Scoop: 7 Egyptians Among World’s 500 Most influential Muslims 

The twelfth annual issue of the World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims embraces seven Egyptian characters.

“This publication sets out to ascertain the influence some Muslims have on this community, or on behalf of the community,” the issue wrote. 

Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayyeb is ranked 13th in the latest World’s 500 Most influential Muslims. 

The 74-year scholar is the highest scholarly authority for the majority of Sunni Muslims and runs the foremost and largest Sunni Islamic university. 

“It’s necessary to present Islam the way it is, the way it respects others, the way to believes in others and grants them freedom of religion,” Al-Tayyeb said.

The ranking comes in the 2021 edition of the prestigious “The Muslim 500“ published by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Amman, Jordan.

The second Egyptian scholar in thus ranking is Sheikh Dr. Ali Gomaa who comes in the 17th rank. 

The 67-year-old Sheikh attributes his influence to the legal authority for 90.7 million Egyptian Muslims. 

“In Egypt, a civil state means a modern nationalist state that is compatible with Islamist provisions,” Gomaa said. 

Among the seven Egyptians, there are also Sheikh Usama Al-Azhari (44 years old) and Sheikh Mostafa Hosny (42 years old.)

Moez Masoud is also ranked as an influential preacher who “focuses on the fields of contemporary spirituality interfaith dialogue and Islam in the modern world.”

The 42-year-old preacher is being followed by over 25 million on various social media sites. He also took part in the brief post-Tahrir “Egyptian National Dialogue.”

Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah is also coming on the list thanks to his global fame. 

“Salah enjoyed the most successful season of his career with Liverpool FC in 2017/18.”

The issue stressed that Salah’s footballing exploits during his time at Liverpool FC have had the unprecedented effect of football fans singing positive songs about Muslims. “If he’s good enough for you, he’s good enough for me. 

“If he scores another few, then I’ll be Muslim too. Sitting in the mosque, that’s where I wanna be! Mo Salah-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la-la.”

The seventh Egyptian on this list is Amr Khaled who has been a televangelist to the Islamic world since 1998. 

He communicates through his TV shows and web campaigns using Islamic ethics as a way to inspire, foster community development, tolerance and intercultural relations.