The Top 50 – 2018

The Top 50 - 2018 Edition

  1. HE Professor Dr Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad Al-Tayyeb (Egypt)
    • Grand Sheikh of the Al-Azhar University, Grand Imam of Al Azhar Mosque
  2. HM King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud (Saudi Arabia)
    • King of Saudi Arabia, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
  3. HM King Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein (Jordan)
    • King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Custodian of the Holy Sites of Jerusalem
  4. HE Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei (Iran)
    • Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  5. HE Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Turkey)
    • President of the Republic of Turkey
  6. HM King Mohammed VI (Morocco)
    • King of Morocco, His Majesty Amir al-Mu’minin
  7. HE Justice Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani (Pakistan)
    • Leading Scholar of Islamic Jurisprudence
  8. HE Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hussein Sistani (Iraq)
    • Marja of the Hawza, Najaf, Iraq
  9. HE Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah (Mauritania)
    • President of the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies
  10. Habib Umar bin Hafiz (Yemen)
    • Director of Dar Al Mustafa, Tarim, Yemen
  11. Sheikh Salman Al-Ouda (Saudi Arabia)
    • Saudi Scholar and Educator
  12. HM Sultan Qaboos bin Sa’id Aal Sa’id (Oman)
    • Sultan of Oman
  13. Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud (Saudi Arabia)
    • Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
  14. Amir Hajji Muhammad Abd Al Wahhab (Pakistan)
    • Amir of Tablighi Jamaat, Pakistan
  15. HH General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (United Arab Emirates)
    • Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces
  16. HE President Joko Widodo (Indonesia)
    • President of Indonesia
  17. HE Sheikh Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Aal Al-Sheikh (Saudi Arabia)
    • Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  18. Sheikh Ahmad Tijani bin Ali Cisse (Senegal)
    • Leader of the Tijaniyya Sufi Order
  19. HE President Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria)
    • President of Nigeria
  20. HE Sheikh Dr Ali Gomaa (Egypt)
    • Former Grand Mufti of the Arab Republic of Egypt
  21. HH Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad (Qatar)
    • Emir of Qatar
  22. Dr KH Said Aqil Siradj (Indonesia)
    • Chairman of Indonesia’s Nahdlatul Ulama
  23. Amirul Mu’minin Sultan Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar III (Nigeria)
    • Sultan of Sokoto
  24. Mufti Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan Qaadiri Al-Azhari (India)
    • Barelwi Leader and Spiritual Guide
  25. Seyyed Hasan Nasrallah (Lebanon)
    • Secretary General of Hezbollah
  26. HE. President Mahmoud Abbas (Palestinian Territories)
    • President of the Palestinian National Authority.
  27. Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson (United States of America)
    • Teacher and Co-founder of Zaytuna College, USA
  28. Habib ‘Ali Zain Al Abideen Al-Jifri (United Arab Emirates)
    • Director General of the Tabah Foundation, UAE
  29. HE Sheikha Munira Qubeysi (Syria)
    • Leader of the Qubeysi Movement
  30. Rached Ghannouchi (Tunisia)
    • Tunisian Politician
  31. HE President Abdel Fattah Saeed Al-Sisi (Egypt)
    • President
  32. Moez Masoud (Egypt)
    • Preacher and Televangelist
  33. Sheikh Dr Yusuf Al Qaradawi (Qatar)
    • Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars
  34. HM Queen Rania Al-Abdullah (Jordan)
    • Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  35. Dr Amr Khaled (Egypt)
    • Preacher and Social Activist
  36. Maulana Mahmood Madani (India)
    • Leader and Executive Member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, India
  37. Mustafa Hosny (Egypt)
    • Preacher
  38. HH. Amir Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (United Arab Emirates)
    • Prime Minister of UAE
  39. Sheikh Usama al-Sayyid Al-Azhari (Egypt)
    • Scholar
  40. HRH Shah Karim Al-Hussayni (France)
    • The Aga Khan IV, 49th Imam of Ismaili Muslims
  41. Habib Luthfi bin Yahya (Indonesia)
    • Preacher
  42. Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi (Yemen)
    • Leader of the Houthi Movement
  43. Sheikh Mahmud Effendi (Turkey)
    • Turkish Scholar and Preacher
  44. Maulana Tariq Jameel (Pakistan)
    • Scholar
  45. Halimah Yacob (Singapore)
    • President of Singapore
  46. HE Masoud Barzani (Iraq)
    • President of Iraqi Kurdistan
  47. Sheikh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi (Syria)
    • Scholar
  48. HE Sadiq Khan (United Kingdom)
    • Mayor of London
  49. Professor Dr Seyyed Hossein Nasr (United States of America)
    • Philosopher & University Professor
  50. Dr Aref Ali Nayed (Libya)
    • Scholar