The 500 Most Influential Muslims

The 500 Most Influential Muslims
	The cover of the 2009 edition
Author	John L. Esposito (contributor of the 2009 edition only), İbrahim Kalın, Usra Ghazi, Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding, S. Abdallah Schleifer
Language	English
Series	1st Edition (2009); 2nd Edition (2010); 3rd Edition (2011); 4th Edition (2012); 5th Edition (2013/14); 6th Edition (2014/15); 7th Edition (2016); 8th Edition (2017); 9th Edition (2018); 10th Edition (2019); 11th Edition (2020); 12th Edition (2021); 13th Edition (2022); 14th Edition (2023)
Subject	Biographical dictionary
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, Createspace
Publication date	January 16, 2009
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Online, print
Pages	206
ISBN	978-9957-428-37-2
OCLC	514462119
Website	themuslim500.com

The 500 Most Influential Muslims (also known as The Muslim 500) is an annual publication first published in 2009, which ranks the most influential Muslims in the world.

The publication is compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Amman, Jordan.^[1]^[2]^[3] The report is issued annually in cooperation with Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University in the United States.^[2]

Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamid Al-Thani took first place in the 2022 edition. He was followed by King Salman of Saudi Arabia, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. King Abdullah II of Jordan, Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar Muhammad Taqi Usmani, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, President of the UAE Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Iranian Shia Islamic scholar Ali al-Sistani are also among the top 9 in the list.^[4]

Critics ^[who?] have noted that its top 50 list gives more weight to political leaders, who due to the nature of political systems in Middle East enjoy considerable clout and influence in the regional politics. As such the influence of individuals listed in the top 50 owes much to the fact of their existence in the political spectrum.^{[citation needed]}

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^ The World's 500 Most Influential People (PDF) (2021 ed.). Amman: The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. 2013. pp. 66–86. ISBN 978-9957-635-56-5. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

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[4] The World's 500 Most Influential People (PDF) (2021 ed.). Amman: The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. 2013. pp. 66–86. ISBN 978-9957-635-56-5. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

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