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ECUADOR<br />
dassum, dr layla<br />
Dassum is <strong>the</strong> vice president and co-founder of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Islamic</strong> Centre of Ecuador and <strong>the</strong> director of<br />
<strong>the</strong> Muslim Ladies Committee. A well-known da’wa activist in Ecuador, Dassum hosts conferences<br />
and awareness lectures locally and internationally and teaches women about Islam and <strong>the</strong> Qur’an.<br />
Dassum has also represented her country in many conferences in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Islamic</strong> world.<br />
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SCHOLARLY<br />
ASIA<br />
AZERBAIJAN<br />
ibrahimoglu, ilgar<br />
Ibrahimoglu is a charismatic young <strong>Islamic</strong> scholar and human rights activist, who is <strong>the</strong> head of a<br />
pro-Iranian Shi‘a congregation in Baku. He received his religious education in Qom, Iran, but also<br />
studied human rights in Poland. This combination of <strong>Islamic</strong> and secular education is attractive<br />
for a population that was only recently part of <strong>the</strong> Soviet Union.<br />
pashazade, sheikh ul islam haji allahshukur hummat<br />
Pashazade is not only <strong>the</strong> Grand Mufti of Azerbaijan, but also <strong>the</strong> Mufti by election of <strong>the</strong> whole<br />
Caucasus region—though <strong>the</strong> latter is largely a vestige of Soviet organization of religious leaders.<br />
He is also <strong>the</strong> world’s only Sunni-Shi‘a Grand Mufti, giving each group fatwas according to <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
relevant madhab, reflecting Azerbaijan’s Sunni-Shia mix.<br />
BRUNEI<br />
haddad, gibril<br />
Haddad is a well-known scholar and religious leader of Lebanese-American background. He has<br />
emerged as one of <strong>the</strong> clearest voices of traditional Islam in <strong>the</strong> West. A scholar and translator<br />
of classical <strong>Islamic</strong> texts, Haddad converted to Islam while in his undergraduate years and <strong>the</strong>n<br />
travelled to Damascus to pursue his studies. A prolific author and a Hadith expert, Haddad has<br />
translated and published over 30 works including Allah’s Names and Attributes by Imam al Bayhaqi<br />
and <strong>The</strong> Prophet’s Night Journey and Heavenly Ascent by Sheikh Muhammad ibn `Alawi al Maliki.<br />
bin juned, his eminence dr ustaz haji awang abd aziz<br />
Bin Juned is <strong>the</strong> state mufti of Brunei. He is a well-respected scholar that advises <strong>the</strong> government<br />
and <strong>the</strong> royal family on matters of faith.<br />
al mahdali, abd al hamid<br />
Al Mahdali is a leading scholar of <strong>Islamic</strong> <strong>the</strong>ology at <strong>the</strong> Sultan Sharif Ali <strong>Islamic</strong> University<br />
(UNISSA), which is <strong>the</strong> main university for <strong>Islamic</strong> scholarship in Brunei. He is also a public<br />
intellectual who has been invited all over Brunei to speak about Islam.<br />
INDIA<br />
engineer, asghar ali<br />
Engineer is a Dawoodi Bohra Ismaili. He is <strong>the</strong> leader of <strong>the</strong> progressive Dawoodi Bohra movement.<br />
He is a prominent scholar of Islam who is famous for his take on Islam and contemporary issues.<br />
He has written many books and published articles in many international journals. He is <strong>the</strong><br />
founding chairman of <strong>the</strong> Asian Muslim Action Network, and of <strong>the</strong> Institute of <strong>Islamic</strong> Studies,<br />
and <strong>the</strong> Center for <strong>the</strong> Study of Society and Secularism.<br />
khan, wahiduddin<br />
Khan has been called ‘Islam’s spiritual ambassador to <strong>the</strong> world’. Khan aims to teach about Islam as<br />
a spiritual way of life, an approach that is popular among Indians, both Muslim and non-Muslim.<br />
He established <strong>the</strong> <strong>Islamic</strong> Center in Delhi in 1970, and has written over 200 books since.