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1. ing Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, King of
Saudi
Arabia, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
2. His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sayyid Ali Khamenei,
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of
Iran
3. His Majesty King Mohammed VI, King of
Morocco
4. His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, King of the
Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan
5. His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of the
Republic of Turkey
6. His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id al Sa'id,
Sultan of Oman
7. His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hussein Sistani, Marja
of the Hawza, Najaf
8. His Eminence Sheikh Al Azhar Dr Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi,
Grand Sheikh of the Al Azhar University, Grand Imam of Al
Azhar Mosque
9. Sheikh Dr Yusuf Qaradawi, Head of the International Union of
Muslim Scholars
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. Mohammad Mahdi Akef, Supreme Guide of the Muslim
Brotherhood 18 Hodjaefendi F
13. Ethullah Güllen,
Turkish Muslim Preacher
14. Amr Khaled, Preacher and Social Activist
15. Hajji Mohammed Abd al Wahhab, Ameer of the Tablighi Jamaat,
Pakistan
16. His Royal Eminence Amirul Mu'minin Sheikh as Sultan
Muhammadu Sa'adu Abubakar III, Sultan of Sokoto
17. Seyyed Hasan Nasrallah, Secretary General of
Hezbollah
18. Dr KH Achmad Hasyim Muzadi, Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama,
Indonesia
19. Sheikh Salman al Ouda,
Saudi Scholar and Educator
20. His Highness Shah Karim al Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV, 49th
Imam of the Ismaili Muslims
21. His Highness Emir Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum,
Ruler of
Dubai, Prime Minister of the
United Arab Emirates
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. Sheikh Dr M Sa'id Ramadan al Bouti, Leading Islamic Scholar in
Syria
24. His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin
Waddaulah, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of
Brunei Darussalam
25. His Eminence Professor Dr Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad al Tayeb,
President of Al Azhar University
26. His Eminence Mohammad bin Mohammad al Mansour, Imam of
the Zaidi Sect of Shi‘a Muslims
27. His Eminence Justice Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Leading
Scholar of Islamic Jurisprudence,
Pakistan
28. His Excellency President Abdullah Gül, President of the
Republic
of Turkey
29. Sheikh Mohammad Ali al Sabouni, Scholar of Tafsir
30. His Eminence Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah, Deputy-Head of the
International Union of Muslim Scholars
31. Her Eminence Sheikha Munira Qubeysi, Leader of the Qubeysi
Movement 19 His Eminence Sheikh Ahmad T
32. ijani Ali Cisse, Leader of Tijaniyya
Sufi Order
33. Sheikh al Habib Umar bin Hafiz, Director of Dar al Mustafa,
Tarim,
Yemen
34. Khaled Mashaal, Leader of
Hamas
35. Professor Dr M Din Syamsuddin, Chairman of Muhammadiyya,
Indonesia
36. Maulana Mahmood Madani, Secretary General of Jamiat Ulemae-
Hind,
India
37. Sheikh Habib Ali Zain al Abideen al Jifri, Director General of the
Tabah Foundation,
UAE
38. Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson, Founder of Zaytuna Institute,
USA
39. His Eminence Sheikh Professor Dr Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti
of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
40. His Excellency Professor Dr Ekmelledin Ihsanoglu, Secretary
General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
41. General Mohammad Ali Jafari, Commander of the Revolutionary
Guard,
Iran
42. Dato' Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Religious Guide of the
Islamic Party of
Malaysia
43. Motiur Rahman Nizami, Ameer of the Jamaat-e-Islami,
Bangladesh
44. Professor Sayid Ameen Mian Qaudri, Barelwi Leader and
Spiritual Guide
45. His Holiness Dr Syedna Mohammad Burhannuddin Saheb, 52nd
Da‘i l-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras
46. Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan,
Pakistani Nuclear Scientist
47. Professor Dr Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Islamic Philosopher
48. Abdullah 'Aa Gym' Gymnastiar,
Indonesian Preacher
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
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