THE 500 MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSLIMS - CESD

INTERNATIONAL ISLAMICNETWORKSInternational Islamic FiqhAcademy; Majma Al FiqhGLOBALal abbadi, his excellency abdul salam (p. 124)The International Islamic Fiqh Academy is an agency of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.Al Abbadi is the Secretary-General of the former organization. It was set up by representatives fromall Muslim-majority countries at the Third International Islamic Summit in 2005 to provide theglobal Muslim populace a singular legal body. It remains the leading inter-sectarian institution fordefinitive legal rulings on Islam, and has a particular focus on contemporary social and politicalproblems, and interpreting Islamic law in an international legal context.Muslim Brotherhood; Al Ikhwan Al MuslimeenEGYPTbadi, dr mohammed (p. 50)Dr Mohammed Badi became the 8th Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in January 2010.The Muslim Brotherhood, or Al Ikhwan Al Muslimeen, organizes political dissent in Egypt, recentlyhaving arranged mass protests criticizing the conflict in Gaza; it also demanded an apology from thePope 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 manyWestern countries.Hizb Ut TahrirJORDANabu rashta, ataAta Abu Rashta is the global leader of the Islamic political party Hizb ut Tahrir. Having workedclosely with the founder of Hizb ut Tahrir—Taqiuddin an Nabhani—Abu Rashta became prominentin Jordan during the Persian Gulf War when he contested the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait; in 2003 hebecame the leader of the party. Hizb ut Tahrir is popular in the Levant, the former Soviet Union,South and South East Asia, and Western Europe.The Royal Aal al Bayt Institutefor Islamic ThoughtJORDANThe Royal Aal al Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought is an independent international nongovernmentalinstitute 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 leadingscholars of Islam as senior fellows, appointed from all over the world by royal decree. The institute’svarious aims are to serve the Islamic community worldwide through sound scholarly work, dispellingmisconceptions and fallacies about Islam and fostering dialogue and cooperation between differentschools of Islamic jurisprudence.169