Muslim 500: Buhari named 17th most powerful Muslim worldwide
November 1,2022
President Muhammadu Buhari Buhari has been listed as the 17th most powerful Muslim in the latest ranking of the respected Muslim 500 publication.
The Muslim 500, a religious publication that rates important Islamic adherents worldwide, also named Buhari the 10th most powerful Muslim politician in the world
The Nigerian leader has been ranked among the top 50 Muslims globally since 2015, when he assumed office as a democratic head of state.
Buhari was ranked 17th, trailing King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia (1), Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (4), President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (8), King Mohammed VI of Morocco (7), President of Indonesia President Joko Widodo (13) and other influential Islamic scholars
According to the report, he was named the 17th most powerful Muslim figure among the roughly 1.94 billion Muslims today
Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar III, Sultan of Sokoto, also made the list, coming in at number 18 just after Mr Buhari.
The report detailed that around one-fourth of all people on earth are devout Muslims
