All Pakistanis who made it to the list of world’s 500 most influential Muslims
Jordan’s Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center (RISSC) released the list of World’s 500 most influential Muslim personalities.
The list includes Pakistani politicians, religious personalities and social activists.
TOP 50
- HM King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
- HE Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- HH Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar
- HE President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkiye
- HM King Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Custodian of the Holy Sites in Jerusalem
- HE Justice Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Scholar and Deobandi Leader
- HM King Mohammed VI, King of Morocco
- HH President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Al-Nahyan United Arab Emirates
- HE Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hussein, Al-Sistani Marja of the Hawza, Najaf, Iraq
- HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
As the list goes down, the 32nd spot is reserved for scholar and preacher Maulana Tariq Jameel while Maulana Nazur ur-Rehman, Amir of Tablighi Jamaat, retained the 42nd spot.
Sheikh Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri, Founder of Dawat-e-Islami Movement, is last in this list of top 50.
RISSC also ranked influential figures under separate domains.
RULERS & POLITICIANS
- HM King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud
- HE Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei
- HH Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani
- HE President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- HM King Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein
- HM King Mohammed VI
- HH President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan
- HRH Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud
- HE President Joko Widodo
- HE President Muhammadu Buhari
- Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah
- HH Shah Karim Al-Hussayni
- Sheikh Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi
- HE President Halimah Yacob
- HE Rached Ghannouchi
- HE President Samia Suluhu Hassan
- HE President Abdel Fattah Saeed Al-Sisi
- HE Sheikh Muqtada Sadr
- HE Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada
- HE President Mahmoud Abbas
- HE Ismail Haniyah
- HE Anwar Ibrahim
- HE Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
- Imran Khan
- Sadiq Khan
SCHOLARS AND PREACHERS
- HE Justice Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani
- HE Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hussein Al-Sistani
- Sheikh Al-Habib Umar bin Hafiz
- Sheikh Salman Al-Ouda
- HE Professor Dr Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad Al-Tayyeb
- Maulana Mahmood Madani
- HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah
- HRE Amirul Mu’minin Sheikh As-Sultan Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar III
- Sheikh Yahya Cholil Staquf
- HE Sheikh Dr Ali Gomaa
- Sheikh Habib ’Ali Zain Al Abideen Al-Jifri
- Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson
- Sheikh Ahmad Tijani bin Ali Cisse
- HE Sheikha Munira Qubeysi
- Sheikh Mustafa Hosny
- HE Sheikh Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Aal Al-Sheikh
- Sheikh Usama Al-Sayyid Al-Azhari
- Habib Luthfi bin Yahya
- Maulana Tariq Jameel
- Sheikh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi
- Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr
- Maulana Nazur ur-Rehman
- Sheikh Moez Masoud
- Professor Timothy Winter (Sheikh Abdal Hakim Murad)
- HE Sheikh Ibrahim Salih Al-Hussaini
- Dr Amr Khalid
- Dr Aref Ali Nayed
- Sheikh Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri
- HE Grand Ayatollah Abdullah Jawadi Amoli
- HE Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ishaq Fayadh
- Professor M Din Syamsuddin
- Dr Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas
- Professor Akbar Ahmed
- Dr Ingrid Mattson
- Aminu Ado Bayero
- Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani
- Sheikh Nuh Keller
- Dr Muhammad Al-Arifi
- Dr Zakir Abdul Karim Naik
- Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
SOCIAL ISSUES, SCIENCE, ARTS & CULTURE, AND SPORTS
- HE Sheikh Uthman Taha
- Mohammed Salah
- Mohamed Bechari
- Ahed Tamimi
- Loujain al-Hathloul
- Malala Yousufzai
- Dr. Ugur Sahin
- Sami Yusuf
- Saadio Mane
- 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
