500 Tokoh Islam Paling Berpengaruh Di Dunia

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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 :

• His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
• His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
• His Majesty King Mohammed VI, King of Morocco
• His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey
• His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Sa’id al Sa’id, Sultan of Oman
• His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hussein Sistani, Marja of the Hawza, Najaf
• His Eminence Sheikh Al Azhar Dr Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi, Grand Sheikh of the Al Azhar University, Grand Imam of Al Azhar Mosque
• Sheikh Dr Yusuf Qaradawi, Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars
• His Eminence Sheikh Dr Ali Goma’a, Grand Mufti of the Arab Republic of Egypt
• His Eminence Sheikh Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdullah Aal al Sheikh, Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Mohammad Mahdi Akef, Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood
• Hodjaefendi Fethullah Güllen, Turkish Muslim Preacher
• Amr Khaled, Preacher and Social Activist
• Hajji Mohammed Abd al Wahhab, Ameer of the Tablighi Jamaat, Pakistan
• His Royal Eminence Amirul Mu’minin Sheikh as Sultan Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar III, Sultan of Sokoto
• Seyyed Hasan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah
• Dr KH Achmad Hasyim Muzadi, Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia
• Sheikh Salman al Ouda, Saudi Scholar and Educator
• His Highness Shah Karim al Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV, 49th Imam of the Ismaili Muslims
• His Highness Emir Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates
• His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces
• Sheikh Dr M Sa’id Ramadan al Bouti, Leading Islamic Scholar in Syria
• His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam
• His Eminence Professor Dr Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad al Tayeb, President of Al Azhar University
• His Eminence Mohammad bin Mohammad al Mansour, Imam of the Zaidi Sect of Shi‘a Muslims
• His Eminence Justice Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Leading Scholar of Islamic Jurisprudence, Pakistan
• His Excellency President Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey
• Sheikh Mohammad Ali al Sabouni, Scholar of Tafsir
• His Eminence Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah, Deputy-Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars
• Her Eminence Sheikha Munira Qubeysi, Leader of the Qubeysi Movement
• His Eminence Sheikh Ahmad Tijani Ali Cisse, Leader of Tijaniyya Sufi Order
• Sheikh al Habib Umar bin Hafiz, Director of Dar al Mustafa, Tarim, Yemen
• Khaled Mashaal, Leader of Hamas
• Professor Dr M Din Syamsuddin, Chairman of Muhammadiyya, Indonesia
• Maulana Mahmood Madani, Secretary General of Jamiat Ulemae-Hind, India
• Sheikh Habib Ali Zain al Abideen al Jifri, Director General of the Tabah Foundation, UAE
• Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson, Founder of Zaytuna Institute, USA
• His Eminence Sheikh Professor Dr Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• His Excellency Professor Dr Ekmelledin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
• General Mohammad Ali Jafari, Commander of the Revolutionary Guard, Iran
• Dato’ Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Religious Guide of the Islamic Party of Malaysia
• Motiur Rahman Nizami, Ameer of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh
• Professor Sayid Ameen Mian Qaudri, Barelwi Leader and Spiritual Guide
• His Holiness Dr Syedna Mohammad Burhannuddin Saheb, 52nd Da‘i l-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras
• Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani Nuclear Scientist
• Professor Dr Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Islamic Philosopher
• Abdullah ‘Aa Gym’ Gymnastiar, Indonesian Preacher
• Sheikh Mehmet Nazim Adil al Qubrusi al Haqqani, Leader of Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order
• His Excellency Dr Abd al Aziz bin Uthman Altwaijiri, Secretary General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization