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==Overview==
==Overview==
The publication highlights people who are influential as Muslims. That is people whose influence is derived from their practice of Islam or from the fact that they are Muslim.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |last=Butt|first=Riazat|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/nov/19/500-influential-muslims-list|title=The world's most influential Muslims?|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=November 19, 2009|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref> Nominations are evaluated on the basis of the influence that particular Muslims have had within the Muslim community and the manner in which their influence has benefited the Muslim community, both within the Islamic world and in terms of representing Islam to non-Muslim.<ref name="thenewstribe">{{cite news |last=Hasni|first=Areeb|url=http://www.thenewstribe.com/2012/05/09/the-top-500-most-influential-muslim-nominations-open-for-2012/|title=The Top 500 Most Influential Muslims: Nominations open for 2012!|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The News Tribe]]''|date=May 9, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref> “Influential,” for the purposes of the book, is defined as “any person who has the power (be it cultural, ideological, financial, political or otherwise) to make a change that will have a significant impact on the Muslim World.”<ref name="timesunion">{{cite news |last=Fitriat|first=Afia R|url=http://www.aquila-style.com/focus-points/500-most-influential-muslims-2012/|title=Accomplished Women in 500 Most Influential Muslims 2012|work= |location= |publisher=''timesunion.com''|date=December 5, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref><ref name="watchdogwire">{{cite news |last=Swier|first=Dr. Richard|url=http://watchdogwire.com/florida/2013/01/24/who-are-the-top-10-most-influential-muslims-in-the-world/|title=Who are the 10 Most Influential Muslims in the World?|work= |location= |publisher=''WatchdogWire''|date=January 24, 2013|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>
The publication highlights people who are influential as Muslims. That is people whose influence is derived from their practice of Islam or from the fact that they are Muslim.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |last=Butt|first=Riazat|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/nov/19/500-influential-muslims-list|title=The world's most influential Muslims?|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=November 19, 2009|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref> Nominations are evaluated on the basis of the influence that particular Muslims have had within the Muslim community and the manner in which their influence has benefited the Muslim community, both within the Islamic world and in terms of representing Islam to non-Muslims.<ref name="thenewstribe">{{cite news |last=Hasni|first=Areeb|url=http://www.thenewstribe.com/2012/05/09/the-top-500-most-influential-muslim-nominations-open-for-2012/|title=The Top 500 Most Influential Muslims: Nominations open for 2012!|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The News Tribe]]''|date=May 9, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref> “Influential,” for the purposes of the book, is defined as “any person who has the power (be it cultural, ideological, financial, political or otherwise) to make a change that will have a significant impact on the Muslim World.”<ref name="timesunion">{{cite news |last=Fitriat|first=Afia R|url=http://www.aquila-style.com/focus-points/500-most-influential-muslims-2012/|title=Accomplished Women in 500 Most Influential Muslims 2012|work= |location= |publisher=''timesunion.com''|date=December 5, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref><ref name="watchdogwire">{{cite news |last=Swier|first=Dr. Richard|url=http://watchdogwire.com/florida/2013/01/24/who-are-the-top-10-most-influential-muslims-in-the-world/|title=Who are the 10 Most Influential Muslims in the World?|work= |location= |publisher=''WatchdogWire''|date=January 24, 2013|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>


The book starts with an overall top 50 of the ranked the most influential Muslims in the world. The remaining 450 most prominent Muslims is broken down into 15 categories without ranking,<ref name="onislam"/><ref name="timesunion"/> of scholarly, political, administrative, lineage, preachers and spiritual guides, women, youth, philanthropy/charity, development, science and technology, arts and culture, Qu'ran reciters, media, radicals, international Islamic networks and issues of the day. Each year the biographies are updated.<ref name="prnewswire">{{cite news |last=Sacirbey|first=Omar|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-muslim-500-the-worlds-most-influential-500-muslims-180970281.html|title='The Muslim 500: The World's Most Influential 500 Muslims'|work= |location= |publisher=''PRNewswire''|date=November 27, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>
The book starts with an overall top 50, ranked the most influential Muslims in the world. The remaining 450 most prominent Muslims is broken down into 15 categories without ranking,<ref name="onislam"/><ref name="timesunion"/> of scholarly, political, administrative, lineage, preachers and spiritual guides, women, youth, philanthropy/charity, development, science and technology, arts and culture, Qu'ran reciters, media, radicals, international Islamic networks and issues of the day. Each year the biographies are updated.<ref name="prnewswire">{{cite news |last=Sacirbey|first=Omar|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-muslim-500-the-worlds-most-influential-500-muslims-180970281.html|title='The Muslim 500: The World's Most Influential 500 Muslims'|work= |location= |publisher=''PRNewswire''|date=November 27, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>


The publication also gives an insight into the different ways that Muslims impact the world and also shows the diversity of how people are living as Muslims today.<ref name="onislam">{{cite news |last=Yasin|first=Susan|url=http://www.onislam.net/english/news/global/460164-worlds-500-most-influential-muslims.html|title=World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims|work= |location= |publisher=''OnIslam.net''|date=November 24, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref> The book’s appendices comprehensively list populations of Muslims in nations worldwide, and its introduction gives a snapshot view of different ideological movements within the Muslim world, breaking down clearly distinctions between traditional Islam and recent radical innovations.<ref name="muslimmedianetwork">{{cite news |last=James|first=Adil|url=http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=5366|title=Muslim 500 – A Listing of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Muslim Observer]]''|date=November 17, 2009|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>
The publication also gives an insight into the different ways that Muslims impact the world and also shows the diversity of how people are living as Muslims today.<ref name="onislam">{{cite news |last=Yasin|first=Susan|url=http://www.onislam.net/english/news/global/460164-worlds-500-most-influential-muslims.html|title=World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims|work= |location= |publisher=''OnIslam.net''|date=November 24, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref> The book’s appendices comprehensively list populations of Muslims in nations worldwide, and its introduction gives a snapshot view of different ideological movements within the Muslim world, breaking down clearly distinctions between traditional Islam and recent radical innovations.<ref name="muslimmedianetwork">{{cite news |last=James|first=Adil|url=http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=5366|title=Muslim 500 – A Listing of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Muslim Observer]]''|date=November 17, 2009|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>


==Publications==
==Publications==

===2009 edition===
===2009 edition===
In 2009, the book was edited by Professors [[John Esposito|John L. Esposito]] and Ibrahim Kalin at Georgetown University in Washington.<ref name="islamicvoice">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://islamicvoice.com/December2009/THEMUSLIMWORLD/|title=Book lists '500 Most Influential Muslims': Top 20 inclusions seem to be less convincing and dictated|work= |location= |publisher=''Islamic Voice''|date=December 2009|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>
In 2009, the book was edited by Professors [[John Esposito|John L. Esposito]] and Ibrahim Kalin at Georgetown University in Washington.<ref name="islamicvoice">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://islamicvoice.com/December2009/THEMUSLIMWORLD/|title=Book lists '500 Most Influential Muslims': Top 20 inclusions seem to be less convincing and dictated|work= |location= |publisher=''Islamic Voice''|date=December 2009|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>


The 500 most influential Muslims were chosen largely in terms of their overt influence.<ref name="muslimmedianetwork">{{cite news |last=James|first=Adil|url=http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=5366|title=Muslim 500 – A Listing of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Muslim Observer]]''|date=November 17, 2009|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref> The top 50 is dominated by religious scholars<ref name="ciibroadcasting"/> and either heads of state, which automatically gives them an advantage when it comes to influence, or they have inherited their position. Lineage is a significant factor – it has its own category – and the predisposition to include children of important people reveals a mindset that indicates achievement is an optional extra.<ref name="guardian"/> The top 50 fit into 6 broad categories as follows: 12 are political leaders (kings, generals, presidents), 4 are spiritual leaders (Sufi shaykhs), 14 are national or international religious authorities, 3 are “preachers,” 6 are high-level scholars, 11 are leaders of movements or organizations.<ref name="muslimmedianetwork"/>
The 500 most influential Muslims were chosen largely in terms of their overt influence.<ref name="muslimmedianetwork">{{cite news |last=James|first=Adil|url=http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=5366|title=Muslim 500 – A Listing of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Muslim Observer]]''|date=November 17, 2009|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref> The top 50 is dominated by religious scholars<ref name="ciibroadcasting"/> and either heads of state, which automatically gives them an advantage when it comes to influence, or they have inherited their position. Lineage is a significant factor – it has its own category – and the predisposition to include children of important people reveals a mindset that indicates achievement is an optional extra.<ref name="guardian"/> The top 50 fits into 6 broad categories as follows: 12 are political leaders (kings, generals, presidents), 4 are spiritual leaders (Sufi shaykhs), 14 are national or international religious authorities, 3 are “preachers,” 6 are high-level scholars, 11 are leaders of movements or organizations.<ref name="muslimmedianetwork"/>


The book has given the first place to King [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|Abdullah bin Abdulaziz]] of Saudi Arabia. Second place went to Ayatollah Syed [[Ali Khamenei]], the spiritual leader of Iran. King [[Mohammed VI of Morocco]] found third place and King [[Abdullah II of Jordan|Abdullah II Al-Hussain]] of Jordan occupied fourth place. Fifth place went to Turkey’s Prime Minister [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]].<ref name="islamicvoice"/>
The book has given the first place to King [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|Abdullah bin Abdulaziz]] of Saudi Arabia. Second place went to Ayatollah Syed [[Ali Khamenei]], the spiritual leader of Iran. King [[Mohammed VI of Morocco]] found third place and King [[Abdullah II of Jordan|Abdullah II Al-Hussain]] of Jordan occupied fourth place. Fifth place went to Turkey’s Prime Minister [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]].<ref name="islamicvoice"/>

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[[Foreign Policy]] magazine’s [[Marc Lynch]] stated, “Esposito and Kalin’s methodology seems strange. Any list in which the Sultan of Oman ([[Qaboos bin Said al Said]], who was sixth) outranks, say, Turkish preacher Fethullah Gülen (placed 13th) or the [[Aga Khan]] ([[Aga Khan IV]], who was placed 20th) seems odd to this observer...”<ref name="trueslant">{{cite news |last=Ungerleider|first=Neal|url=http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2009/11/19/the-worlds-500-most-influential-muslims/|title=The world’s 500 most influential Muslims|work= |location= |publisher=''[[True/Slant]]''|date=November 19, 2009|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>


The first solely religious leader is Iraq’s Ayatollah [[Ali al-Sistani]] in seventh place. [[Fethullah Gülen]] came 13th. The heads of [[Hezbollah]]; Seyyed [[Hassan Nasrallah]] listed 17th and [[Hamas]] [[Khaled Mashaal]] listed 34th.
The first solely religious leader is Iraq’s Ayatollah [[Ali al-Sistani]] in seventh place. [[Fethullah Gülen]] came 13th. The heads of [[Hezbollah]]; Seyyed [[Hassan Nasrallah]] listed 17th and [[Hamas]] [[Khaled Mashaal]] listed 34th.


The highest-ranking American (and highest-ranking convert) at 38th place was Sheikh [[Hamza Yusuf]] Hanson, founder of the Zaytuna Institutein Berkeley, California. Right after him comes the highest-ranking European, Sheikh [[Mustafa Cerić]], grand mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref name="blogs.reuters1">{{cite news |last=Heneghan|first=Tom|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/11/17/poll-the-worlds-top-500-muslims-read-and-vote/|title=POLL: The world’s top 500 Muslims? Read and vote|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Reuters]]''|date=November 17, 2009|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>
The highest-ranking American (and highest-ranking convert) at 38th place was Sheikh [[Hamza Yusuf]] Hanson, founder of the Zaytuna Institute in Berkeley, California. Right after him comes the highest-ranking European, Sheikh [[Mustafa Cerić]], grand mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref name="blogs.reuters1">{{cite news |last=Heneghan|first=Tom|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/11/17/poll-the-worlds-top-500-muslims-read-and-vote/|title=POLL: The world’s top 500 Muslims? Read and vote|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Reuters]]''|date=November 17, 2009|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>


In total 72 Americans are among the 500, a disproportionately strong showing.<ref name="muslimmedianetwork"/> [[Timothy Winter]] (Abdal Hakim Murad) was the highest ranked British Muslim, in an unspecified position between 51st and 60th, considerably higher than the three other British people who made the list – the Conservative Party chairman [[Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi|Baroness Sayeeda Warsi]]; the UK's first Muslim life peer, [[Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed|Lord Nazir Ahmed]]; and Dr Anas Al Shaikh Ali, director of the International Institute of Islamic Thought.<ref name="independent">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/timothy-winter-britains-most-influential-muslim--and-it-was-all-down-to-a-peach-2057400.html|title=Timothy Winter: Britain's most influential Muslim - and it was all down to a peach|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Independent]]''|date=August 20, 2010|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>
In total 72 Americans are among the 500, a disproportionately strong showing.<ref name="muslimmedianetwork"/> [[Timothy Winter]] (Abdal Hakim Murad) was the highest ranked British Muslim, in an unspecified position between 51st and 60th, considerably higher than the three other British people who made the list – the Conservative Party chairman [[Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi|Baroness Sayeeda Warsi]]; the UK's first Muslim life peer, [[Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed|Lord Nazir Ahmed]]; and Dr Anas Al Shaikh Ali, director of the International Institute of Islamic Thought.<ref name="independent">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/timothy-winter-britains-most-influential-muslim--and-it-was-all-down-to-a-peach-2057400.html|title=Timothy Winter: Britain's most influential Muslim - and it was all down to a peach|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Independent]]''|date=August 20, 2010|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>


The women featured had a separate section from the men.<ref name="guardian"/> There were only three women listed in the Top 50 of The Muslim 500. Sheikha [[Munira al-Qubaysi]] (number 21), an educator of girls and women; [[Queen Rania of Jordan]] of Jordan (number 37), who promotes global education; and Sheikha [[Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned]] of Qatar (number 38), who is chairwoman of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.<ref name="timesunion">{{cite news |last=Haqqie|first=Azra|url=http://blog.timesunion.com/muslimwomen/making-the-500-most-influential-muslims-this-year/4368/|title=Making the ’500 Most Influential Muslims’ this year|work= |location= |publisher=''timesunion.com''|date=November 26, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>
The women featured had a separate section from the men.<ref name="guardian"/> There were only three women listed in the top 50. Sheikha [[Munira al-Qubaysi]] (number 21), an educator of girls and women; [[Queen Rania of Jordan]] (number 37), who promotes global education; and Sheikha [[Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned]] of Qatar (number 38), who is chairwoman of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.<ref name="timesunion">{{cite news |last=Haqqie|first=Azra|url=http://blog.timesunion.com/muslimwomen/making-the-500-most-influential-muslims-this-year/4368/|title=Making the ’500 Most Influential Muslims’ this year|work= |location= |publisher=''timesunion.com''|date=November 26, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>


The listing also includes an extensive Arts and Culture Section. The general Arts and Culture Section included the names of singers [[Salif Keita]], [[Youssou N'Dour]], [[Raihan]], [[Yusuf Islam]] and [[Sami Yusuf]], [[Dawud Wharnsby]]; musician [[A. R. Rahman]] (India); film star [[Shahrukh Khan]]; comedian [[Azhar Usman]] and martial artist [[Ma Yue]]. All the [[Qāriʾ]]s (Quran reciters) listed in the book are from Saudi Arabia.<ref name="islamicvoice"/>
The listing also includes an extensive Arts and Culture Section. The general Arts and Culture Section included the names of singers [[Salif Keita]], [[Youssou N'Dour]], [[Raihan]], [[Yusuf Islam]] and [[Sami Yusuf]], [[Dawud Wharnsby]]; musician [[A. R. Rahman]] (India); film star [[Shahrukh Khan]]; comedian [[Azhar Usman]] and martial artist [[Ma Yue]]. All the [[Qāriʾ]]s (Quran reciters) listed in the book are from Saudi Arabia.<ref name="islamicvoice"/>

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''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine’s [[Marc Lynch]] stated, “Esposito and Kalin’s methodology seems strange. Any list in which the Sultan of Oman ([[Qaboos bin Said al Said]], who was sixth) outranks, say, Turkish preacher Fethullah Gülen (placed 13th) or the [[Aga Khan]] ([[Aga Khan IV]], who was placed 20th) seems odd to this observer...”<ref name="trueslant">{{cite news |last=Ungerleider|first=Neal|url=http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2009/11/19/the-worlds-500-most-influential-muslims/|title=The world’s 500 most influential Muslims|work= |location= |publisher=''[[True/Slant]]''|date=November 19, 2009|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>


===2010 edition===
===2010 edition===
In 2010, topping the list as the most influential Muslim in the world for the second consecutive year, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei maintained second place. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan moved into third place. Jordanian King Abdullah II was place fourth above Moroccan King Mohammed VI who moved down to fifth.
In 2010, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz topped the list as the most influential Muslim in the world for the second consecutive year. Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei maintained second place. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan moved into third place. Jordanian King Abdullah II was placed fourth above Moroccan King Mohammed VI who moved down to fifth place.


===2011 edition===
===2011 edition===
In 2011, the achievements of a lifetime were given more weight than achievements within the current year. which meant that the lists of names were going to change gradually, rather than dramatically, year-on-year. The [[Arab Spring]] had no impact on Saudi King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia’s influence, had boosted King Mohammed VI of Morocco’s who moved up to second place, and had no effect on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who came in third place.<ref name="onislam">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.onislam.net/english/news/global/454883-worlds-500-most-influential-muslims.html|title=World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims|work= |location= |publisher=''OnIslam''|date=December 3, 2011|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>
In 2011, achievements of a lifetime were given more weight than achievements within the current year. which meant that the lists of names were going to change gradually, rather than dramatically, year-on-year. The [[Arab Spring]] had no impact on Saudi King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia’s influence, it had boosted King Mohammed VI of Morocco’s influence, who moved up to second place, and it had no effect on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who came in third place.<ref name="onislam">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.onislam.net/english/news/global/454883-worlds-500-most-influential-muslims.html|title=World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims|work= |location= |publisher=''OnIslam''|date=December 3, 2011|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>


Erdoğan was expected by many to receive the top spot in light of the Arab Spring. Erdoğan credited with Turkey’s “Muslim democracy,” and was seen as the leader of a country that, as the [[Brookings Institution]] said, “played the ‘most constructive’ role in the Arab events.”<ref name="muslimvoices">{{cite news |last=Leslie|first=Liz|url=http://muslimvoices.org/muslim-500-list-names-influential-muslims/|title=World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims|work= |location= |publisher=''Muslim Voices''|date=November 29, 2011|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>
Erdoğan was expected by many to receive the top spot in light of the Arab Spring. Erdoğan was credited with Turkey’s “Muslim democracy,” and was seen as the leader of a country that, as the [[Brookings Institution]] said, “played the ‘most constructive’ role in the Arab events.”<ref name="muslimvoices">{{cite news |last=Leslie|first=Liz|url=http://muslimvoices.org/muslim-500-list-names-influential-muslims/|title=World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Muslim Voices]]''|date=November 29, 2011|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>


Emir of Qatar Sheikh [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] influence rose during the Arab Spring moving him to sixth place. He had driven much of the Arab Spring through the coverage given by ''[[Al Jazeera]]'', given financial support to protesters and political support to Libya, making him arguably the biggest enabler of the Arab Spring.<ref name="blogs.reuters2">{{cite news |last=Heneghan|first=Tom|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/11/28/worlds-top-muslims-list-appears-with-erdogan-only-3-who-should-it-be/|title=World’s top Muslims list appears with Erdogan only #3. Who should be #1?|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Reuters]]''|date=November 28, 2011|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>
Emir of Qatar Sheikh [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] influence rose during the Arab Spring, moving him to sixth place. He had driven much of the Arab Spring through the coverage given by ''[[Al Jazeera]]'', given financial support to protesters and political support to Libya, making him arguably the biggest enabler of the Arab Spring.<ref name="blogs.reuters2">{{cite news |last=Heneghan|first=Tom|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/11/28/worlds-top-muslims-list-appears-with-erdogan-only-3-who-should-it-be/|title=World’s top Muslims list appears with Erdogan only #3. Who should be #1?|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Reuters]]''|date=November 28, 2011|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>


===2012 edition===
===2012 edition===
In 2012, The report is published by S. [[Abdallah Schleifer]], Professor Emeritus & Senior Fellow Kamal Adham Center for Television & Digital Journalism, The American University in Cairo.<ref name="watchdogwire"/>
In 2012, The report was published by S. [[Abdallah Schleifer]], Professor Emeritus & Senior Fellow Kamal Adham Center for Television & Digital Journalism, The American University in Cairo.<ref name="watchdogwire"/>


There were more Muslims from America than any other country again with 41 spots on the 500 list. Countries with the next highest number of names were Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom, with 25 Muslims each, followed by Indonesia, with 24.<ref name="deseretnews">{{cite news |last=Renouard|first=Chelynne|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765616747/US-dominates-list-of-worlds-500-Most-Influential-Muslims.html|title=U.S. dominates list of world’s ’500 Most Influential Muslims’|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Deseret News]]''|date=December 3, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref> It lists the winners according to 13 categories, including spiritual guides, Quran reciters, scholars, politicians, celebrities, sports figures, radicals, and media leaders.<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{cite news |last=Sacirbey|first=Omar|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/worlds-500-most-influential-muslims-2012_n_2208667.html|title=World's '500 Most Influential Muslims' 2012 Dominated By U.S.|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]''|date=November 29, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite news |last=Sacirbey|first=Omar|url=http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-11-28/national/35511535_1_nihad-awad-muslim-women-lawyers-azizah-al-hibri|title=World's '500 Most Influential Muslims' 2012 Dominated By U.S.|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Washington Post]]''|date=November 28, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>
There were more Muslims from America than any other country again with 41 spots on the 500 list. Countries with the next highest number of names were Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom, with 25 Muslims each, followed by Indonesia, with 24.<ref name="deseretnews">{{cite news |last=Renouard|first=Chelynne|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765616747/US-dominates-list-of-worlds-500-Most-Influential-Muslims.html|title=U.S. dominates list of world’s ’500 Most Influential Muslims’|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Deseret News]]''|date=December 3, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref> It lists the winners according to 13 categories, including spiritual guides, Quran reciters, scholars, politicians, celebrities, sports figures, radicals, and media leaders.<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{cite news |last=Sacirbey|first=Omar|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/worlds-500-most-influential-muslims-2012_n_2208667.html|title=World's '500 Most Influential Muslims' 2012 Dominated By U.S.|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Huffington Post]]''|date=November 29, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite news |last=Sacirbey|first=Omar|url=http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-11-28/national/35511535_1_nihad-awad-muslim-women-lawyers-azizah-al-hibri|title=World's '500 Most Influential Muslims' 2012 Dominated By U.S.|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Washington Post]]''|date=November 28, 2012|accessdate=July 1, 2013}}</ref>
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| {{birth date and age|1941|4|27|mf=y}}
| {{birth date and age|1941|4|27|mf=y}}
| [[File:Fethullah glen 400.jpg|70px]]
| [[File:Fethullah glen 400.jpg|70px]]
| Turkish Muslim Preacher
| Turkish Muslim preacher and founder of the [[Gülen movement]]
| Scholarly
| Scholarly
| Figure of spiritual and social leadership for millions of Turkish Muslims and others around the world.
| Figure of spiritual and social leadership for millions of Turkish Muslims and others around the world.
| Traditional Sunni
| Traditional Sunni
| 13 (2009)<br>13 (2011) {{steady}}<br>15 (2011) {{decrease}}2
| 13 (2009)<br>13 (2011) {{steady}}<br>15 (2011) {{decrease}}2
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|}

==Previous top ten entrants==
{| class="wikitable" style="max-width:90%;" border="0" cellpadding="1"
|- style="height:50px"
! style="width:2em;"| Rank
! style="width:2em;"| Change
! Name
! Citizenship
! Age
! Image
! Occupation
! Source of Influence
! Influence
! School of Thought
! style="width:9em;"| Previous rankings
|- style="vertical-align:middle; height:50px; text-align:left;"
| style="padding-right:9px; text-align:right;"| 12
| align="center"| {{decrease}}3
| [[Qaboos bin Said al Said|His Majesty Qaboos bin Said al Said]]
| align="center"| {{flagicon|Oman}}<br>[[Oman]]
| {{birth date and age|1940|11|18|mf=y}}
| [[File:Sultan Qaboos cropped.jpg|70px]]
| [[List of rulers of Oman|Sultan of Oman]]
| Lineage, Political, Development
| Leader of 2.9 million citizens and residents of Oman.
| Traditional [[Ibadi]]
| 6 (2009)<br>6 (2010) {{steady}}<br>9 (2011) {{decrease}}3
|- style="vertical-align:middle; height:50px; text-align:left;"
| style="padding-right:9px; text-align:right;"| 13
| align="center"| {{increase}}3
| [[Ali al-Sistani|His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hussein Sistani]]
| align="center"| {{flagicon|Iraq}}<br>[[Iraq]]
| {{birth date and age|1940|8|4|mf=y}}
| [[File:Ali Sistani.jpg|70px]]
| [[Marja']] of the [[Hawza]], [[Najaf]], Iraq
| Scholarly, Lineage
| Highest authority for 17-20 million Iraqi Shi‘a, and also internationally as religious authority to Usuli Twelver Shi‘a.
| Traditional Twelver Shi‘a, [[Usuli]]
| 7 (2009)<br>8 (2010) {{decrease}}1<br>10 (2011) {{decrease}}2
|- style="vertical-align:middle; height:50px; text-align:left;"
| style="padding-right:9px; text-align:right;"| 16
| align="center"| {{decrease}}3
| [[Yusuf al-Qaradawi|Sheikh Dr Yusuf al-Qaradawi]]
| align="center"| {{flagicon|Qatar}}<br>[[Qatar]]
| {{birth date and age|1926|9|9|mf=y}}
| [[File:Qardawi.JPG|70px]]
| 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 with 40 million viewers worldwide.
| Muslim Brotherhood, Salafi
| 9 (2009)<br>14 (2010) {{decrease}}5<br>13 (2011) {{decrease}}1
|- style="vertical-align:middle; height:50px; text-align:left;"
| style="padding-right:9px; text-align:right;"| 14
| align="center"| {{decrease}}2
| [[Ali Gomaa|His Eminence Sheikh Dr Ali Gomaa]]
| align="center"| {{flagicon|Egypt}}<br>[[Egypt]]
| {{birth date and age|1953|3|3|mf=y}}
| [[File:Ali Gomaa.JPG|70px]]
| [[Grand Mufti]] of The Arab Republic of Egypt
| Scholarly, Political
| Legal authority for 80 million Egyptians.
| Traditional Sunni, [[Shafi'i|Shafi‘i]]
| 10 (2009)<br>10 (2010) {{steady}}<br>12 (2011) {{decrease}}2
|}
|}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[The Muslim 100]]
*[[The Muslim 100]]
*[[Muslim Power 100]]
*[[Who's Who]]
*[[Who's Who]]


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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://themuslim500.com/ Official Website]
*[http://themuslim500.com/ Official Website]
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=X57-SAAACAAJ&dq=The+World%E2%80%99s+500+Most+Influential+Muslims&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rEu6UdLuF8KU0AX2r4DQBw&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA The 500 Most Influential Muslims] on [[Google Books]]
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4c6EtgAACAAJ&dq=The+500+Most+Influential+Muslims+in+the+World&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lBHTUYi-JuuW0QWv8oHADQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ The 500 Most Influential Muslims 2009] on [[Google Books]]
*[http://www.yale.edu/worldfellows/fellows/documents/500MostInfluentialMuslims.pdf The 500 Most Influential Muslims 2009]
*[http://www.yale.edu/worldfellows/fellows/documents/500MostInfluentialMuslims.pdf The 500 Most Influential Muslims 2009]
*[http://www.theislamicmonthly.com/a-defense-of-the-powerful-the-muslim-500/ A Defense of the Powerful: The Muslim 500]. ''The Islamic Monthly''. June 18, 2012
*[http://www.theislamicmonthly.com/a-defense-of-the-powerful-the-muslim-500/ A Defense of the Powerful: The Muslim 500]. ''The Islamic Monthly''. June 18, 2012
*[http://aifdemocracy.org/list-of-most-influential-muslims-illustrates-the-problem-and-presents-opportunities/ List of “Most Influential Muslims” Illustrates the Problem – and Presents Opportunities]. ''[[American Islamic Forum for Democracy]]''. November 30, 2012
*[http://aifdemocracy.org/list-of-most-influential-muslims-illustrates-the-problem-and-presents-opportunities/ List of “Most Influential Muslims” Illustrates the Problem – and Presents Opportunities]. ''[[American Islamic Forum for Democracy]]''. November 30, 2012


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The 500 Most Influential Muslims
OCLC
514462119

The 500 Most Influential Muslims (also known as The Muslim 500) is an annual publication first published in 2009, which ranks the most influential Muslims in the world.

The publication is compiled by the

Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University in the United States.[2]

Overview

The publication highlights people who are influential as Muslims. That is people whose influence is derived from their practice of Islam or from the fact that they are Muslim.[4] Nominations are evaluated on the basis of the influence that particular Muslims have had within the Muslim community and the manner in which their influence has benefited the Muslim community, both within the Islamic world and in terms of representing Islam to non-Muslims.[5] “Influential,” for the purposes of the book, is defined as “any person who has the power (be it cultural, ideological, financial, political or otherwise) to make a change that will have a significant impact on the Muslim World.”[6][7]

The book starts with an overall top 50, ranked the most influential Muslims in the world. The remaining 450 most prominent Muslims is broken down into 15 categories without ranking,[2][6] of scholarly, political, administrative, lineage, preachers and spiritual guides, women, youth, philanthropy/charity, development, science and technology, arts and culture, Qu'ran reciters, media, radicals, international Islamic networks and issues of the day. Each year the biographies are updated.[3]

The publication also gives an insight into the different ways that Muslims impact the world and also shows the diversity of how people are living as Muslims today.[2] The book’s appendices comprehensively list populations of Muslims in nations worldwide, and its introduction gives a snapshot view of different ideological movements within the Muslim world, breaking down clearly distinctions between traditional Islam and recent radical innovations.[8]

Publications

2009 edition

In 2009, the book was edited by Professors John L. Esposito and Ibrahim Kalin at Georgetown University in Washington.[9]

The 500 most influential Muslims were chosen largely in terms of their overt influence.[8] The top 50 is dominated by religious scholars[10] and either heads of state, which automatically gives them an advantage when it comes to influence, or they have inherited their position. Lineage is a significant factor – it has its own category – and the predisposition to include children of important people reveals a mindset that indicates achievement is an optional extra.[4] The top 50 fits into 6 broad categories as follows: 12 are political leaders (kings, generals, presidents), 4 are spiritual leaders (Sufi shaykhs), 14 are national or international religious authorities, 3 are “preachers,” 6 are high-level scholars, 11 are leaders of movements or organizations.[8]

The book has given the first place to King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia. Second place went to Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei, the spiritual leader of Iran. King Mohammed VI of Morocco found third place and King Abdullah II Al-Hussain of Jordan occupied fourth place. Fifth place went to Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[9]

The first solely religious leader is Iraq’s Ayatollah

Khaled Mashaal
listed 34th.

The highest-ranking American (and highest-ranking convert) at 38th place was Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson, founder of the Zaytuna Institute in Berkeley, California. Right after him comes the highest-ranking European, Sheikh Mustafa Cerić, grand mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[11]

In total 72 Americans are among the 500, a disproportionately strong showing.[8] Timothy Winter (Abdal Hakim Murad) was the highest ranked British Muslim, in an unspecified position between 51st and 60th, considerably higher than the three other British people who made the list – the Conservative Party chairman Baroness Sayeeda Warsi; the UK's first Muslim life peer, Lord Nazir Ahmed; and Dr Anas Al Shaikh Ali, director of the International Institute of Islamic Thought.[12]

The women featured had a separate section from the men.

Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned of Qatar (number 38), who is chairwoman of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.[6]

The listing also includes an extensive Arts and Culture Section. The general Arts and Culture Section included the names of singers

Shahrukh Khan; comedian Azhar Usman and martial artist Ma Yue. All the Qāriʾs (Quran reciters) listed in the book are from Saudi Arabia.[9]

Qaboos bin Said al Said, who was sixth) outranks, say, Turkish preacher Fethullah Gülen (placed 13th) or the Aga Khan (Aga Khan IV, who was placed 20th) seems odd to this observer...”[13]

2010 edition

In 2010, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz topped the list as the most influential Muslim in the world for the second consecutive year. Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei maintained second place. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan moved into third place. Jordanian King Abdullah II was placed fourth above Moroccan King Mohammed VI who moved down to fifth place.

2011 edition

In 2011, achievements of a lifetime were given more weight than achievements within the current year. which meant that the lists of names were going to change gradually, rather than dramatically, year-on-year. The Arab Spring had no impact on Saudi King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia’s influence, it had boosted King Mohammed VI of Morocco’s influence, who moved up to second place, and it had no effect on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who came in third place.[2]

Erdoğan was expected by many to receive the top spot in light of the Arab Spring. Erdoğan was credited with Turkey’s “Muslim democracy,” and was seen as the leader of a country that, as the Brookings Institution said, “played the ‘most constructive’ role in the Arab events.”[14]

Emir of Qatar Sheikh

Al Jazeera, given financial support to protesters and political support to Libya, making him arguably the biggest enabler of the Arab Spring.[15]

2012 edition

In 2012, The report was published by S. Abdallah Schleifer, Professor Emeritus & Senior Fellow Kamal Adham Center for Television & Digital Journalism, The American University in Cairo.[7]

There were more Muslims from America than any other country again with 41 spots on the 500 list. Countries with the next highest number of names were Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom, with 25 Muslims each, followed by Indonesia, with 24.[16] It lists the winners according to 13 categories, including spiritual guides, Quran reciters, scholars, politicians, celebrities, sports figures, radicals, and media leaders.[1][17]

For the fourth year running, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz topped the list. He was followed by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at second place.[10] Erdoğan’s advance gave him advantage over Moroccan King Mohammed VI who took the third place. Fourth place went to Dr Mohammed Badie, whose name appeared in the top 10 for the first time. He was followed by Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani who took the fifth place. Sheikh Al-Azhar Dr. Ahmad el-Tayeb and prominent Islamic scholar Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi who is President of Global Association of Muslim Scholars, also made it to the top 10 ranks.[2]

The Clarinet Projected reported that they considered seven of the top ten to be “Islamists.”[18]

Current top ten

Rank Change Name Citizenship Age Image Occupation Source of Influence Influence School of Thought Previous rankings
1 Steady King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia 		(1924-08-01) August 1, 1924 (age 99) King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Political, Administrative, Lineage King with authority over 26 million residents of Saudi Arabia, 2.4 million Hajj pilgrims and approximately 14 million Umrah pilgrims annually. Moderate
Salafi
 1 (2009)
1 (2010) Steady
1 (2011) Steady
2 Increase1 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Turkey
Turkey 		(1954-02-26) February 26, 1954 (age 70) Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Political Leads government of 75.7 million Turkish citizens. Traditional Sunni 5 (2009)
2 (2010) Increase3
3 (2011) Decrease1
3 Decrease1 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
4 Increase4 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 transnational movement in Egypt and across the Middle East, Africa, the United Kingdom, and United States. Sunni, Muslim Brotherhood Unlisted (2009)
12 (2010)
8 (2011) Decrease4
5 Increase1 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
6 Decrease1 Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran
Iran 		(1939-07-17) July 17, 1939 (age 84) File:Ali Khamenei,.jpg Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Political, Administrative Supreme Leader of 75 million Iranians. Traditional
Twelver Shi‘a
, Revolutionary Shi'ism 		2 (2009)
3 (2010) Increase1
5 (2011) Decrease2
7 Decrease3 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 6.4 million Jordanians and outreach to Traditional Islam. Traditional Sunni 4 (2009)
4 (2010) Steady
4 (2011) Steady
8 Decrease1 Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad 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 a majority of Sunni Muslims, runs the foremost and largest Sunni Islamic university with close to 400,000 students. Traditional Sunni 25 (2009)
7 (2010) Increase18
7 (2011) Steady
9 Increase2 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
10 Increase5 Hodjaefendi Fethullah Gülen Turkey
Turkey 		(1941-04-27) April 27, 1941 (age 83) Turkish Muslim preacher and founder of the Gülen movement Scholarly Figure of spiritual and social leadership for millions of Turkish Muslims and others around the world. Traditional Sunni 13 (2009)
13 (2011) Steady
15 (2011) Decrease2

Previous top ten entrants

Rank Change Name Citizenship Age Image Occupation Source of Influence Influence School of Thought Previous rankings
12 Decrease3
His Majesty Qaboos bin Said al Said
 Oman
Oman 		(1940-11-18) November 18, 1940 (age 83) File:Sultan Qaboos cropped.jpg Sultan of Oman Lineage, Political, Development Leader of 2.9 million citizens and residents of Oman. Traditional
Ibadi
 6 (2009)
6 (2010) Steady
9 (2011) Decrease3
13 Increase3 His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hussein Sistani Iraq
Iraq 		(1940-08-04) August 4, 1940 (age 83) File:Ali Sistani.jpg Marja' of the Hawza, Najaf, Iraq Scholarly, Lineage Highest authority for 17-20 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
16 Decrease3 Sheikh Dr 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 with 40 million viewers worldwide. Muslim Brotherhood, Salafi 9 (2009)
14 (2010) Decrease5
13 (2011) Decrease1
14 Decrease2 His Eminence Sheikh Dr 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 80 million Egyptians. Traditional Sunni,
Shafi‘i
 10 (2009)
10 (2010) Steady
12 (2011) Decrease2

See also

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