the 500 most influential muslims in the world

The Top 50

1.His Majesty K 1. ing Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, King of Saudi
Arabia, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
2. His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei,
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
3. His Majesty King Mohammed VI, King of Morocco
4. His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, King of the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
5. His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of the
Republic of Turkey
6. His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id al Sa'id, Sultan of Oman
7. His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hussein Sistani, Marja
of the Hawza, Najaf
8. His Eminence Sheikh Al Azhar Dr Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi,
Grand Sheikh of the Al Azhar University, Grand Imam of Al
Azhar Mosque
9. Sheikh Dr Yusuf Qaradawi, Head of the International Union of
Muslim Scholars
10. His Eminence Sheikh Dr Ali Goma'a, Grand Mufti of the Arab
Republic of Egypt
11. His Eminence Sheikh Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdullah Aal al Sheikh,
Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
12. Mohammad Mahdi Akef, Supreme Guide of the Muslim
Brotherhood
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Hodjaefendi F 13. ethullah Güllen, Turkish Muslim Preacher
14. Amr Khaled, Preacher and Social Activist
15. Hajji Mohammed Abd al Wahhab, Ameer of the Tablighi Jamaat,
Pakistan
16. His Royal Eminence Amirul Mu'minin Sheikh as Sultan
Muhammadu Sa'adu Abubakar III, Sultan of Sokoto
17. Seyyed Hasan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah
18. Dr KH Achmad Hasyim Muzadi, Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama,
Indonesia
19. Sheikh Salman al Ouda, Saudi Scholar and Educator
20. His Highness Shah Karim al Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV, 49th
Imam of the Ismaili Muslims
21. His Highness Emir Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum,
Ruler of Dubai, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates
22. His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan,
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander
of the UAE Armed Forces
23. Sheikh Dr M Sa'id Ramadan al Bouti, Leading Islamic Scholar in
Syria
24. His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin
Waddaulah, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam
25. His Eminence Professor Dr Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad al Tayeb,
President of Al Azhar University
26. His Eminence Mohammad bin Mohammad al Mansour, Imam of
the Zaidi Sect of Shi‘a Muslims
27. His Eminence Justice Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Leading
Scholar of Islamic Jurisprudence, Pakistan
28. His Excellency President Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic
of Turkey
29. Sheikh Mohammad Ali al Sabouni, Scholar of Tafsir
30. His Eminence Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah, Deputy-Head of the
International Union of Muslim Scholars
31. Her Eminence Sheikha Munira Qubeysi, Leader of the Qubeysi
Movement
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His Eminence Sheikh Ahmad T 32. ijani Ali Cisse, Leader of Tijaniyya
Sufi Order
33. Sheikh al Habib Umar bin Hafiz, Director of Dar al Mustafa,
Tarim, Yemen
34. Khaled Mashaal, Leader of Hamas
35. Professor Dr M Din Syamsuddin, Chairman of Muhammadiyya,
Indonesia
36. Maulana Mahmood Madani, Secretary General of Jamiat Ulemae-
Hind, India
37. Sheikh Habib Ali Zain al Abideen al Jifri, Director General of the
Tabah Foundation, UAE
38. Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson, Founder of Zaytuna Institute, USA
39. His Eminence Sheikh Professor Dr Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti
of Bosnia and Herzegovina
40. His Excellency Professor Dr Ekmelledin Ihsanoglu, Secretary
General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
41. General Mohammad Ali Jafari, Commander of the Revolutionary
Guard, Iran
42. Dato' Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Religious Guide of the
Islamic Party of Malaysia
43. Motiur Rahman Nizami, Ameer of the Jamaat-e-Islami,
Bangladesh
44. Professor Sayid Ameen Mian Qaudri, Barelwi Leader and
Spiritual Guide
45. His Holiness Dr Syedna Mohammad Burhannuddin Saheb, 52nd
Da‘i l-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras
46. Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani Nuclear Scientist
47. Professor Dr Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Islamic Philosopher
48. Abdullah 'Aa Gym' Gymnastiar, Indonesian Preacher
49. Sheikh Mehmet Nazim Adil al Qubrusi al Haqqani, Leader of
Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order
50. His Excellency Dr Abd al Aziz bin Uthman Altwaijiri, Secretary
General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization

Dato ' Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat

Religious Guide of the Islamic Party of Malaysia

 

Country: Malaysia
Date of Birth: 1931
Source of Influence:Administrative, Political, Scholarly
Influence: Spiritual leader of largest Islamic political party in Malaysia
School of Thought: Traditional Sunni

Dato' Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat is a Malaysian politician, an Islamic scholar and the current chief minister of the State of Kelantan. He holds the position of Mursyidul Am—the religious guide—within the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).

Scholarly Influence over Malaysian Politics
As the religious guide of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, Nik Mat is the spiritual leader of Malaysian Islamic politics and holds very important sway over the tenor of politics
in the nation. His advocacy of sharia law to be applied to all Malay Muslims has, however, drawn criticism, especially his suggestion that women would be at a lower risk of being raped if they abandoned wearing lipstick.
Political Importance in Malaysia
Nik Abdul Aziz's fundamentalist party has close to one million members and enjoys strong
support from the northern rural and conservative states such as Kelantan and Terengganu.
Nik Mat is the chief minister of the Kelantan state, the only one of Malaysia's thirteen states
that is not ruled by the governing coalition.

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