THE 500 MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSLIMS - CESD

Administrativegovernment service, H.E. Zakaryya Adam holds several other prominent positions in supportof the advancement of the Muslim community in Cambodia. He serves as vice president of theHighest Council for Islamic Religious Affairs, as the vice president of the Cambodian MuslimDevelopment Foundation (CMDF), general secretary for the Cambodian Islamic Center (CIC),and as a director of Cambodian Islamic Voice Radio. Adam has translated the Qur’an, as well asother Islamic books, from Arabic into the Khmer language for Cambodian readers; he has alsowritten a Melayu-Khmer dictionary.CHINAguangyuan, imam chen chenGuangyuan is the Grand Imam of China as well as the president of the Islamic Association ofChina and the president of the Chinese-Islamic Institute. He has a very important position, withChina’s roughly 20 million Muslims coming almost exclusively from minority groups. Guangyuan,has also recently spoken out in opposition to violence against Uighurs.arshad, mufti mohammadMohammad Arshad is the chief imam of Hong Kong and the khateeb (orator) of the largest mosquein Hong Kong. Arshad keeps good relations with the government, police and foreign consulates.Approximately 50,000 Muslims live in Hong Kong.INDIAbukhari, syed ahmad [new]Bukhari is the imam of the largest and best-known mosque in India, Jama Masjid.INDONESIAindrawati, sri mulyani [new]Sri Mulyani Indrawati is one of the most powerful women in the world and an Indonesianpolicymaker with an international profile. She was recently re-appointed as finance minister in2009. Since her appointment, Southeast Asia’s largest economy has become one of the fastestgrowingeconomies in the region, due in part to the combination of sound economic policies anda more stable political situation.mahfudz, sahal [new]Mahfudz was re-elected for a third term as chief of the consultative body (syuriah) of theNahdlatul Ulama in March 2010. Since 2000 he has been the head the Indonesia Ulema Council,which comprises both Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia’s most influential Islamicorganizations. The Ulama Council grants halal food certification and also actively produces fatwas.Besides being a dean of Nahdlatul Ulama Institute, Jepara, Sahal also manages Maslakul Huda, aPesantren that actively supports the economic development of the surrounding neighborhoodthrough its microfinance program.umar, dr nasaruddinNasaruddin is the director general of religious guidance at the Indonesian Ministry of ReligiousAffairs. He is also a rector at the Institute for Advanced Qur’anic Studies in Indonesia and secretarygeneral of the Nahdhatul Ulama Consultative Council.MALAYSIAnik mat, dato’ haji nick abdul aziz [2009:42]Dato’ Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat is a Malaysian politician, an Islamic scholar and has been thechief minister of the State of Kelantan for the past 20 years. He holds the position of MursyidulAm—the religious guide—within the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). As the religious guideof the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, Nik Mat is the spiritual leader of Malaysian Islamic politicsand holds very important sway over the tenor of politics in the nation. Nik Mat’s fundamentalistparty has close to one million members and enjoys strong support from the northern rural andconservative states such as Kelantan and Terengganu.119