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INTERNATIONAL
ISLAMIC NETWORKS
This list includes influential leaders from the Top 50 and next 450 entries
from the categorized lists, for their ability to command a massive following
and to lead global movements.
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC FIQH ACADEMY
MAJMA AL FIQH
GLOBAL
al abbadi, his excellency abdul salam
The International Islamic Fiqh Academy is an agency of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
It was set up by representatives from all Muslim majority countries at the Third International
Islamic Summit in 2005 to provide the global Muslim populace a singular legal body. It remains the
leading inter-sectarian institution for definitive legal rulings on Islam, and has a particular focus
on contemporary social and political problems, and interpreting Islamic law in an international
legal context.
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
AL IKHWAN AL MUSLIMEEN
EGYPT
akef, mohammed mahdi
Mohammad Mahdi Akef became Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2004 and has
since led the largest Islamist political party, worldwide. The Muslim Brotherhood, or Al Ikhwan Al
Muslimeen organizes political dissent in Egypt, recently having arranged mass protests criticizing
the conflict in Gaza, and demanded an apology from the Pope in Jordan, all in the face of mounting
criticism against the Brotherhood’s beliefs and practices. The Muslim Brotherhood is active
throughout the Middle East, North Africa and also in many Western countries.
HIZB UT TAHRIR
JORDAN
abu rashta, ata
Ata Abu Rashta is the global leader of the Islamic political party Hizb ut Tahrir. Having worked
closely with the founder of Hizb ut Tahrir—Taqiuddin an Nabhani—Abu Rashta became prominent
in Jordan during the Persian Gulf War when he contested the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and then
became the leader of the party in 2003. Hizb ut Tahrir is popular in the Levant, the former Soviet
Union, South and South East Asia, and in Western Europe.
THE ROYAL AAL AL BAYT INSTITUTE
FOR ISLAMIC THOUGHT
JORDAN
The Royal Aal al Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought is an independent international non-governmental
institute headquartered in Amman, the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The
Royal Academy of the Royal Aal al Bayt Institute was officially established by law, with 100 leading
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