Thursday, February 16, 2012
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An annual list of the world’s 500 most influential Muslims has
appeared and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, the man who made
Turkey’s “Muslim democracy” a model for many Arab Spring protesters, did
not win the top spot. Not #2 either. Erdogan came in at #3, a notch
down from his 2010 ranking as number two.
The Muslim 500: The 500 Most Influential Muslims 2011, the third list in this series started in 2009 by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre
in Amman, named Saudi Arabian King Abdullah as the #1 Muslim in the
world and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI as #2. It said the Arab Spring had
had no impact on Abdullah’s influence, had boosted Mohammed’s and had no
effect on Erdogan’s. Fourth and fifth places in the list went to
Jordan’s King Abdullah and Iran’s Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Sayyid
Ali Khamenei.
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