9Salman Al-Ouda10Tamim bin Hamid Al-Thani11JokoTHE TOP 50 – 2020
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THE 500 MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSLIMS contents 10. Science and Technology p.148 11. Arts and Culture p.150 Qur’an Reciters p.156 12. Media p.158 13. Radicals p.163 14. International Islamic Networks p.165 DATO MUHAMMAD AFIFI AL-AKITI Muhammad Afifi Al-Akiti. Al-Akiti is a scholar, trained theologian, and philologist. He is a lecturer of Islamic studies with the Faculty of Theology at Oxford University. He is internationally acclaimed for his 2005 fatwa “defending the transgressed by censuring the reckless against the killing of civilians”, written in response to the 7 PROPHETIC LEADERSHIP The prophet (pbuh) was less concerned with winning arguments and more concerned with winning hearts. This is what Spiritual intelligence is about. The 11 Prophetic leadership qualities are authentic, timeless and universal. They mattered in the past, are neededNIZAM YAQUBY
Nizam Yaquby was trained in the Islamic sciences in Bahrain and Makkah before going on to study at McGill University. He sits on a plethora of Sharia advisory boards including Morgan Stanley, Arab Banking Corporation, Citigroup Inc, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole CIB, Dow Jones Islamic Index, Lloyds TSB, andHSBC Amanah.
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EVOLUTION AND ISLAM—A BRIEF REVIEW Evolution and Islam—a Brief Review. Evolution has become one of the hottest buzzwords amongst Muslims and not necessarily in any positive sense. Indications suggest that the Muslim populous seem to be generally hostile and suspicious of evolution from an Islamic standpoint for various reasons. This is evinced by the availableliterature [1
THE UYGHURS AND THE FATE OF CHINA The Uyghurs and the Fate of China. Dr Azeem Ibrahim. More than 1 million Muslim Uyghurs in their native Xinjiang province, China, are believed to have been interned in ‘re-education camps’ by the Chinese authorities. A further 2 million still on the outside are living in one of the world’s most heavy-handed surveillance regimes. MUHAMMAD BIN SALMAN BIN ABDUL-AZIZ AL-SAUD HRH Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman Al- Saud is the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, all at the tender age of 35. Birth: 31 August 1985 (Age: 36) Source of Influence: Political. Influence: De facto ruler of Saudi Arabia. HE PRESIDENT IDRISS DEBY ITNO HE President Idriss Deby Itno. Deby is the President of Chad and heads the Patriotic Salvation Movement. He took power in 1990, leading a predominantly Muslim army. Muslims make up. around 55.7 percent of Chad’s 13.2 million people. Deby holds great domestic authority through his ability to consolidate power in Chad, a country that was ISLAM AND EVOLUTION: THE CURIOUS CASE OF DAVID SOLOMON Islam and Evolution: The Curious Case of David Solomon Jalajel. by Shoaib Malik. The field of Islam and Evolution has been steadily developing over the past few decades, and we are beginning to see a healthy spectrum of opinions on the matter. I wrote a brief review of the spectrum in the last Muslim 500 2020 edition, 1 but this isn’tthe
DESTRUCTION OF SUFI SHRINES September 2012 – The destruction of the tomb of Almirou Mahamane Assidiki in Goundam. In addition to this destruction, one can add the tragic assassination in August 2012 of Said Afandi, the Muslim Sufi leader of Dagestan. An outspoken critic of Wahhabism, the leader wasmurdered by
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Muszaphar Shukor. Dr Shukor, an orthopedic surgeon by profession, was the first Malaysian in space. He was selected as one of two astronauts to be trained at Star City in Russia and was subsequently selected to be the astronaut to further Malaysia’s Angkasawan DATO MUHAMMAD AFIFI AL-AKITI Muhammad Afifi Al-Akiti. Al-Akiti is a scholar, trained theologian, and philologist. He is a lecturer of Islamic studies with the Faculty of Theology at Oxford University. He is internationally acclaimed for his 2005 fatwa “defending the transgressed by censuring the reckless against the killing of civilians”, written in response to the 7NIZAM YAQUBY
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ABDULAZIZ OTHMAN ALTWAIJIRI Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri was the Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), and ex-officio Secretary General of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW)1991-2019.THE MUSLIM 500
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Top 502021 Recep Tayyip Erdogan1Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud2HE Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei3Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein4Muhammad Taqi Usmani5HM King Mohammed VI6Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan7Sayyid Ali Hussein Sistani8Habib Umar bin Hafiz9Salman Al-Ouda10Tamim bin Hamid Al-Thani11JokoTHE TOP 50 – 2020
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Muszaphar Shukor. Dr Shukor, an orthopedic surgeon by profession, was the first Malaysian in space. He was selected as one of two astronauts to be trained at Star City in Russia and was subsequently selected to be the astronaut to further Malaysia’s Angkasawan DATO MUHAMMAD AFIFI AL-AKITI Muhammad Afifi Al-Akiti. Al-Akiti is a scholar, trained theologian, and philologist. He is a lecturer of Islamic studies with the Faculty of Theology at Oxford University. He is internationally acclaimed for his 2005 fatwa “defending the transgressed by censuring the reckless against the killing of civilians”, written in response to the 7NIZAM YAQUBY
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THE UYGHURS AND THE FATE OF CHINA The Uyghurs and the Fate of China. Dr Azeem Ibrahim. More than 1 million Muslim Uyghurs in their native Xinjiang province, China, are believed to have been interned in ‘re-education camps’ by the Chinese authorities. A further 2 million still on the outside are living in one of the world’s most heavy-handed surveillance regimes. PROPHETIC LEADERSHIP The prophet (pbuh) was less concerned with winning arguments and more concerned with winning hearts. This is what Spiritual intelligence is about. The 11 Prophetic leadership qualities are authentic, timeless and universal. They mattered in the past, are neededHAMDI ULUKAYA
Hamdi Ulukaya. Hamdi Ulukay is the founder and CEO of the multi-billion dollar yogurt business, Chobani. He immigrated to the USA in 1994, purchased a yoghurt factory in 2005 and developed his own recipe based on his Kurdish ancestry and the eastern Turkish farm he grew up in. He has developed a humane working culture for his 2,000+employees.
HE PRESIDENT IDRISS DEBY ITNO HE President Idriss Deby Itno. Deby is the President of Chad and heads the Patriotic Salvation Movement. He took power in 1990, leading a predominantly Muslim army. Muslims make up. around 55.7 percent of Chad’s 13.2 million people. Deby holds great domestic authority through his ability to consolidate power in Chad, a country that was AHMAD UMAR | THE MUSLIM 500 Ahmad Umar, also known as Abu Ubaidah, has been the Emir of al-Shabaab since 2014, after US airstrikes killed the previous emir (Ahmed Abdi Godane). When Umar became advisor to Godane in 2013, he purged al-Shabaab of its foreign fighters, and oversaw all the domestic policies of the group. Umar adheres to takfiri ideology and strives tofulfill
THE ROLE OF ZAKAT IN BUILDING FAITH COMMUNITIES The Role of Zakat in Building Faith Communities. Muslims in minority settings must wake up to the importance of zakat. The payment of zakat is one of the most repeated injunctions of the Holy Qur’an. It is conjoined in importance with the ritual prayer (salat) almost thirty times. God has promised many things in the Qur’an to those who giveTHE MUSLIM 500
Date: 2021-03-15 20:10:34. Keyword: The 500 Most Influential Muslims. Sri Lanka Announces Burqa Ban as Easter Jihad Anniversary Approaches. 2021-03-15 20:10:34. Frances Martel, Frances Martel. The government of Sri Lanka announced this weekend it would implement a nationwide ban on burqas, Islamic coverings for women that shield the entire faceTOP 50 – 2021
Top 502021 Recep Tayyip Erdogan1Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud2HE Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei3Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein4Muhammad Taqi Usmani5HM King Mohammed VI6Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan7Sayyid Ali Hussein Sistani8Habib Umar bin Hafiz9Salman Al-Ouda10Tamim bin Hamid Al-Thani11JokoTHE TOP 50 – 2020
The Top 50. 2020. Muhammad Taqi Usmani. 1. HE Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei. 2. Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. 3. Salman binAbdul-Aziz Al-Saud.
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Nominee Source of Influence (select applicable) (required) Administration of Religious Affairs Arts & Culture Business Celebrities & Sports Media Philanthropy, Charity & Development Political Preachers & Spiritual Guides Qur'an Reciters Top Extremists Scholarly Science & Technology Social Issues. Tell us why this person is influential in 10-500 words. MUHAMMAD BIN SALMAN BIN ABDUL-AZIZ AL-SAUD HRH Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman Al- Saud is the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, all at the tender age of 35. Birth: 31 August 1985 (Age: 36) Source of Influence: Political. Influence: De facto ruler of Saudi Arabia.MUSZAPHAR SHUKOR
Muszaphar Shukor. Dr Shukor, an orthopedic surgeon by profession, was the first Malaysian in space. He was selected as one of two astronauts to be trained at Star City in Russia and was subsequently selected to be the astronaut to further Malaysia’s Angkasawan DATO MUHAMMAD AFIFI AL-AKITI Muhammad Afifi Al-Akiti. Al-Akiti is a scholar, trained theologian, and philologist. He is a lecturer of Islamic studies with the Faculty of Theology at Oxford University. He is internationally acclaimed for his 2005 fatwa “defending the transgressed by censuring the reckless against the killing of civilians”, written in response to the 7NIZAM YAQUBY
Nizam Yaquby was trained in the Islamic sciences in Bahrain and Makkah before going on to study at McGill University. He sits on a plethora of Sharia advisory boards including Morgan Stanley, Arab Banking Corporation, Citigroup Inc, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole CIB, Dow Jones Islamic Index, Lloyds TSB, andHSBC Amanah.
ABDULAZIZ OTHMAN ALTWAIJIRI Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri was the Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), and ex-officio Secretary General of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW)1991-2019.THE MUSLIM 500
Date: 2021-03-15 20:10:34. Keyword: The 500 Most Influential Muslims. Sri Lanka Announces Burqa Ban as Easter Jihad Anniversary Approaches. 2021-03-15 20:10:34. Frances Martel, Frances Martel. The government of Sri Lanka announced this weekend it would implement a nationwide ban on burqas, Islamic coverings for women that shield the entire faceTOP 50 – 2021
Top 502021 Recep Tayyip Erdogan1Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud2HE Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei3Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein4Muhammad Taqi Usmani5HM King Mohammed VI6Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan7Sayyid Ali Hussein Sistani8Habib Umar bin Hafiz9Salman Al-Ouda10Tamim bin Hamid Al-Thani11JokoTHE TOP 50 – 2020
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Muszaphar Shukor. Dr Shukor, an orthopedic surgeon by profession, was the first Malaysian in space. He was selected as one of two astronauts to be trained at Star City in Russia and was subsequently selected to be the astronaut to further Malaysia’s Angkasawan DATO MUHAMMAD AFIFI AL-AKITI Muhammad Afifi Al-Akiti. Al-Akiti is a scholar, trained theologian, and philologist. He is a lecturer of Islamic studies with the Faculty of Theology at Oxford University. He is internationally acclaimed for his 2005 fatwa “defending the transgressed by censuring the reckless against the killing of civilians”, written in response to the 7NIZAM YAQUBY
Nizam Yaquby was trained in the Islamic sciences in Bahrain and Makkah before going on to study at McGill University. He sits on a plethora of Sharia advisory boards including Morgan Stanley, Arab Banking Corporation, Citigroup Inc, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole CIB, Dow Jones Islamic Index, Lloyds TSB, andHSBC Amanah.
ABDULAZIZ OTHMAN ALTWAIJIRI Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri was the Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), and ex-officio Secretary General of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW)1991-2019. DOWNLOAD | THE MUSLIM 500 2021 EditionLow Resolution (72 dpi) 2020 EditionLow Resolution (72 dpi) 2019 EditionLow Resolution (72 dpi) Older EditionsFree Downloads 2018Low Resolution Version (72 dpi) 2017Low Resolution Version (72 dpi) 2016Low Resolution Version (72 dpi) 2014/15Low ResolutionMEDIA – 2021
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THE UYGHURS AND THE FATE OF CHINA The Uyghurs and the Fate of China. Dr Azeem Ibrahim. More than 1 million Muslim Uyghurs in their native Xinjiang province, China, are believed to have been interned in ‘re-education camps’ by the Chinese authorities. A further 2 million still on the outside are living in one of the world’s most heavy-handed surveillance regimes. PROPHETIC LEADERSHIP The prophet (pbuh) was less concerned with winning arguments and more concerned with winning hearts. This is what Spiritual intelligence is about. The 11 Prophetic leadership qualities are authentic, timeless and universal. They mattered in the past, are neededHAMDI ULUKAYA
Hamdi Ulukaya. Hamdi Ulukay is the founder and CEO of the multi-billion dollar yogurt business, Chobani. He immigrated to the USA in 1994, purchased a yoghurt factory in 2005 and developed his own recipe based on his Kurdish ancestry and the eastern Turkish farm he grew up in. He has developed a humane working culture for his 2,000+employees.
HE PRESIDENT IDRISS DEBY ITNO HE President Idriss Deby Itno. Deby is the President of Chad and heads the Patriotic Salvation Movement. He took power in 1990, leading a predominantly Muslim army. Muslims make up. around 55.7 percent of Chad’s 13.2 million people. Deby holds great domestic authority through his ability to consolidate power in Chad, a country that was AHMAD UMAR | THE MUSLIM 500 Ahmad Umar, also known as Abu Ubaidah, has been the Emir of al-Shabaab since 2014, after US airstrikes killed the previous emir (Ahmed Abdi Godane). When Umar became advisor to Godane in 2013, he purged al-Shabaab of its foreign fighters, and oversaw all the domestic policies of the group. Umar adheres to takfiri ideology and strives tofulfill
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