THE 500 MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSLIMS - CESD

Radicalshaqqani, sirajuddin [new]Haqqani heads militant forces based in Waziristan, fighting against American and NATO forces inAfghanistan. His group is reportedly closely allied with Pakistani Taliban.PAKISTANsaeed, hafiz mohammadHafiz Muhammad Saeed is the supposed leader of Jama’at ud Da’wah, Pakistan. He is formerly aprofessor of Islamic Studies at the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.His group is suggested to have inflicted severe causalities on Indian forces in the disputed Kashmirregion as well as terror attacks on the Indian parliament house in New Delhi. He is the founder ofthe Pakistani-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, which is alleged to have organized the 2008Mumbai attacks.INDONESIAbashir, abu bakarAbu Bakar Bashir is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian MujahedeenCouncil (MMI). He runs the Al Mukmin boarding school in Ngruki, Central Java. It is alleged thathe is the spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah with supposed links to Al Qaeda; a suggestion he hasdenied, stating that he does not believe Jemaah Islamiyah exists. Bashir reportedly founded a neworganization, Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid in 2009.shihab, habib rizieq [new]Rizieq Shihab is the leader of Front Pembela Muslim (Islamic Defender Front), a hard line Islamicgroup in Indonesia. Criticism of FPI’s methods has mainly centered on its violent tactics. The FPIhas conducted yearly raids during the holy month of Ramadan, targeting night clubs, bars andother various venues ‘not respectful of the holy month.’ The violent raids are often covered bylocal, electronic and print media.168