Nur Misuari among 500 ‘most influential Muslims of 2020’

Posted to the Mindanao Examiner (Sep 25, 2020): Nur Misuari among 500 ‘most influential Muslims of 2020’

DAVAO CITY - Nur Misuari, chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front, has made it to the prestigious book “The Muslim 500 – World’s 500 most influential Muslims 2020” alongside religious scholars and heads of state that make up this 283-page, full color prints.


Nur Misuari (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

In its introductory, “The Muslim 500 – World’s 500 most influential Muslims 2020” says: “Nur Misuari is a revolutionary leader of the Bangsamoro. He began his campaign for better treatment of the people of Mindanao by the Manila government through the Mindanao Independence Movement (MIM) in the 1970s, which later became the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).”

“Under Misuari’s leadership the MNLF challenged the government until the Tripoli Agreement was negotiated in 1976. Misuari and members of the MNLF were charged in connection to the deadly 20-day attack in Zamboanga city in September 2013, which left nearly 200 people dead, but in 2016, Misuari was granted a temporary suspension of his arrest and asked for his help in the peace negotiations in Mindanao.”

The “The Muslim 500 – World’s 500 most influential Muslims 2020” print sells for $29.95 while the digital copy is $4.95.

This publication is part of an annual series that provides a window into the movers and shakers of the Muslim world. It highlights people who are influential as Muslims, that is, people whose influence is derived from their practice of Islam or from the fact that they are Muslim. It gives valuable insight into the different ways that Muslims impact the world, and also shows the diversity of how people are living as Muslims today, according to its publisher, The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center.

The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center is an independent research entity affiliated with the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought which is an international Islamic non-governmental, independent institute headquartered in Amman, Jordan.

Muslims make up 24.38% of the world’s population or about 1.84 billion. And this publication sets out to ascertain the influence some Muslims have on this community, or on behalf of the community. “Influence is any person who has the power (be it cultural, ideological, financial, political or otherwise) to make a change that will have a significant impact on the Muslim world. Note that the impact can be either positive or negative, depending on one’s point of view of course.”

“The selection of people for this publication in no way means that we endorse their views; rather we are simply trying to measure their influence. The influence can be of a religious scholar directly addressing Muslims and influencing their beliefs, ideas and behaviour, or it can be of a ruler shaping the socio-economic factors within which people live their lives, or of artists shaping popular culture,” the publisher said. (Mindanao Examiner)

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