the 500 most influential muslims - The Royal Islamic Strategic ...

ADMINISTRATIvE
ICELAND
tamimi, salmann
Tamimi is the president of the Muslim Association of Iceland and performed the first Icelandic
Muslim marriage in 2009. Tamimi’s position makes him high-profile in a country of just of
300,000 people.
KOSOVO
trnava, his eminence sheikh naim
Naim Trnava is the Grand Mufti of Kosovo. He is the leading religious figure in Kosovo, a new
country, which emerged after an ethno-religious war that caused widespread loss of life and
destruction. Trnava is a key figure in the attempts of the country’s Muslim population to overcome
the horrors of war He was instrumental in the creation of the Inter-Religious Council Organization
for Interfaith Relations.
LITHUANIA
jakubauskas, romas
Imam of Kaunas Mosque, Lithuania. Kaunas has the largest population of native Tatar Muslims in
Lithuania. Tatar Muslims have been resident in Lithuania for close to 600 years.
PORTUGAL
munir, david
David Munir has been the imam of the Central Mosque of Lisbon since the age of 23. A key
representative of the Muslim community in Lisbon, Munir is involved in interfaith dialogue with
members of other Abrahamic faiths present there.
RUSSIA
gaynutdinov, his eminence sheikh ravil ismagilovich
Sheikh Ravil Gaynutdinov is a Moscow-based Muslim scholar. Among various academic roles he
is Grand Mufti of Russia and chairman of the Union of Muftis of Russia. He is probably the single
most important figure in the schema of Russian Islam. He is a key figure in relations between
the Kremlin and Russia’s Muslim population as a member of the Russian president’s Council for
Relations with Religious Associations.
SWEDEN
al debe, mahmoud jamil
Mahmoud Jamil al Debe is the chairman of the Muslim Association of Sweden and an advocate
for the rights of Muslims in Sweden. The Muslim Association of Sweden is the country’s largest
Muslim organization, which represents around 70,000 Muslims in Sweden. Muslims make up a
successful and vocal portion of Sweden’s primarily inclusive society.
bin ouda, helena
Bin Ouda is the chairwoman of the Muslim Council of Sweden. The Muslim Council of Sweden is
the main representative body for Muslims living in Sweden. The council is an umbrella organization
of a number of Islamic organizations in Sweden. The Muslim Council of Sweden currently
has nine member organizations, with a sum total of about 100,000 members from its member
organizations.
TURKEY
aydın, his excellency mehmet
Aydın is the Turkish minister of state, a primarily administrative government position responsible
for relations with Turkey’s huge quantity of religious institutions, dealings with Turkish citizens
abroad, and relations with the Central Asian republics. He has also held the sensitive position of
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