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all classical Islamic schools of thought. In some his companions or a later authority (tabi’i). Thecontexts, it can mean segregation, as in between reliability of the isnad is the main criteria in thegenders. validity of Hadith. Modern practices of scientificHijaz: The region along the west coast of the citation and historical method owe a great deal toArabian Peninsula that separates Najd in the east the rigour of the isnad tradition of early Muslims.from Tihamah in the west. Jihad: Literally, “struggle”. An exertion of effortIbadi: The Ibadi school has origins in and is in any field, not just in war, in order to achievelinked to the Kharijites, but the modern day com- good or prevent evil, done so for the sake of God’smunity is distinct from the 7th century Islamic pleasure. The highest level of jihad is to overcomesect. It was founded after the death of the Prophet one’s ego and lower self. It is considered a religiousMuhammad and is currently practiced by a major- duty upon every Muslim.ity of Oman’s Muslim population. It is also found Kaaba: The large cubic structure in the Grandacross parts of Africa. Mosque in Mecca, adorned in gold-embroideredIhsan: Virtue through constant regard to, and black fabric, referred to by Muslims as the “Houseawareness of, God. of God”. This structure marks the direction inIjaza: Certification given to a student for acquir- which Muslims pray and is central to the Hajjing knowledge of a particular discipline under the pilgrimage.authorization of a higher authority usually by face- Khat: Script. Refers to Arabic calligraphy, whichto-face interactions, thereby enabling the student is the artistic practice of handwriting Arabicto transmit the knowledge the teacher has. This phrases, often in the form of verses of the Qur’anis performed under the supervision of a certified or Islamic prayers.sheikh whose chain of narrations often leads to the Khateeb: Refers to the person who delivers theProphet (peace be upon him). Islamic sermon (khutbah) during certain occa-Ijtihad: Independent reasoning, or individual sions such as the Friday or Eid prayers. He is usual-interpretation of the Qur’an and Sunnah. ly the imam or leader of the prayer.Imam: (1) In both Sunni and Shia Islam an imam Khalifa: See “caliph”.is the leader of congregational prayers who may Khanqah: A building designed specifically foralso deliver the sermon of the Friday ( Jumu’ah) gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and isprayers; more generally, a person of authority a place for spiritual retreat and character reforma-within the community. (2) In Shia Islam this tion. It is also synonymous with the regional termsexclusively refers to a series of people, descended ribat, tekke, and zawiya.from the Prophet Muhammad, who by lineage are Khawarij: A group of Muslims in early Islamicconsidered divinely guided spiritual leaders. history who went against the larger communityImamate: The position or institution, in Shia and became outsiders. A term used to describeIslam, that is comprised of a series of divinely political deviants.guided imams. Khums: Literally, “one-fifth” in Arabic; a religiousIman: Faith in God. tax of one-fifth of one’s income owed by followersIslam: Submission to God’s will. of Usuli Twelver Shia to a very senior cleric and poor Muslims.Isnad: The chain of narrators of the Hadith; it is Madhab: A traditional school of Islamic legalthe list of authorities who have transmitted the methodology (e.g. Hanbali, Maliki, Shafi’i,sayings, actions or approbations of the Prophet Hanafi, Ja’fari).Muhammad (peace be upon him) via one of 245

Madrasa: The Arabic word for “school”. Can refer to the Orthodox Sunni view that it is eternal andto a religious school. uncreated.Majlis al-Shura: Consultative religio-legislative Nasheed: Islamic song. Islamic vocal music,body. sung individually or by a group and sometimesMarja’/Marja’iyya: The highest position of accompanied by the daf, a shallow drum similarauthority in the Usuli school of Twelver Shia fiqh to the tambourine. The words sung may refer towhose authority lies after the Qur’an, prophets, religion, history, current issues, or anything relatedand imams. Also referred to as marja’ taqlid to Islam.(literally “one who is worthy of being imitated”), Pancasila: Indonesian concept of five basic,they have the authority to make legal decisions national principles: belief in the Oneness of God,within the confines of Islamic law for laymen and just and civilized humanity, the unity of Indone-less-qualified clerics. sia, democracy, and social justice.Masjid: Arabic for “mosque”. PBUH: An acronym for “Peace be upon him”.Maturidi: Theological school of Sunni Ortho- Pesantren: The term for Islamic schools in Indo-doxy named after the followers of the 9th century nesia.scholar Muhammad Abu Mansur al-Maturidi Qibla: The direction in which Muslims offer their(853-944 CE). five daily prayers; the direction of the Kaaba inMelayu Islam Beraja: The concept of Malay Mecca.Islamic monarchy. Ramadan: Holy month of fasting, ninth monthMorchidat: Literally, “(female) guides”. Refers to of the Islamic lunar calendar.the Moroccan cadre of trained female preachers. Salafi: A movement of Sunni Muslims that placesMufti: A Muslim legal expert who is empowered great emphasis on literal interpretation of theto give rulings on religious matters. Qur’an and Hadith, with skepticism towards theMujahid: Someone engaged in acts of jihad. role of human intellect.Muqri: Someone qualified to teach others proper Salawat: Prayers of peace upon the Prophetrecitation of the Qur’an. which have many distinct formulas, often con-Murid: Disciple of a Sufi guide or order. sisting of the basic Allahumma salli ala sayyidinaMursyidul Am: Malaysian term for religious Muhammad wa ala ahlihi wa sallim (O God sendguide. your prayers and blessings upon Muhammad andMushaf: A printing of the Qur’an, referring to the his family).physical bound volume of the Holy Book. Shahadatayn: The two testimonies of faith: “There is no deity but God. Muhammad is the Messenger of God.” Stating these two sentences is sufficient to become a Muslim.Mutabarrik: Supporter or affiliate of a Sufi guide Sharia: Literally, “the way to the source”, thisor order, someone less serious in treading the refers to Islamic law. Islamic law is not, as is widelyspiritual path than a murid. perceived, a standard set of written rules, but isMu’tazili: An almost obsolete school of Sunni rather an unwritten text that is interpreted byIslam, popular in the 8th century, that advocates legal scholars in specific instances, drawing onthe belief that the Qur’an is created—as opposed the Qur’an and other reliable religious sources relevant to the tradition followed.246

Sheikh: (1) A position of authority granted to Waqf: A religious endowment or charitable trust.people who are respected in society. (2) A reli- Zakat: Mandatory distribution of excess wealthgious or tribal official. to the poor, and one of the five pillars of Islam.Shia: The second largest denomination of Mus- It typically consists of distributing 2.5% (onelims referred to as Shi‘atu ‘Ali or “party of Ali”, fortieth) of one’s excess wealth every year, as wellthe fourth caliph of Islam and first imam in Shia as mandatory charity during Eid al-Fitr, followingIslam. Ramadan.Sunnah: Literally “the trodden path”, this Zawiya: See khanqah, above.refers to the ways and practices of the ProphetMuhammad. Reference to these practices can befound in the Qur’an and in the Hadith.Sunni: The largest denomination of Muslimsreferred to as Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama‘ah or “ThePeople of the Prophetic Tradition and Commu-nity”—with emphasis on emulating the life of theProphet Muhammad.Tafsir: Interpretation of the Qur’an, either bycommentary or exegesis.Taqlid: The practice of following rulings withoutquestioning the religious authority. This is a coretenet of the Shia Usuli school of Islamic law.Tariqa: any particular brotherhood of Sufism(spiritual travel) that leads to a path to the Divine.It consists of a group of seekers following theirguide (spiritual leader), and through spiritualdeeds and guidance one reaches the ultimate truthof knowing God.Ummah: The collective Muslim community.Umrah: The “lesser pilgrimage” to Mecca. It canbe performed any time of the year and has fewerrites than the hajj.Usul ad Din: The basic foundations of the Islamicreligion, represent creed, behaviour, and intellec-tual conduct and all are based on the rudiments ofthe Islamic faith.Velayat-e-Faqih: A position of both spiritual andtemporal powers in the Republic of Iran. Literally,“Guardianship of the Jurist”, referring to the factthat while the Mahdi (awaited one) is in occulta-tion, the jurists should have guardianship over theearth. 247

“There is no compulsion in religion. Rectitude has become clear from error; so whoever disbelieves in the false deity, and believes in God, has laid hold of the most firm handle, unbreaking; God is Hearing, Knowing.” The Cow, 256 Calligraphy by Jawahir Al-Qur’an © FreeIslamicCalligraphy.com

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The Muslim 500 by Name A Ahsan, Dr Manazir 126 As-Sufi, Sheikh Abd al-Qadir Aisha bint Faleh bin Nasser Al- 132 Aal Al-Sheikh, HE Sheikh Abdul Aziz ibn Abdullah 58 Thani, HE Sheikha 139 Al-Aswany, Alaa 158 Al-Ajmi, Sheikh Ahmad Ali Al-Attas, Dr Syed Muhammad Abakar, Sheikh Hussain Hassan 122 165 Naquib 105 Akhundzada, Mullah Atta-Ur Rahman, Prof 155 Abbas, HE President Al-Awadhi, HE Najla 167 Mahmoud 76 Haibatullah 115 Awad, Nihad 147 Al-Akiti, Dato Dr Muhammad Awan, Ameer Muhammad Abdelkafy, Sheikh Dr Omar 128 Afifi 105 Akram 131 Alabbar, Mohamed Ben Ali Awang, Abdul Hadi 130 Abdi, Dr Hawa 141 Al-Ayyat, HE Muhammad Abdoulaziz, Sheikh Sarba 140 151 Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, Alattas, Syed Hassan bin Morsi Isa 111 Azami, Muhammad Mustafa Sultan 176 Muhammad bin Salim 131 Abdulkorizada, HE Alawiyah, Professor Dr Tutty 104 Al-Azhari, Mufti Muhammad Saidmukarram 125 177 Abdullah, Dr Umar Faruq 108 Alchaar, Dr Mohammed Nedal Akhtar Raza Khan Qadiri Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein, 72 151 Al-Azhari, Sheikh Usama Al- HM King 30 Alemov, HE Usman 125 Sayyid 82 Abdul-Wahhab, Hajji Ali bin Al-Hussein, HRH Aziz, Asif 153 Azmi, H. Hazrat Allama Mohammed 52 Prince 170 Maulana Qamaruzzaman Abdurrahman, Prof Dr Taha Ali, Dr Abdullah bin Hamid 129 Azmi, Shabana 160 100 181 Abed, Sir Fazle Hasan 143 Ali, Imam Afroz 146 B Aboubakary, Maiga 140 Ali, Imam Yacoob 127 Aboutaleb, Ahmed 118 Ali, Sheikh Hasan 145 Babikir, Sheikh Ahmed 132 Abu Elaish, Dr Izzeldin 138 Aliyev, HE President Ilham Badie, Dr Mohammed 121 Abu-Ghazaleh, Talal 149 Badreya, Sayed 158 Abul Magd, HE Prof Dr 115 Al-Baghdadi, Abbas Shakir Allam, Shawki Ibrahim Abdel- Kamal 138 Al-Fattal 158 Abu Rashta, Ata 112 Karim 121 Al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr 172 Abu Sarah, Aziz 138 Altwaijiri, HE Dr Abdulaziz Bagir, Haidar 137 AbuSulayman, Muna 135 Al-Bahar, Shaikha 149 Abu Sway, Prof Mustafa 101 Othman 122 Bakar, Dr Osman 105, 199 Adam, HE Zakaryya 123 Amla, Hashim 170 Al-Banna, Dr Hany 137 Adan, Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji 114 Amoli, HE Grand Ayatollah Barakat, Maha 140 Aden, Halima 163 Barzani, HE Masoud 86 van Ael, Sheikh Sulayman 145 Abdullah Jawadi 90 Bashir, Abu Bakar 173 Al-Afasy, Sheikh Mishary bin Al-Amoudi, Sheikh Al-Bashir, HE President Omar Rashid 165 Mohammed Hussein Ali 113 Ahmad, Abdrahman 150 Bauchi, Sheikh Tahir Usman Ansari, Anousheh 149 Olanrewaju 122 Al-Ansari, Buthaina 150 129 Ahmad, Sheikh Aboobackar Ansari, Zaynab 210 Bayyah, HE Sheikh Abdullah Anwar, Zainah 144 123 Al-Arifi, Dr Muhammad 93, Bin 42 Ahmadzai, HE Ashraf Ghani 128 Bechari, Mohamed 93 Ashafa, Imam Muhammad Begg, Moazzam 145 115 141 Ahmed, Dr Ibrahim Datti 103 Al-Assad, HE President Bashar Ahmed, Professor Akbar 91 114 Ahmed, Riz 162 Assaf, Mohammed 170250 Assaf, Roger 159

Belkaid, Sheikh Abdellatif 128 Damad, HE Ayatollah Dr Fayadh, HE Grand AyatollahBencheikh, Sheikh Sohaib 106 Seyyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Mohammad Ishaq 90Bensouda, Fatou 141 99Berdimuhamedow, HE Fazlur Rahman, Maulana 116 Dangote, Alhaji Aliko 152 Feisal Ibn Al-Hussein, HRH President Gurbanguly Daouk, Amine M. 135 Mälikgulyýewiç 118 Davutoğlu, Ahmet 119 Prince 138Bhikha, Zain 159 Dayib, Faduma 115 Friedlander, Shems 163Bin Hashim, Tan Sri Deby Itno, HE President Idriss Muhammad Ali 152 GBin Laden, Bakr 150 114Bisri, Kyai Haji Achmad Dennis, Kareem (“Lowkey”) Garcia, Prof Muhammad Isa Mustofa 104 109Blenkinsop, Maggie 222 162Bola Ajibola, HE Prince 122 Desai, Mufti Ebrahim 103 Gaynutdin, Mufti Sheikh RavilBouhia, Hynd 150 Djait, Hisham 102 107Al-Boutchichi, Sidi Hamza Al- Dokori, Dr Abu Bakr 102 Qadiri 177 Al-Ghamdi, Sheikh Saad ibnBouteflika, HE President E Said 165 Abdelaziz 111Buhari, HE President Ebadi, Shirin 138 Ghani, Dr Anwar 126 Muhammadu 62 Ebtekar, HE Dr Masoumeh Ghannouchi, HE Rached 78Bukhari, Khanum Tayyaba Ghazi, Drs Abidullah and 131 111Al-Bukhari, Sayyid Ibrahimul Edhi, Bilquis 137 Tasneema 126 Khaleel 123 Effendi, Sheikh Mahmud 84 Ghilan, Mohamed 156Al-Bukhary, Syed Mokhtar El-Baz, Farouk 154 Al-Ghunaim, Maha 149 137 El-Erian, Mohamed 153 Gomaa, HE Sheikh Dr Ali 64 El Fadl, Professor Khaled Abou Guangyuan, Imam Chen Chen C 108 123Carson, Andre 119 Elgamal, Taher 156 Guiderdoni, Dr Bruno Abd alÇelebi, Master Hasan 162 Elgawhary, Tarek 7Ceric, Sheikh Dr Mustafa 106 El-Imam, Sheikh Fehmi 176 Haqq 156Chabulika, Sheikh Dinala 141 Ellison, Representative Keith Gülen, Fethullah 131Cheba, Sheikh Muhamad Al-Gurg, Raja 151 120 Gurib-Fakim, Ameenah 114 Aboulai 122 Elmi, Asha Haji 143 Gymnastiar, Abdullah Aa GymCherif, HE Ambassador Prof El Mouhandiz, Rajae 162, 203 El-Naggar, Zaghloul 154 130 Dr Mustafa 99 El-Sharif, Farah 218, 220Chowdhury, Sheikh Tawfique El-Wakil, Abdel-Wahed 158 H Emara, Mohamed 99 146 Erdogan, HE President Recep Hadzhi, HE Mustafa AlishCisse, Sheikh Ahmad Tijani 125 Tayyip 34 Ali 60 Esack, Farid 103 Hafiz, Sheikh Al-Habib UmarCrane, Dr Robert Dickson Al-Esa, Majed 159 bin 44 126, 198 F Haftar, Khalifa 113 Al-Hajj, Sheikh Murabit 102 D Faizal, Mohamed 137 Hakim, HE Grand Ayatollah Al-Faqih, Judge Kholoud 139Dabashi, Prof Hamid 99 Farah, Mohamed 95 Mohammed Said 100Dahlan, Prof Dr Winai 156 Al-Fares, Ola 166 Hallar, Muhammad Yusuf 127Dajani, Prof Rana 154 Farooq, Dr Mohammad Umar Hamidun, Hafiz 161 Hamid, Zaid 168 115 Haniyah, Ismail 92 Al-Fawzan, Sheikh Salih Bin Hanson, Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Fawzan 101 76 Haqqani, Sheikh Mehmet Adil 131 Hasan, Mehdi 146 Hashmi, Dr Farhat 106 251

Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin J Khamenei, HE Grand Waddahulah, HM Sultan of Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali 32 Brunei Darussalam Hajj 152 Jaber, Dr Ali 166 Al-Jaber, Fatima 151 Khan, Aamir 160 Al-Hassani, Dr Salim 156 Jackson, Sherman 109 Khan, Dr Abdul Qadeer 155 Hassoun, HE Sheikh Dr Jafari, Major General Khanfar, Wadah 167 Khan, HE Sadiq 87 Ahmad Badr Al-Din 102 Mohammad Ali 111 Khan, Imran 116 Haya Al-Hussein, HRH Jah, HE Ambassador Prof Dr Khan, Maulana Saleemullah Princess 136 Omar 102 176 Heck, Paul L. 189 Jahjaga, Atifete 118 Khan, Mehmood 157 Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin 115 Jameel, Maulana Tariq 85 Khan, Nouman Ali 133 Helal, Lobna 149 Jehangir, Asma 144 Khan, Salman 94 Hellyer, Dr Hisham 107, 213 Al-Jifri, Sheikh Habib Ali Zain Khan, Wahiduddin 104 Hendricks, Sheikh Seraj 103 Khasawneh, HE Sheikh Abdul Henry, Aisha Gray 163 Al-Abideen 77 Henzell-Thomas, Dr Jeremy Joya, Malalai 143 Karim 100 Al-Julani, Abu Muhammad Khatami, HE Sayyid 146 Hoffman, HE Ambassador Dr 172 Mohammad 111 Khera, Farhana 120 Murad 107 K Al-Khoei, Sayyed Jawad 135 Hosein, Sheikh Imran 133 Köhler, Ayyub Axel 125 Hosny, Sheikh Mustafa 81 Al-Kaabi, Noura 167 Kubaisi, Sheikh Dr Ahmed Hossain, Dr Hameeda 143 Kabbani, Sheikh Muhammad Hosseini, Khaled 160 128 Al-Houthi, Sheikh Abdul- Hisham 133 Kutty, Faisal 147, 192 Kadeer, Rebiya 115 Malik 84 Kadyrov, HE President L Howeidy, Dr Fahmy 166 Al-Hroub, Hanan 139 Ramzan 119 Lalami, Laila 159 Huda, Qamar-ul 108 Kalin, Dr Ibrahim 107 Latiff, Rashid 159 Husic, Ed 119 Kamali, Prof Mohammad Lootah, Haj Saeed 152 Hussain, Nadiya 171 Al-Hussayni, HH Shah Karim Hashim 106 M Kane, Zeinaba 141 83 Karaman, Prof Dr Hayrettin Maarif, Syafii 104 Hussein Al-Abdullah, HRH Madani, Arsad 129 107 Al-Madani, HE Dr Ahmad Crown Prince 113 Karic, Dr Enes 106 Hussein, HE Muhammad Karman, Tawakul 140 Mohamed Ali 135 Kassar, Adnan 150 Madani, Maulana Mahmood Ahmad 121 Katsina, Sheikh Yakubu Musa 81 I 129 Al-Madkhali, Sheikh Rabee Kavazovic, Husein 125 Ibrahim, Azeem 206 Keita, Salif 159 Ibn Haadi ‘Umayr 101 Ibrahim, Dato Mashitah 130 Keller, Sheikh Nuh 128 Maghraoui, Sheikh Mokhtar Ibrahim, Dr Mohamed “Mo” Al-Khairi, Sheikh Abdul-Nacer 109 151 128 Al-Mahdi, HE Imam Sayyed Al Ibrahim, HE Anwar 93 Khaled, Dr Amr 80 Al-Ibrahim, Waleed bin Khaled, Khaled Mohamed Sadiq 114 Mahmutćehajić, HE Prof Dr Ibrahim 167 (“DJ Khaled”) 171 Idris, HE Hajji Omar 102 Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Rusmir 145 İmamoğlu, Ataç 156 Majidi, Majid 158 Indrawati, Sri Mulyani 152 HH Sheikh 114 Majid, Imam Mohammed 147 Iqbal, Salman 168 Khalifa, Sheikh Mohammed Malik, Zayn 171 Islam, Yusuf 162 Mamdani, Mahmood 103 Ismail, Al-Hajj Siddiq 161 122 Mangera, Mufti Abdur- Ismail, Jezima 145 Al-Khalili, HE Sheikh Ahmad252 Rahman ibn Yusuf 146 100

Mansour, Ahmed 166 Muhammad bin Salman Al- Nomani, Mufti Abul QasimAl-Mansour, HE Mohammad Saud, HRH Crown Prince 93 50 bin Mohammad 176 Noor Deen, Haji 160Al-Maqdisi, Abu Muhammad Muhammad, Mustafa 126 Nurhaliza, Dato’ Siti 161 Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar Nusseibeh, Prof Sari 101 172Marsoof, Justice Saleem 145 III, HRE Amirul Mu’minin OMashal, Khaled 92 Sheikh As-Sultan 70Masoud, Sheikh Moez 79 Mujahid, Abdul Malik 147 Obaid-Chinoy, Sharmeen 161Matta, Anis 116 Mumpuni, Tri 155 Obaid, Thoraya Ahmed 140Mattar, Dr Maryam 140 Murad, Sheikh Abdal Olayan, Lubna 151Mattson, Dr Ingrid 91 Hakim—see Winter, Oloyede, Prof IshaqAl-Mayassa bint Hamad Al- Professor Timothy Al-Mutawa, Dr Naif 166 Olanrewaju 122 Thani, HE Sheikha 159 Al-Mutawa, Jassem 166 Omaar, Rageh 168Mbacke, Serigne Sidi Al Omar, Ilhan 120 N Omer, Mohammed 167 Moukhtar 129 Al-Othaimeen, Dr YousefMenk, Mufti Ismail Musa 123 Al-Nabulsi, Dr MohammedMerali, Naushad 152 Ratib 101 Ahmad 121Mi Guang Jiang—see Noor Al-Ouda, Sheikh Salman 46 Nadia, Asma 161 Owaisi, MP Janab Asaduddin Deen, Haji Nadvi, Rabey Hasani 104Mindaoudou, HE Dodo Nadwi, Bahauddeen 123 Özil, Mesut 171 Aichatou 141 Muhammed JamaluddeenMisuari, Nur 118 104 PModghari, HE Dr Abd Al- Nadwi, Sheikh Dr Mohammad Akram 108 Pallavicini, Imam Yahya Sergio Kabir 121 Nahdi, Fuad 146 Yahe 125Mogahed, Dalia 147 Naik, Dr Zakir Abdul KarimMohamad, Dr Mahathir 116 93 Pallavicini, Sheikh Abd al-Mohamad, Goenawan 168 Al-Najafi, HE Grand Ayatollah Wahid 131Mohammed Al-Faisal Al-Saud, Bashir 100 Najafi, HE Grand Ayatollah Pamuk, Orhan 162 HRH Prince 177 Muhammad Hussain 106 Parveen, Abida 161Mohammed bin Rashid Al- Nakshawani, Ammar 132 Pashazade, Sheikh ul-Islam Al-Namankany, Abeer 154 Maktoum, HH Sheikh 82 Naqvi, Ayatollah Sayed Sajid Haji Allahshukur HummatMohammed bin Zayed Ali 124 104 Nasibullahoglu, Mufti Cafer Philips, Dr Abu Ameenah Bilal Al-Nahyan, HH General 126 132 Al-Sheikh 54 Nasir, Dr KH. Haedar 124 Pirzada, Sheikh MuhammadMohammed II, W. Deen 126 Nasrallah, Seyyed Hasan 74 Imdad Hussain 108Mohammed VI, HM King 36 Nasr, Professor Dr Seyyed Pogba, Paul 170Mohseni, Saad 167 Hossein 87 Prenji, Azim 136Mohyeldin, Ayman 168 Nayed, HE Dr Aref 88Moosa, Ebrahim 103 Nazeri, Shahram 158 QMorton, Shafiq 194 N’dour, Youssou 159Mosteghanemi, Ahlam 158 Nenshi, Naheed 119 Qabbani, HE Dr MohammadMotala, Hadhrat Sheikhul Niasse, Sheikha Mariama 141 Rashid 100 Hadith Maulana Yusuf 108 Al-Ninowy, Sheikh DrMozah Bint Nasser Al- Muhammad bin Yahya al- Qaboos bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id, HM Missned, Her Highness Husayni 132 Sultan 48 Sheikha 135 Nkunduwiga, Haruna 140MrGlani, Sheikh Dr Mahmoud Qadhi, Dr Yasir 147 130 Qadiri, Sheikh MuhammadAl-Mueaqly, Sheikh Maher bin Hamad 165 Ilyas Attar 94Mufthi, MIM Rizvi 124 Qadri, Muhammad Owais Raza 161 253

Al-Qadri, Sheikh Dr Tahir Sabri, HE Sheikh Dr Ekrima Siddiqui, Khwaja Pir 106 Sa’id 121 Muhammad Alauddin 177 Al-Qaradaghi, Prof Ali Mohyi Sabur, M Abdus 145 Siddiqui, Mohammadi 144 Al-Din 100 Al-Sadr, HE Ayatollah Al- Sindi, Hayat 154 Siradj, Dr KH Said Aqil 68 Al-Qaradawi, Sheikh Dr Yusuf Faqih Seyyed Hussein Ismail Al-Sisi, HE President Abdel 79 100 Al-Sadr, Rabab 135 Fattah 78 Al-Qarni, Dr Aaidh 128 Al-Sadr, Sheikh Muqtada 112 Sistani, HE Grand Ayatollah Al-Qarni, Dr Awad 128 Saeed, Mohamed Shaheem Qasimov, Alim 160 Ali 124 Sayyid Ali Hussein 40 Qasmi, Maulana Badruddin Al-Saffar, Hasan Musa 101 Slimi, Sheikh Hamid 132 Said, Sheikh Faid Mohammed Sobhani, HE Ayatollah Jafar Ajmal 137 102 Al-Qassimi, Sheikha Lubna Saifuddin, Syedna Mufaddal 100 130 Sooliman, Dr Imtiaz Ismail 151 Saif, Umar 155 Al-Qassimi, Sheikh Dr Sultan Salah, Sheikh Raed 112 136 Salehi, Dr Ali Akbar 154 Al-Soufi, Nawal 138 bin Mohammed 136 Salih, HE Sheikh Ibrahim 90 Subianto, Lt Gen Prabowo Qubeysi, HE Sheikha Munira Salim, Ahmed 168 Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al- 116 77 Saud, HM King 28 Al-Sudais, Sheikh Abdul- Sancar, Aziz 156 R Sanusi, Alhaji Dr Sanusi Rahman 94 Lamido 122 Sukarnoputri, Megawati 116 Rabbani, Sheikh Faraz 132 Sarsour, Linda 148 Suquillo, Juan 127 Rahman, Allah Rakha (AR) Sayeedi, Delwar Hossain 123 Suwaidan, Sheikh Dr Tareq Schleifer, Professor S Abdallah 160 5 166 Rahmon, HE President Shafik, Nemat 153 Syamsuddin, Professor Dr M Shah, Ryhaan 163 Emomali 118 Shakil-ur-Rahman, Mir 168 Din 91 Al-Rajhi, Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Shakir, Imam Zaid 133 Sy, Omar 161 Al-Shareef, Dr Hatim al-Awni 136 101 T Ramadan, Dr Tariq 107 Sharif, HE Nawaz 116 Randeree, Shabir 153 Sharif, Raheel 118 Tablawi, Sheikh Mohammad Rania Al-Abdullah, HM Al-Shatri, Sheikh Abu Bakr 165 165 Queen 80 Shekau, Abubakar 173 Taha, Uthman 95 Rashad, Prof Ali Akbar 121 Shihab, Quraish 130 Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Rasheed, HE Zainul Abidin Shirazi, HE Grand Ayatollah Nasir Makarim 99 HH Emir Sheikh 66 118 Shuaib, Sheikh Dr Thaika 130 Al-Tamimi, HE Justice Sheikh Rasul-Bernardo, Amina 144 Al-Shugairi, Ahmad 128 Rasul, Santanina Tillah 144 Shukor, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Dr Tayseer Rajab 101 Razak, Najib Tun 116 155 Al-Tawfiq, Ahmad 121 Rizvi, Prof Dr Adib 137 Al-Shuraim, Sheikh Saud Ibn Al-Tayyeb, HE Professor Dr Rosa, Helvy Tiana 161 Ibrahim Ibn Muhammad Rouhani, HE President Hassan 165 Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad Siddique, Prof Teepu 157 26 112 Siddiqui, Irfan 155 Ternava, HE Sheikh Naim 125 Al-Ruwaini, Nashwa 167 Al-Thani, Dr Abdulla bin Ali 139 S Tohti, Ilham 143 Topbaş, Osman Nuri 131 Al-Saadi, Sheikh Abdul Malik Touré, Yaya 170 112 U Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah, HH Amir 92 Ulfah, Hajjah Maria 165 Ul-Haq, Siraj 124 Sabancı, Güler 152 Umar, Ahmad 173 Al-Sabouni, Sheikh Mohammed Ali 90254

Usmani, HE Justice Sheikh “I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. Muhammad Taqi 38 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Messenger believes in what was revealed to him from his V Lord, and the believers; each one believes in God and His angels, and in His Books, and His messengers, ‘we make no distinctionValiante, Wahida 126 between any of His messengers’. And they say, ‘We hear and obey; Your forgiveness, our Lord; to You is the homecoming’. W God charges no soul save to its capacity; for it is what it is has merited, and against it is what it has earned. Our Lord, take usWahhaj, Siraj 133 not to task if we forget, or err; our Lord, burden us not with aAl-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul load, such as You did lay upon those before us. Our Lord, do not burden us beyond what we have the power to bear; and pardon Aziz Al-Saud, HRH Prince us, and forgive us, and have mercy on us; You are our Patron; so 150Warsi, Lady Sayeeda 119 grant us assistance against the disbelieving folk.”Wazed, HE Sheikh Hasina The Cow, 285 - 286 115Webb, Imam Suhaib 133 Calligraphy by Mothana Al-Obaydi © FreeIslamicCalligraphy.comWharnsby, Dawud 163Widodo, HE President Joko 255 56Williams, Sonny 171Winter, Professor Timothy 91 YYacob, HE Halimah 85Yahya, Habib Luthfi 83Yalçin, Rabia 162Al-Yaqoubi, Sheikh Muhammad 86, 186Yaquby, Nizam 99Yassine, Talal 153Ying, Jackie 157Yousufzai, Malala 94Yunus, Mohammad 143Yusuf, Sami 95 ZZain, Maher 95Zakaria, Fareed 169Zakariya, Mohamed 163Zakzaky, Sheikh Ibraheem 103Zarif, Mohammad Javad 112Al-Zawahiri, Ayman 172Al-Zayani, Afnan 149Zeid bin Ra’ad Al-Hussein, HRH Prince 92Zidane, Zinedine 171Al-Zindani, Sheikh Abd al- Majid 129

The Muslim 500 by Country Afghanistan Bangladesh Philips, Dr Abu Ameenah Bilal 132 Ahmadzai, HE Ashraf Ghani Abed, Sir Fazle Hasan 143 115 Hossain, Dr Hameeda 143 Rabbani, Sheikh Faraz 132 Sayeedi, Delwar Hossain 123 Slimi, Sheikh Hamid 132 Akhundzada, Mullah Wazed, HE Sheikh Hasina 115 Valiante, Wahida 126 Haibatullah 115 Yunus, Mohammad 143 Wharnsby, Dawud 163 Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin 115 Belgium Chad Hosseini, Khaled 160 Joya, Malalai 143 van Ael, Sheikh Sulayman 145 Abakar, Sheikh Hussain Mohseni, Saad 167 Hassan 122 Bosnia and Herzegovina Algeria Deby Itno, HE President Idriss Ceric, Sheikh Dr Mustafa 106 114 Belkaid, Sheikh Abdellatif 128 Karic, Dr Enes 106 Bouteflika, HE President Kavazovic, Husein 125 China Mahmutćehajić, HE Prof Dr Abdelaziz 111 Guangyuan, Imam Chen Chen Cherif, HE Ambassador Prof Rusmir 145 123 Dr Mustafa 99 Brunei Kadeer, Rebiya 115 Al-Khairi, Sheikh Abdul-Nacer Noor Deen, Haji (aka Mi Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin 128 Waddahulah, HM Sultan of Guang Jiang) 160 Mosteghanemi, Ahlam 158 Brunei Darussalam Hajj 152 Tohti, Ilham 143 Argentina Bulgaria Côte d’Ivoire Garcia, Prof Muhammad Isa Hadzhi, HE Mustafa Alish 125 Abdoulaziz, Sheikh Sarba 140 109 Touré, Yaya 170 Burkina Faso Hallar, Muhammad Yusuf 127 Ecuador Aboubakary, Maiga 140 Australia Dokori, Dr Abu Bakr 102 Suquillo, Juan 127 Ali, Imam Afroz 146 Burundi Egypt Chowdhury, Sheikh Tawfique Nkunduwiga, Haruna 140 Abdelkafy, Sheikh Dr Omar 146 128 Husic, Ed 119 Cambodia Yassine, Talal 153 Abul Magd, HE Prof Dr Adam, HE Zakaryya 123 Kamal 138 Azerbaijan Canada Allam, Shawki Ibrahim Abdel- Aliyev, HE President Ilham Karim 121 115 Ghilan, Mohamed 156 Kutty, Faisal 147, 192 Al-Aswany, Alaa 158 Pashazade, Sheikh ul-Islam Mattson, Dr Ingrid 91 Al-Ayyat, HE Muhammad Haji Allahshukur Hummat Nenshi, Naheed 119 104 Morsi Isa 111 Al-Azhari, Sheikh Usama Al- Qasimov, Alim 160 Sayyid 82 Bahrain Badie, Dr Mohammed 121 Badreya, Sayed 158 Yaquby, Nizam 99 El-Baz, Farouk 154 Al-Zayani, Afnan 149 El-Naggar, Zaghloul 154256

El-Wakil, Abdel-Wahed 158 Guyana Maarif, Syafii 104Emara, Mohamed 99 Matta, Anis 116Gomaa, HE Sheikh Dr Ali 64 Shah, Ryhaan 163 Mohamad, Goenawan 168Helal, Lobna 149 Mumpuni, Tri 155Hosny, Sheikh Mustafa 81 India Nadia, Asma 161Howeidy, Dr Fahmy 166 Nasir, Dr KH. Haedar 124Khaled, Dr Amr 80 Ahmad, Sheikh Aboobackar Rosa, Helvy Tiana 161Mansour, Ahmed 166 123 Shihab, Quraish 130Masoud, Sheikh Moez 79 Siradj, Dr KH Said Aqil 68Al-Sisi, HE President Abdel Azami, Muhammad Mustafa Subianto, Lt Gen Prabowo 116 104 Sukarnoputri, Megawati 116 Fattah 78 Syamsuddin, Professor Dr MTablawi, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Azhari, Mufti Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan Qadiri 72 Din 91 165 Ulfah, Hajjah Maria 165Al-Tayyeb, HE Professor Dr Azmi, H. Hazrat Allama Widodo, HE President Joko 56 Maulana Qamaruzzaman Yahya, Habib Luthfi 83 Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad 129 26 IranAl-Zawahiri, Ayman 172 Azmi, Shabana 160 Al-Bukhari, Sayyid Ibrahimul Amoli, HE Grand Ayatollah Eritrea Abdullah Jawadi 90 Khaleel 123Said, Sheikh Faid Mohammed Farooq, Dr Mohammad Umar Ansari, Anousheh 149 102 Dabashi, Prof Hamid 99 115 Damad, HE Ayatollah Dr Ethiopia Khan, Aamir 160 Khan, Wahiduddin 104 Seyyed Mostafa MohagheghIdris, HE Hajji Omar 102 Madani, Arsad 129 99 Madani, Maulana Mahmood Ebadi, Shirin 138 France Ebtekar, HE Dr Masoumeh 81 111Bechari, Mohamed 93 Nadvi, Rabey Hasani 104 Jafari, Major GeneralBencheikh, Sheikh Sohaib 106 Nadwi, Bahauddeen Mohammad Ali 111Guiderdoni, Dr Bruno Abd al Khamenei, HE Grand Muhammed Jamaluddeen Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali 32 Haqq 156 104 Khatami, HE SayyidAl-Hussayni, HH Shah Karim Naik, Dr Zakir Abdul Karim Mohammad 111 93 Majidi, Majid 158 83 Nomani, Mufti Abul Qasim 93 Nazeri, Shahram 158Pogba, Paul 170 Owaisi, MP Janab Asaduddin Rashad, Prof Ali Akbar 121Sy, Omar 161 123 Rouhani, HE President HassanZidane, Zinedine 171 Prenji, Azim 136 112 Qasmi, Maulana Badruddin Salehi, Dr Ali Akbar 154 Gambia Ajmal 137 Shirazi, HE Grand Ayatollah Rahman, Allah Rakha (AR) Nasir Makarim 99Bensouda, Fatou 141 160 Sobhani, HE Ayatollah JafarJah, HE Ambassador Prof Dr Saifuddin, Syedna Mufaddal 100 130 Zarif, Mohammad Javad 112 Omar 102 Shuaib, Sheikh Dr Thaika 130 Iraq Germany Indonesia Al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr 172Hoffman, HE Ambassador Dr Bagir, Haidar 137 Barzani, HE Masoud 86 Murad 107 Bashir, Abu Bakar 173 Bisri, Kyai Haji Achmad 257Köhler, Ayyub Axel 125Özil, Mesut 171 Mustofa 104 Gymnastiar, Abdullah Aa Gym 130 Indrawati, Sri Mulyani 152

Fayadh, HE Grand Ayatollah Khasawneh, HE Sheikh Abdul Malaysia Mohammad Ishaq 90 Karim 100 Al-Akiti, Dato Dr Muhammad Hakim, HE Grand Ayatollah Al-Maqdisi, Abu Muhammad Afifi 105 Mohammed Said 100 172 Anwar, Zainah 144 Al-Khoei, Sayyed Jawad 135 Rania Al-Abdullah, HM Al-Attas, Dr Syed Muhammad Kubaisi, Sheikh Dr Ahmed Queen 80 Naquib 105 128 Zeid bin Ra’ad Al-Hussein, Awang, Abdul Hadi 130 Al-Najafi, HE Grand Ayatollah HRH Prince 92 Bakar, Dr Osman 105, 199 Bin Hashim, Tan Sri Bashir 100 Kenya Al-Qaradaghi, Prof Ali Mohyi Muhammad Ali 152 Khalifa, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Bukhary, Syed Mokhtar 137 Al-Din 100 122 Hamidun, Hafiz 161 Al-Saadi, Sheikh Abdul Malik Ibrahim, Dato Mashitah 130 Merali, Naushad 152 Ibrahim, HE Anwar 93 112 Kamali, Prof Mohammad Al-Sadr, HE Ayatollah Al- Kosovo Hashim 106 Faqih Seyyed Hussein Ismail Jahjaga, Atifete 118 Mohamad, Dr Mahathir 116 100 Ternava, HE Sheikh Naim 125 MrGlani, Sheikh Dr Mahmoud Al-Sadr, Sheikh Muqtada 112 Sistani, HE Grand Ayatollah Kuwait 130 Sayyid Ali Hussein 40 Nurhaliza, Dato’ Siti 161 Al-Afasy, Sheikh Mishary bin Razak, Najib Tun 116 Israel Rashid 165 Shukor, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Salah, Sheikh Raed 112 Al-Bahar, Shaikha 149 155 Al-Ghunaim, Maha 149 Italy Al-Mutawa, Dr Naif 166 Maldives Al-Mutawa, Jassem 166 Pallavicini, Imam Yahya Sergio Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Saeed, Mohamed Shaheem Ali Yahe 125 124 Sabah, HH Amir 92 Pallavicini, Sheikh Abd al- Suwaidan, Sheikh Dr Tareq Mali Wahid 131 166 Keita, Salif 159 Jamaica Lebanon Mauritania Muhammad, Mustafa 126 Assaf, Roger 159 Bayyah, HE Sheikh Abdullah Jordan Daouk, Amine M. 135 Bin 42 Jaber, Dr Ali 166 Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein, Kassar, Adnan 150 Al-Hajj, Sheikh Murabit 102 HM King 30 Nasrallah, Seyyed Hasan 74 Qabbani, HE Dr Mohammad Mauritius Abu-Ghazaleh, Talal 149 Abu Rashta, Ata 112 Rashid 100 Gurib-Fakim, Ameenah 114 Ali bin Al-Hussein, HRH Al-Sadr, Rabab 135 Morocco Prince 170 Libya Al-Baghdadi, Abbas Shakir Abdurrahman, Prof Dr Taha Haftar, Khalifa 113 100 Al-Fattal 158 Nayed, HE Dr Aref 88 Dajani, Prof Rana 154 Bouhia, Hynd 150 Al-Fares, Ola 166 Malawi Lalami, Laila 159 Feisal Ibn Al-Hussein, HRH Modghari, HE Dr Abd Al- Chabulika, Sheikh Dinala 141 Prince 138 Kabir 121 Hussein Al-Abdullah, HRH Crown Prince 113 Keller, Sheikh Nuh 128258

Mohammed VI, HM King 36 Oman Abu Elaish, Dr Izzeldin 138Al-Soufi, Nawal 138 Abu Sarah, Aziz 138Al-Tawfiq, Ahmad 121 Al-Khalili, HE Sheikh Ahmad Abu Sway, Prof Mustafa 101 100 Assaf, Mohammed 170 Mozambique Al-Faqih, Judge Kholoud 139 Qaboos bin Sa’id Al-Sa’id, HM Haniyah, Ismail 92Cheba, Sheikh Muhamad Sultan 48 Al-Hroub, Hanan 139 Aboulai 122 Hussein, HE Muhammad Pakistan Nepal Ahmad 121 Abdul-Wahhab, Hajji Khanfar, Wadah 167Siddiqui, Mohammadi 144 Mohammed 52 Mashal, Khaled 92 Nusseibeh, Prof Sari 101 Netherlands Ahmed, Professor Akbar 91 Omer, Mohammed 167 Atta-Ur Rahman, Prof 155 Sabri, HE Sheikh Dr EkrimaAboutaleb, Ahmed 118 Awan, Ameer MuhammadEl Mouhandiz, Rajae 162, 203 Sa’id 121 Akram 131 Al-Tamimi, HE Justice Sheikh New Zealand Bukhari, Khanum Tayyaba 131 Edhi, Bilquis 137 Dr Tayseer Rajab 101Ghani, Dr Anwar 126 Fazlur Rahman, Maulana 116Williams, Sonny 171 Hamid, Zaid 168 Philippines Hashmi, Dr Farhat 106 Niger Iqbal, Salman 168 Misuari, Nur 118 Ismail, Al-Hajj Siddiq 161 Rasul-Bernardo, Amina 144Mindaoudou, HE Dodo Jameel, Maulana Tariq 85 Rasul, Santanina Tillah 144 Aichatou 141 Jehangir, Asma 144 Khan, Dr Abdul Qadeer 155 Qatar Nigeria Khan, Imran 116 Najafi, HE Grand Ayatollah Aisha bint Faleh bin Nasser Al-Ahmad, Abdrahman Thani, HE Sheikha 139 Olanrewaju 122 Muhammad Hussain 106 Naqvi, Ayatollah Sayed Sajid Al-Ansari, Buthaina 150Ahmed, Dr Ibrahim Datti 103 Al-Mayassa bint Hamad Al-Ashafa, Imam Muhammad 141 Ali 124Bauchi, Sheikh Tahir Usman Obaid-Chinoy, Sharmeen 161 Thani, HE Sheikha 159 Parveen, Abida 161 Mozah Bint Nasser Al- 129 Qadiri, Sheikh MuhammadBola Ajibola, HE Prince 122 Missned, Her HighnessBuhari, HE President Ilyas Attar 94 Sheikha 135 Qadri, Muhammad Owais Al-Qaradawi, Sheikh Dr Yusuf Muhammadu 62 79Dangote, Alhaji Aliko 152 Raza 161 Al-Ruwaini, Nashwa 167Katsina, Sheikh Yakubu Musa Al-Qadri, Sheikh Dr Tahir 106 Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Rizvi, Prof Dr Adib 137 HH Emir Sheikh 66 129 Saif, Umar 155 Al-Thani, Dr Abdulla bin AliMuhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar Shakil-ur-Rahman, Mir 168 139 Sharif, HE Nawaz 116 III, HRE Amirul Mu’minin Sharif, Raheel 118 Russia Sheikh As-Sultan 70 Siddiqui, Irfan 155Oloyede, Prof Ishaq Ul-Haq, Siraj 124 Gaynutdin, Mufti Sheikh Ravil Olanrewaju 122 Usmani, HE Justice Sheikh 107Salih, HE Sheikh Ibrahim 90Sanusi, Alhaji Dr Sanusi Muhammad Taqi 38 Kadyrov, HE President Lamido 122 Yousufzai, Malala 94 Ramzan 119Shekau, Abubakar 173Zakzaky, Sheikh Ibraheem 103 Palestine Nasibullahoglu, Mufti Cafer 126 Abbas, HE President Mahmoud 76 259

Saudi Arabia Al-Sudais, Sheikh Abdul- Sudan Rahman 94 Aal Al-Sheikh, HE Sheikh Al-Bashir, HE President Omar Abdul Aziz ibn Abdullah 58 Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul 113 Aziz Al-Saud, HRH Prince AbuSulayman, Muna 135 150 Ibrahim, Dr Mohamed “Mo” Al-Ajmi, Sheikh Ahmad Ali 151 Senegal 165 Al-Mahdi, HE Imam Sayyed Al Altwaijiri, HE Dr Abdulaziz Cisse, Sheikh Ahmad Tijani Sadiq 114 Ali 60 Othman 122 Sweden Al-Amoudi, Sheikh Kane, Zeinaba 141 Mbacke, Serigne Sidi Al Zain, Maher 95 Mohammed Hussein Ali 150 Al-Arifi, Dr Muhammad 93, Moukhtar 129 Switzerland N’dour, Youssou 159 128 Niasse, Sheikha Mariama 141 Ramadan, Dr Tariq 107 Bin Laden, Bakr 150 Al-Esa, Majed 159 Singapore Syria Al-Fawzan, Sheikh Salih Bin Alattas, Syed Hassan bin Alchaar, Dr Mohammed Nedal Fawzan 101 Muhammad bin Salim 131 151 Al-Ghamdi, Sheikh Saad ibn Faizal, Mohamed 137 Al-Assad, HE President Bashar Said 165 Rasheed, HE Zainul Abidin 114 Al-Ibrahim, Waleed bin 118 Hassoun, HE Sheikh Dr Ibrahim 167 Yacob, HE Halimah 85 Ahmad Badr Al-Din 102 Al-Madani, HE Dr Ahmad Somalia Al-Julani, Abu Muhammad Mohamed Ali 135 172 Al-Madkhali, Sheikh Rabee Abdi, Dr Hawa 141 Adan, Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji 114 Al-Nabulsi, Dr Mohammed Ibn Haadi ‘Umayr 101 Dayib, Faduma 115 Ratib 101 Al-Mueaqly, Sheikh Maher bin Elmi, Asha Haji 143 Umar, Ahmad 173 Qubeysi, HE Sheikha Munira Hamad 165 77 Muhammad bin Salman Al- South Africa Al-Sabouni, Sheikh Saud, HRH Crown Prince Amla, Hashim 170 Mohammed Ali 90 50 Bhikha, Zain 159 Al-Namankany, Abeer 154 Desai, Mufti Ebrahim 103 Taha, Uthman 95 Obaid, Thoraya Ahmed 140 Esack, Farid 103 Al-Yaqoubi, Sheikh Olayan, Lubna 151 Hendricks, Sheikh Seraj 103 Al-Othaimeen, Dr Yousef Latiff, Rashid 159 Muhammad 86, 186 Ahmad 121 Moosa, Ebrahim 103 Al-Ouda, Sheikh Salman 46 Sooliman, Dr Imtiaz Ismail 136 Tajikistan Al-Qarni, Dr Aaidh 128 Al-Qarni, Dr Awad 128 Sri Lanka Abdulkorizada, HE Al-Rajhi, Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Saidmukarram 125 136 Ismail, Jezima 145 Al-Saffar, Hasan Musa 101 Marsoof, Justice Saleem 145 Rahmon, HE President Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al- Mufthi, MIM Rizvi 124 Emomali 118 Saud, HM King 28 Al-Shareef, Dr Hatim al-Awni Thailand 101 Al-Shatri, Sheikh Abu Bakr Dahlan, Prof Dr Winai 156 165 Sabur, M Abdus 145 Al-Shugairi, Ahmad 128 Al-Shuraim, Sheikh Saud Ibn Trinidad and Tobago Ibrahim Ibn Muhammad 165 Ali, Imam Yacoob 127 Sindi, Hayat 154260

Hosein, Sheikh Imran 133 Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Winter, Professor Timothy HH Sheikh 114 (aka Sheikh Abdal Hakim Tunisia Murad) 91 Lootah, Haj Saeed 152Djait, Hisham 102 Mattar, Dr Maryam 140 Yusuf, Sami 95Ghannouchi, HE Rached 78 Mohammed bin Rashid Al- United States of America Turkey Maktoum, HH Sheikh 82 Mohammed bin Zayed Abdullah, Dr Umar Faruq 108Çelebi, Master Hasan 162 Aden, Halima 163Davutoğlu, Ahmet 119 Al-Nahyan, HH General Awad, Nihad 147Effendi, Sheikh Mahmud 84 Al-Sheikh 54 Carson, Andre 119Erdogan, HE President Recep Al-Qassimi, Sheikha Lubna Crane, Dr Robert Dickson 151 Tayyip 34 Al-Qassimi, Sheikh Dr Sultan 126, 198Gülen, Fethullah 131 bin Mohammed 136 El-Erian, Mohamed 153Haqqani, Sheikh Mehmet Adil El Fadl, Professor Khaled Abou United Kingdom 131 108İmamoğlu, Ataç 156 Ahmed, Riz 162 Elgamal, Taher 156Kalin, Dr Ibrahim 107 Ahsan, Dr Manazir 126 Ellison, Representative KeithKaraman, Prof Dr Hayrettin Ali, Sheikh Hasan 145 As-Sufi, Sheikh Abd al-Qadir 120 107 Friedlander, Shems 163Pamuk, Orhan 162 132 Ghazi, Drs Abidullah andSabancı, Güler 152 Aziz, Asif 153Sancar, Aziz 156 Babikir, Sheikh Ahmed 132 Tasneema 126Topbaş, Osman Nuri 131 Al-Banna, Dr Hany 137 Hanson, Sheikh Hamza YusufYalçin, Rabia 162 Begg, Moazzam 145 Dennis, Kareem (“Lowkey”) 76 Turkmenistan Henry, Aisha Gray 163 162 Huda, Qamar-ul 108Berdimuhamedow, HE Farah, Mohamed 95 Jackson, Sherman 109 President Gurbanguly Hasan, Mehdi 146 Kabbani, Sheikh Muhammad Mälikgulyýewiç 118 Al-Hassani, Dr Salim 156 Hellyer, Dr Hisham 107, 213 Hisham 133 Uganda Henzell-Thomas, Dr Jeremy Khaled, Khaled MohamedMamdani, Mahmood 103 146 (“DJ Khaled”) 171 Hussain, Nadiya 171 Khan, Mehmood 157 United Arab Emirates Islam, Yusuf 162 Khan, Nouman Ali 133 Khan, HE Sadiq 87 Khan, Salman 94Alabbar, Mohamed Ben Ali Malik, Zayn 171 Khera, Farhana 120 151 Mangera, Mufti Abdur- Maghraoui, Sheikh MokhtarAl-Awadhi, HE Najla 167 Rahman ibn Yusuf 146 109Barakat, Maha 140 Motala, Hadhrat Sheikhul Majid, Imam Mohammed 147Al-Gurg, Raja 151 Mogahed, Dalia 147Haya Al-Hussein, HRH Hadith Maulana Yusuf 108 Mohammed II, W. Deen 126 Nadwi, Sheikh Dr Mohammad Mohyeldin, Ayman 168 Princess 136 Mujahid, Abdul Malik 147Al-Jaber, Fatima 151 Akram 108 Nasr, Professor Dr SeyyedAl-Jifri, Sheikh Habib Ali Zain Nahdi, Fuad 146 Nakshawani, Ammar 132 Hossein 87 Al-Abideen 77 Omaar, Rageh 168 Al-Ninowy, Sheikh DrAl-Kaabi, Noura 167 Pirzada, Sheikh Muhammad Muhammad bin Yahya al- Imdad Hussain 108 Husayni 132 Randeree, Shabir 153 Omar, Ilhan 120 Salim, Ahmed 168 Qadhi, Dr Yasir 147 Shafik, Nemat 153 Sarsour, Linda 148 Warsi, Lady Sayeeda 119 Shakir, Imam Zaid 133 Siddique, Prof Teepu 157 261

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