Administration of Religious Affairs – 2018 Edition Abakar, Sheikh Hussain Hassan Abdulkorizada, HE Saidmukarram Abubakar III, HRE Amirul Mu’minin Sheikh As-Sultan Muhammadu Sa’adu Adam, HE Zakaryya Ahmad, Abdrahman Olanrewaju Ahmad, Sheikh Aboobackar Ahsan, Dr Manazir Ajibola, HE Prince Bola Al-Bukhari, Sayyid Ibrahimul Khaleel Al-Hussayni, HH Shah Karim Al-Othaimeen, Dr Yousuf Ahmad (NEW) Al-Tawfiq, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, HE Professor Dr Sheikh Ahmad … Read More
The Top 50 – 2018
The Top 50 – 2018 Edition HE Professor Dr Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad Al-Tayyeb (Egypt) Grand Sheikh of the Al-Azhar University, Grand Imam of Al Azhar Mosque HM King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud (Saudi Arabia) King of Saudi Arabia, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques HM King Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein (Jordan) King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Custodian … Read More
2012 – Forward
Welcome to the fourth annual issue of The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims. There are 1.65 billion Muslims in the world today, making up approximately 23% of the world’s population, or one-fifth of mankind. As well as being citizens of their respective countries, they also have a sense of belonging to the ‘ummah’, the worldwide Muslim community. … Read More
2012 – Issues of the Day
1. Interfaith While most media coverage of interfaith deals with interfaith conflicts there have been significant progress in interfaith dialogue. Amongst the more prominent projects are the following: A Common Word (ACW) The ACW interfaith initiative celebrated its 5 year anniversary on October 13, 2012. Starting as an open letter from a group of 138 Muslim scholars and clerics addressed … Read More
The 2012 Edition is Now Available!
In just over 3 years The Muslim 500 has become the world’s premiere source for a listing of the World’s most influential Muslims. And with each edition the annual publication increases its scope and depth. This 4th edition is no different with a number of exciting changes.In 2009, we launched the first edition of the 500 Most Influential Muslims. With … Read More


