500 Most Influential Muslims

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The 100 Most Influential Muslims
AuthorJohn L. Esposito, İbrahim Kalın, Usra Ghazi, Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding, Kenan Stockmore
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Series1st Edition (2009)
2nd Edition (2010)
3rd Edition (2011)
4th Edition (2012)
5th Edition (2012/13)
6th Edition (2014/15)
7th Edition (2016)
8th Edition (2017)
9th Edition (2018)
10th Edition (2019)
11th Edition (2020)
SubjectBiographical dictionary
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherRoyal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, Createspace
Publication date
January 16, 2009 (2009-01-16)
Media typeOnline, print
Pages206
ISBN978-9957-428-37-2
OCLC514462119
Websitehttps://www.themuslim500.com/

500 Most Influential Muslims is an annual publication that ranks the most influential muslims in the world.

Current top ten[change | change source]

Rank Cng Name Citizenship Age Image Occupation Source of Influence Influence School of Thought Previous

rankings

01* Increase2 King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
(1935-12-31) December 31, 1935 (age 88) King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Economics and Politics. King with authority over 36+* million residents of Saudi Arabia and approximately 2+* million pilgrims annually Moderate Salafi Unlisted (2009)
Unlisted (2010)
Unlisted (2011)
Unlisted (2012)
Unlisted (2013/14)
Unlisted (2014/15)
3 (2016) Increase
3 (2017) Steady
2 (2018) Increase1
2 (2019) Steady
4 (2020) Decrease2
2(2021)Increase1.
02* Increase1 King Abdullah II of Jordan Jordan
Jordan
(1962-01-30) January 30, 1962 (age 62) King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Political, Lineage. King with authority over approximately seven million Jordanians.* Custodian of the Holy Sites in Jerusalem Traditional Sunni 4 (2009)
4 (2010) Steady
4 (2011) Steady
7 (2012) Decrease3
4 (2013/14) Increase3
4(2014/15) Steady
1 (2016) Increase3
2 (2017) Decrease1
3 (2018) Decrease1
3(2019)Steady
5(2020)Decrease3
4(2021)Increase1.
03* Increase1 King Mohammed VI of Morocco Morocco
Morocco
(1963-08-21) August 21, 1963 (age 60) King of Morocco Political, Administrative, Development King with authority over 32+* million Moroccans. Traditional Sunni, Maliki 3 (2009)
5 (2010) Decrease2
2 (2011) Increase3
3 (2012)Decrease1
5 (2013/14) Decrease2
5 (2014/15) Steady
5 (2016) Steady
5 (2017) Steady
6 (2018) Decrease1
5 (2019) Increase1
7 (2020) Decrease2
6 (2021) Increase1
04* Increase2 H.H.,GEN.; Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan United Arab Emirates
UAE
(1961-03-11) March 11, 1961 (age 63)

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Administration of Religious Affairs, Philanthropy, Charity and Development, Economics and Politics. Military and political leadership Traditional Sunni. 22 (2009)
22 (2010) Steady
18 (2011) Increase4
15 (2012) Increase3
10 (2013/14) Increase5
9 (2014/15) Increase1
7 (2016) Decrease2
12 (2017) Decrease5
15 (2018) Decrease3
15(2019) Steady
3(2020)Increase12
7(2021)Decrease2.
05* Increase2. Seyyed Ali Khamenei Iran
Iran
(1939-07-17) July 17, 1939 (age 84) Supreme Leader of Iran Political, Administrative Supreme Leader of 82.5+* million Iranians. Traditional Twelver Shi‘a, Revolutionary Shi'ism, Usuli 2 (2009)
3 (2010) Increase1
5 (2011) Decrease2
6 (2012) Decrease1
3 (2013/14) Increase3
3 (2014/15) Steady
4 (2016) Decrease
4 (2017) Steady
4 (2018) Steady
4 (2019) Steady
2(2020) Increase2
3(2021)
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06* Steady. Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hussein Sistani Iraq
Iraq
(1930-08-04) August 4, 1930 (age 93) Marja' of the Hawza, Najaf, Iraq Scholarly, Lineage Highest authority for 21+* million Iraqi Shi‘a, and also internationally as religious authority to Usuli Twelver Shi‘a. Traditional Twelver Shi‘a, Usuli 7 (2009)
8 (2010) Decrease1
10 (2011) Decrease2
13 (2012) Decrease3
8 (2013/14) Increase5
7 (2014/15) Increase1
9 (2016) Decrease2
7(2017)Increase2
8(2018)Decrease1
7 (2019) Increase1
8 (2020) Decrease1
8 (2021) Steady,
07* Steady. SH.:Habib Umar bin Hafidz Yemen
Yemen
May 27,1963 (age 60–61) Director of Dar Al Mustafa, Tareem, Yemen Scholarly, Spiritual leader and Preacher, Lineage Millions of traditional Muslim followers Traditional Sunni, Shafi'i, Ba 'Alawiy Sufi. 28 (2016) Steady
25 (2017) Increase3
10 (2018) Increase15
8 (2019) Increase2
9(2020)Decrease1
9(2021)Steady.
08* Increase2. SH.:Mufti Taqi Usmani Pakistan
Pakistan
(1943-10-05) October 5, 1943 (age 80). Scholar The intellectual leader of the Deobandi movement. Deobandi Movement Hanafi, Sunni 27 (2009)
31 (2010) Decrease4
32 (2011) Decrease1
32 (2012) Steady
25 (2013/14) Increase7
19 (2014/15) Increase6
22 (2016) Decrease3
6 (2017) Increase16
7 (2018) Decrease1
6 (2019) Increase1
1 (2020) Increase5
5 (2021) Decrease1.
09* Increase1. SH.:Salman Al-Ouda. Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
(1956-12-14) December 14, 1956 (age 67) Saudi Muslim scholar. Scholar Influential Muslim Cleric in Arab World Traditional Sunni, Hanbali 19 (2017) {{}}
11 (2018) Increase8
10 (2019) Increase1
11 (2020) Decrease1
10 (2021) Increase1.[1]

Previous top ten entrants[change | change source]

Rank Change Name Citizenship Age Image Occupation Source of Influence Influence School of Thought Previous rankings
11 Decrease5 Qaboos bin Said al Said Oman
Oman
(1940-11-18) November 18, 1940 (age 83) Sultan of Oman Lineage, Political, Development Leader of 4 million citizens and residents of Oman. Traditional Ibadi 6 (2009)
6 (2010) Steady
9 (2011) Decrease3
12 (2011) Decrease3
9 (2013/14) Increase3
8 (2014/15) Increase1
6 (2016) Increase2.
12. Decrease5 H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan United Arab Emirates
UAE
(1961-03-11) March 11, 1961 (age 63) Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Administration of Religious Affairs, Philanthropy, Charity and Development, Political Military and political leadership. Traditional Sunni 22 (2009)
22 (2010) Steady
18 (2011) Increase4
15 (2012) Increase3
10 (2013/14) Increase5
9 (2014/15) Increase1
7 (2016) Decrease2.
13. Decrease1 Ahmed el-Tayeb Egypt
Egypt
(1946-01-01) January 1, 1946 (age 78) Grand Sheikh of the Al-Azhar University and Grand Imam of the Al-Azhar Mosque Administrative Highest scholarly authority for most Sunni Muslims, runs the largest Sunni Islamic university. 400,000 students. Traditional Sunni 25 (2009)
7 (2010) Increase18
7 (2011) Steady
8 (2012) Increase1
1 (2013/14) Increase7
2 (2014/15) Decrease1
2 (2016) Steady.
31 Increase1 Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi Qatar
Qatar
(1926-09-09) September 9, 1926 (age 97) Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars Scholarly Leading scholar for global Muslim Brotherhood movement, host of Ash-Shariah wal-Hayat on Al Jazeera. 40 million viewers. Muslim Brotherhood, Sunni 9 (2009)
14 (2010) Decrease5
13 (2011) Decrease1
16 (2013/14) Decrease3
31 (2014/15) Decrease15
32 (2016) Decrease1,
48 Decrease33 Muhammet Fethullah Gülen Turkey
Turkey
(1941-04-27) April 27, 1941 (age 82) Turkish Muslim preacher and founder of the Gülen movement Scholarly Figure of spiritual and social leadership for millions of Turkish Muslims. Own movement 13 (2009)
13 (2011) Steady
15 (2011) Decrease2
10 (2011) Increase5
11 (2013/14) Decrease1
14 (2014/15) Decrease3
15 (2016) Increase1.
55 Decrease39 Sheikh Ali Gomaa Egypt
Egypt
(1953-03-03) March 3, 1953 (age 71) Grand Mufti of The Arab Republic of Egypt Scholarly, Political Legal authority for 87 million Egyptians. Traditional Sunni, Shafi‘i 10 (2009)
10 (2010) Steady
12 (2011) Decrease2
14 (2013/14) Decrease2
15 (2014/15) Decrease1
16 (2016) Increase1.
Top 450 Steady Dr Mohammed Badie Egypt
Egypt
(1943-08-07) August 7, 1943 (age 80) Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Administrative, Political, International Islamic Networks Leader of a movement in Egypt the Middle East, Africa, the United Kingdom, and United States. Traditional Sunni, Muslim Brothers Unlisted (2009)
12 (2010)
8 (2011) Decrease4
4 (2012) Increase4
36 (2013/14) Decrease32
Top 450 (2014/15) Decrease414
Top 450 (2016) Steady.
Unlisted Decrease450 Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Qatar
Qatar
(1952-01-01) January 1, 1952 (age 72) Emir of Qatar Political, Administrative, Lineage, Philanthropy Political leader of over 1.5 million residents of oil-rich Qatar. Moderate Salafi Unlisted (2009)
21 (2010)
6 (2011) Increase15
5 (2011) Decrease1
Unlisted (2013/14) Decrease
Top 450 (2014/15) Increase
Top 450 (2016) Steady.
Unlisted Decrease President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Indonesia
Indonesia
(1949-09-09) September 9, 1949 (age 74) President of Indonesia Political, Development Leader of 233.5 million citizens and residents of Indonesia. Traditional Sunni Unspecified (2009)
9 (2010)
11 (2011) Decrease2
9 (2011) Increase2
7 (2013/14) Decrease2
Unlisted (2014/15)
Unlisted (2016)Decrease,
Unlisted Deceased King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
(1924-08-01)August 1, 1924 – January 23, 2015(2015-01-23) (aged 90) King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Political, Administrative, Lineage King of over 26 million in Saudi Arabia, 2.4 million Hajj pilgrims and 14 million Umrah pilgrims annually. Moderate Salafi 1 (2009)
1 (2010) Steady
1 (2011) Steady
1 (2012) Steady
2 (2013/14) Decrease1)
1 (2014/15) Increase1
Unlisted (2016)Decrease

References[change | change source]

  1. https://iramcenter.org/en/the-prominent-figure-as-al-sistanis-potential-successor-al-irvani-642

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