All Those Pakistanis Who Made it to List of 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World

Jordan’s Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center (RISSC) has released a list of the world’s 500 most influential Muslim figures.

This list includes Pakistani politicians, religious figures and social workers.

Top 50
1. HM King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques

2. Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hazrat Ayatollah Haj Seyed Ali Khamenei

3. HH Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar

4. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey

5. HM King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Custodian of the Holy Sites in Jerusalem

6. Honorable Justice Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani, religious scholar and Deobandi leader

7. HM King Mohammed VI, King of Morocco

8. HH President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Al Nahyan United Arab Emirates

9. Ayatollah Syed Ali Hussain, Al-Sistani Marjah Hawzah, Najaf, Iraq

10. HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

Coming down the list, the 32nd number is reserved for the scholar and preacher Maulana Tariq Jameel while Tablighi Jamaat Ameer Maulana Nazur Rehman remains at the 42nd position.

The founder of Dawat-e-Islami, Sheikh Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri, is at the last place in this list of top 50.

RISSC also ranked influential figures under separate domains.

Rulers and Politicians
1. King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

2. Supreme Ayatollah Haj Syed Ali Khamenei

3. HH Ameer Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani

4. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

5. King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein

6. HM King Mohammed VI

7. HH President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

8. HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

9. President Joko Widodo

10. President Muhammadu Buhari

11. Syed Hasan Nasrullah

12. Hazrat Shah Karim Al Hussaini.

13. Sheikh Abdul Malik al-Houthi

14. President Halima Yaqoob

15. HE Rachid Ghannouchi

16. HE President Samia Salwa Hassan

17. President Abdul Fattah Saeed Al-Sisi

18. Sheikh Muqtadi Sadr

19. Aala Hazrat Mulla Haibatullah Akhundzada

20. President Mahmoud Abbas

21. Ismail Hania

22. Anwar Ibrahim

23. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad

24. Imran Khan

25. Sadiq Khan

SCHOLARS AND PREACHERS

1. HE Justice Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani
2. HE Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hussein Al-Sistani
3. Sheikh Al-Habib Umar bin Hafiz
4. Sheikh Salman Al-Ouda
5. HE Professor Dr Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad Al-Tayyeb
6. Maulana Mahmood Madani
7. HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah
8. HRE Amirul Mu’minin Sheikh As-Sultan Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar III
9. Sheikh Yahya Cholil Staquf
10. HE Sheikh Dr Ali Gomaa
11. Sheikh Habib ’Ali Zain Al Abideen Al-Jifri
12. Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson
13. Sheikh Ahmad Tijani bin Ali Cisse
14. HE Sheikha Munira Qubeysi
15. Sheikh Mustafa Hosny
16. HE Sheikh Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Aal Al-Sheikh
17. Sheikh Usama Al-Sayyid Al-Azhari
18. Habib Luthfi bin Yahya
19. Maulana Tariq Jameel
20. Sheikh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi
21. Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr
22. Maulana Nazur ur-Rehman
23. Sheikh Moez Masoud
24. Professor Timothy Winter (Sheikh Abdal Hakim Murad)
25. HE Sheikh Ibrahim Salih Al-Hussaini
26. Dr Amr Khalid
27. Dr Aref Ali Nayed
28. Sheikh Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri
29. HE Grand Ayatollah Abdullah Jawadi Amoli
30. HE Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ishaq Fayadh
31. Professor M Din Syamsuddin
32. Dr Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas
33. Professor Akbar Ahmed
34. Dr Ingrid Mattson
35. Aminu Ado Bayero
36. Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani
37. Sheikh Nuh Keller
38. Dr Muhammad Al-Arifi
39. Dr Zakir Abdul Karim Naik
40. Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais

SOCIAL ISSUES, SCIENCE, ARTS & CULTURE, AND SPORTS

1. HE Sheikh Uthman Taha
2. Mohammed Salah
3. Mohamed Bechari
4. Ahed Tamimi
5. Loujain al-Hathloul
6. Malala Yousufzai
7. Dr. Ugur Sahin
8. Sami Yusuf
9. Saadio Mane
10. Khabib Nurmagomedov

These Pakistanis also made it to the 450 List

SCHOLARLY

Dr Farhat Hashmi

Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi

Sheikh Dr Tahir Al-Qadri

POLITICAL

General Qamar Javed Bajwa

Imran Khan

Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif

Nawaz Sharif

ADMINISTRATION OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS

Sayed Sajid Ali Naqvi

Siraj ul Haq

PREACHERS & SPIRITUAL GUIDES

Khanum Tayyaba Bukhari

Javed Ahmad Ghamidi

PHILANTHROPY, CHARITY & DEVELOPMENT

Professor Dr Adib Rizvi

Bilquis Edhi

SOCIAL ISSUES

Muniba Mazari

Malala Yousafzai

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Professor Atta-Ur Rahman

Umar Saif

Irfan Siddiqi

ARTS & CULTURE

Al-Hajj Siddiq Ismail

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Abida Parveen

Muhammad Owais Raza Qadri

MEDIA

Zaid Hamid

Salman Iqbal

Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman