500 Muslim Paling Berpengaruh di Dunia, Tahun 2009

The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center untuk pertama kalinya menerbitkan buku “The 500 Most Influential Muslims In The World” tahun 2009.

Para tokoh Muslim dari seluruh dunia yang terpilih masuk dalam daftar itu adalah kalangan Muslim yang dianggap memiliki kemampuan untuk mempengaruhi kondisi kemanusian dan mampu membawa perubahan dalam kehidupan banyak orang.

“500 Muslim Paling Berpengaruh di Dunia” sepanjang tahun 2009 itu, dibagi dalam 15 katagori, antara lain katagori ulama, politisi, cendikiawan, perempuan, pemuda, ilmu dan teknologi, media sampai katagori muslim radikal.

Dalam pengantar buku yang diterbitkan bersama lembaga Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding ini disebutkan, tujuan diterbitkannya buku ini untuk membantu dan membuka wawasan tentang pengaruh umat Islam di dunia saat ini dan beragamnya kelompok-kelompok Islam yang ada di seluruh dunia.

Penyusunan buku ini melibatkan pengamat dunia Islam yang namanya sudah dikenal luas di dunia internasional, Profesor John Esposito dan Profesor Ibrahim Kalin sebagai editor utama.

Dalam daftar 500 Muslim yang dianggap paling berpengaruh di dunia, terdapat sejumlah nama tokoh Muslim dari Indonesia, antara lain Profesor Doktor Din Syamsuddin, pimpinan Muhammadyah, dai kondang Abdullah “AA Gym” Gymnastiar dan Dr KH Ahcmad Hasyim Muzadi, pimpinan Nahdlatul Ulama.

Ketiga tokoh Muslim Indonesia itu bahkan masuk dalam jajaran 50 tokoh peringkat teratas diantara 500 tokoh yang paling berpengaruh di dunia.

Dua tokoh Muslim lainnya yang masuk dalam buku “The 500 Most Influential Muslim 2009″ adalah penulis dan tokoh sastra Indonesia, Helvy Tiana Rosa, pengusaha Muslim Haidar Bagir-pendiri dan direktur penerbitan buku Mizan, Ustadzah kondang Tutty Alawiyah bahkan Abdurahman Wahid (Gus Dur), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dan sejumlah tokoh Muslim yang di Indonesia justeru kerap menimbulkan kontroversi dan pengusung Islam liberal, misalnya tokoh feminis Musdah Mulia yang juga masuk dalam daftar di buku tersebut.

Berikut adalah Daftar 50 Tokoh dari Daftar 500 Muslim Paling Berpengaruh Di Dunia :

  1. His Majesty King 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
  13. Hodjaefendi Fethullah 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
  32. His Eminence Sheikh Ahmad Tijani 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

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