Representing the head of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon on the list, the authors of the publication wrote that he had made a hajj in his life and once changed his last name
For the fifth time in a row, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and head of the Ulema Council of Tajikistan Sayidmukarram Abdulkodirzoda entered the list of the most influential Muslims in the world (The Muslim 500).
Tajik President and Mufti Listed as Most Influential Muslims
Introducing Rakhmon, the authors of the publication wrote that he has been the president of Tajikistan since 1994, he made a hajj and once changed his surname from Rakhmonov to Rakhmon.
Why Emomali Rahmon was on the list of the most influential Muslims in the world
It is worth noting that the list was headed by one of the leading Islamic scholars living in our time, an expert in the field of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), economics, the science of hadith and tasavwuf Shaikh Muhammad Taki Usmani.
Behind him is a religious leader and senior leader of Iran, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei. To date, he managed to write many works on Islam on various topics and is the author of more than sixty books.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also entered the Top 50. He settled in sixth place.
Emomali Rahmon at the Symposium on Sustainable Development and Targets Achieve Universal Access to Water and Sanitation
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Why Emomali Rahmon was on the list of the most influential Muslims in the world
In addition, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the heads of Turkmenistan and Chechnya – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Ramzan Kadyrov and the Mufti of Uzbekistan Usman Alimov were included in the list.
Dilshod Nazarov first entered the list of the most influential Muslims in the world
The current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov also managed to get on the list.
It is worth noting that the Muslim 500 rating is published annually for nine years.
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