President Buhari, Abubakar Shekau, other Nigerians make list of most powerful Muslims in the World

It has been revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari, the Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Saad; and Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, have again been listed among the most powerful Muslims in the world.

This is contained in a Muslim publication, The Muslim 500 in its 2018 edition.

The publication noted that there are approximately 1.84 billion Muslims in the world, about 24.38 per cent of the world’s population.

Last year, the trio also made the list of most influential Muslims in the world.

The publication is an annual compilation of the good, the bad, and the ugly in the Islamic world.

Buhari and the Sultan were ranked 19th and 23th, respectively.

It explained that Shekau, the head of Boko Haram, a terrorist group in Nigeria had carried out a number of atrocities. The publication added that Shekau speaks Hausa, Arabic, and English and claimed to have undergone theological training.

Other Nigerians listed in the publication are Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote; JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, former justice minister, Prince Bola Ajibola, Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi.

The publication list Professor Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad Al-Tayyeb the Grand Sheikh of the Al-Azhar University and Grand Imam of the Al-Azhar Mosque as number one, retaining his 2017 position.

King Salman Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia however emerged the second and King Abdullah Al-Hussein of Jordan is third on the list. The Jordanian King was number one on 2016.