THE 500 MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSLIMS - CESD

ELBARADEI, DR MOHAMED,EGYPTPolitical p. 107Dr ElBaradei has been recognized globally as a contributor to world peace throughhis work on non-proliferation and nuclear power regulation with the UN. In the runupto the 2011 Egyptian presidential election, ElBaradei leads a reform movementto allow independents to run in the forthcoming election. He currently leads thenewly-formed National Association for Change, a non-party movement that calls forgeneral reforms to Egypt's constitution.FAYADH, HIS EMINENCE GRAND AYATOLLAH MOHAMMAD ISHAQ, IRAQScholarly p. 98Grand Ayatollah Fayadh, originally from Afghanistan, is one of the four marjas ofthe Hawza Seminary in Najaf, Iraq—one of the two most important seats of learningin Twelver Shi’ism. Fayadh is known for his quietist approach to politics and iswell-respected especially amongst the Shi’a population of South Asia. It has beenspeculated that Fayadh is the front runner to succeed Grand Ayatollah Ali al Sistaniat the highest position of political and patriarchal leadership in Iraq.IBRAHIM, HIS EXCELLENCY DR ANWAR,MALAYSIAPolitical p. 111Ibrahim is a Malaysian politician of global stature. He is the former deputy primeminister of Malaysia, former finance minister and is currently the leader of theMalaysian opposition coalition. He is well-known for his liberal Islamic stance onpolitics, and is very influential as a leader and role model for young people. Ibrahim’scoalition now controls four of 13 state governments. If led by Anwar, it would have afair chance of winning the next national election in 2013.KHAN, DR ABDUL QADEERPAKISTANScience, Technology, Medicine, Law p. 152Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, deemed the father of the ‘Islamic Bomb’, is the scientistwho brought nuclear technology and nuclear weapons technology in the 1970s toPakistan which was the first—and remains the only—Muslim country to havenuclear weapons. This has has made him a figure of great international interest.He has continued to use his financial success and stature to improve the quality ofeducation in Pakistan through building educational institutions for metallurgicalengineering. Khan also may have had more far-reaching political influence throughhis alleged attempts to sell nuclear technology to Libya, Iran, and North Korea.AL MAKTOUM, HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID, UAEPolitical p. 109Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum is the Ruler of Dubai and the PrimeMinister of the United Arab Emirates. He has launched multiple charity initiativesfrom Dubai, such as ‘Dubai Cares’ which has donated over $910 million to youtheducation initiatives in impoverished countries since its inception in 2007.MATTSON, INGRID DRCANADAScholarly p. 106Dr Ingrid Mattson is the director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program and professorat the Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut. In 2001 she was elected vicepresident of ISNA and in 2006 she was elected president, becoming the first womanand the first convert to hold such high positions within the organization. ISNA92