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The Muslim500, an annual report of the world’s 500 most influential Muslims has named President Muhammadu and several other Nigerian Muslim faithfuls in its 2017 edition.
However, only three Nigerians, beginning from the president made the top 50 influential muslim leaders in the world.
President Buhari who was pegged at number 20 last year, rose up the ladder in 2016 as he became the 17th most power Muslim leader in the world.
Also among the top 50 list are two other Nigerians, the Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar III, and a Borno State-Islamic cleric, Sheik Ibrahim Saleh.
The Sultan and Saleh retained their previous ranking, 22nd and 38th respectively.
Also listed were Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Nigeria, and Abubakar Shekau, leader of the terrorist group, Boko Haram.
Other Nigerians who made the list of most influential 500 Muslims in the world included Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, Prince Bola Ajibola, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, and Abdurahman Olanrewaju Ahmad.
The publication noted that there were 1.7 billion Muslims all over the world, making up approximately 23 per cent of the world’s population, or one-fifth of the world.