Sunday, August 28, 2011

Taaju Shariah : 26th among those influenced the World Muslim Society


THE TOP 50
1. His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, King of
Saudi Arabia, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
2. His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of the
Republic of Turkey
3. His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei,
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
4. His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, King of the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
5. His Majesty King Mohammed VI, King of Morocco
6. His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Sa’id al Sa’id, Sultan of Oman
7. His Eminence Professor Dr Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad al
Tayeb, Grand Sheikh of the Al Azhar University, Grand Imam of
the Al Azhar Mosque
8. His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hussein Sistani, Marja
of the Hawza, Najaf, Iraq
9. His Excellency President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President
of Indonesia
10. His Eminence Sheikh Dr Ali Goma’a, Grand Mufti of The Arab
Republic of Egypt
11. His Eminence Sheikh Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdullah Aal al Sheikh,
Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
12. Dr Mohammed Badie, Supreme Guide of the Muslim
Brotherhood
13. Hodjaefendi Fethullah Gülen, Turkish Muslim Preacher
14. Sheikh Dr Yusuf al Qaradawi, Head of the International Union
of Muslim Scholars
15. Amr Khaled, Preacher and Social Activist
16. Hajji Mohammed Abd al Wahhab, Amir of Tablighi Jamaat,
Pakistan
17. Sheikh Dr Muhammad Sa’id Ramadan al Bouti, Leading Islamic
Scholar in Syria
18. Seyyed Hasan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah
19. Dr KH Said Aqil Siradj, Chairman of Indonesia’s Nahdlatul
Ulama
20. His Royal Highness Shah Karim al Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV,
49th Imam of the Ismaili Muslims
21. His Highness Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of
Qatar
22. His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan,
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander
of the UAE Armed Forces
23. His Royal Eminence Amirul Mu’minin Sheikh as Sultan
Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar III, Sultan of Sokoto
24. Her Eminence Sheikha Munira Qubeysi, Leader of the Qubeysi
Movement
25. Sheikh Salman al Ouda, Saudi Scholar and Educator
26. Mufti Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan Qaadiri Al Azhari, Grand
Mufti of India, Barelwi Leader and Spiritual Guide
27. His Excellency Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Brother Leader of the
Revolution of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
28. His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin
Waddaulah, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam
29. His Eminence Mohammad bin Mohammad al Mansour, Imam
of the Zaidi Sect of Shi’a Muslims
30. His Eminence Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah, Deputy-Head of the
International Union of Muslim Scholars
31. His Eminence Justice Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Leading
Scholar of Islamic Jurisprudence
32. His Excellency President Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic
of Turkey
33. Her Majesty Queen Rania al Abdullah, Queen of the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan
34. Sheikh Mohammad Ali al Sabouni, Scholar of Tafsir
35. Dr Aaidh Al Qarni, Saudi Scholar
36. His Eminence Sheikh Ahmad Tijani Ali Cisse, Leader of the
Tijaniyya Sufi Order
37. Sheikh al Habib Umar bin Hafiz, Director of Dar Al Mustafa,
Tarim, Yemen
38. Khaled Mashaal, Leader of Hamas
39. Professor Dr M Din Syamsuddin, Chairman of the
Muhammadiyah, Indonesia
40. Maulana Mahmood Madani, Leader and Executive Member of
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, India
41. Sheikh Habib ‘Ali Zain al Abideen al Jifri, Director General of
the Tabah Foundation, UAE
42. Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson, Founder of Zaytuna Institute,
United States of America
43. His Eminence Sheikh Professor Dr Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti
of Bosnia and Herzegovina
44. His Excellency Professor Dr Ekmelledin Ihsanoglu, Secretary
General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
45. Adnan Oktar, Authority on Islamic Creationism
46. His Excellency Mir-Hossein Mousavi , Iranian Opposition
Leader
47. His Holiness Dr Syedna Mohammad Burhannuddin Saheb, The
52nd Da‘i l-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras
48. Professor Dr Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Scholar of Islamic Philosophy
49. Sheikh Mehmet Nazim Adil al Qubrusi al Haqqani, Leader of
Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order
50. His Excellency Dr Abd al Aziz bin ‘Uthman Altwaijiri, Secretary
General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization


26
Mufti Muhammad Akhtar Raza
Khan Qaadiri Al Azhari
Barelwi Leader and Spiritual Guide
Country: India
Date of Birth: 23 November 1943
Source of Influence: Administrative,
Scholarly
Influence: Approximately 2 million
Barkatiya Barelwis worldwide
School of Thought: Traditional Sunni,
Hanafi, Sufi
Rank: 2010:26
Mufti Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan is the
leader of the Indian Barelwis and consid-
ered by his followers as the Grand Mufti of
India. He is the great-grandson of Ahmed
Raza Khan (d. 1921), who founded the
Barelwi movement in South Asia.
Scholarly Lineage
Mufti Akhtar Raza was ordained at the age
of 20 by his predecessor Mufti Mustafa Raza
Khan. He was subsequently granted per-
mission to lead the Qaadriya, Barakaatiyah,
and Nooriyah Sufi orders in India. He was
also appointed to the position of Muslim
Chief Justice of India in 2006.
Dynamic Mufti
Mufti Akhtar Raza is esteemed for his exten-
sive collection of English-language rulings,
the Azharul Fatawa. He became involved in
issuing Islamic rulings from the age of 17
and is noted for having issued over 5,000
rulings since attaining leadership as mufti.
Spiritual Tradition
The Barelwis are an apolitical Sufi com-
munity based in a volatile region where
religion has been used as a platform for vio-
lence—despite this, it thrives as a socially
engaged mystical movement. A missionary
movement, the Barelwis have spread their
message within South Asia and also among
diaspora communities. This group is dis-
tinct from Deobandi Muslims—who prac-
tice a more conservative brand of Islam.


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