THE 500 MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSLIMS - CESD

Mediakuttab, daoudKuttab is an internationally recognized Palestinian media activist and journalist. He founded theInstitute of Modern Media at Al Quds University, established the Jerusalem Film Institute andhelped in establishing the Arabic Media Internet Network (AMIN). In 2007, Kuttab establishedAmmanNet.net, the Arab world’s first Internet radio station.QATARphilips, dr abu ameenah bilalA notable convert and Islamic scholar, Philips is founder of the virtual educational institutionIslamic Online University and Discover Islam, an Islamic center based in Dubai. He reaches massMuslim audiences through his television appearances on India-based satellite channel, Peace TV.UNITED ARAB EMIRATESal rostamani, dr aminaAl Rostamani is CEO of TECOM Investments Corporation, the investment wing of the DubaiTechnology and Media Free Trade Zone since July of 2005. Al Rostamani obtained the rank of 80in the ‘Power 100: The World’s Most Influential Arabs’ in 2009.Southern AfricaSOUTH AFRICAhaffajee, ferialHaffajee is editor of the Mail and Guardian; South Africa’s premier investigative newspaper. Shewas the first non-white woman, and first Muslim woman to become the editor of a major dailynewspaper in South Africa.Morton, ShafiqShafiq Morton is an award-winning journalist, photographer and presenter of the current affairsprogram ‘Drivertime Show’ on the Muslim radio station Voice of the Cape.AsiaAFGHANISTANmohseni, saad [new]Mohseni is a successful businessman and the founder and head of the Moby Group, Afghanistan’slargest media company which has interests in television, radio, print, production, online newsservices, directories, IT&T, and retail.samandar, rahimullah [new]Samandar is the head of Afghanistan’s Independent Journalists’ Association, which serves animportant role in critiquing the freedom and limits of the press in Afghanistan.INDONESIAbagir, haidarHaidar Bagir is the founder and director of Mizan, a large publishing company that significantlyshapes the development of Islamic discourse in Indonesia. Bagir has founded and lectured-inmany educational institutions, and his philanthropic contributions include work on communitydevelopment. He has written extensively on Sufism.bayuni, endy m. [new]Bayuni is the chief editor of The Jakarta Post, Indonesia’s largest and most popular daily Englishlanguagenewspaper.164