The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said today that its National Executive Director Nihad Awad has again been named to “The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims.” Awad has been named to the annual list a number of times.
American Muslims named to the list include Awad, Dalia Mogahed, Linda Sarsour, Khaled Baydoun, Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), André Carson (D-IN) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Imam Omar Suleiman, Imam Siraj Wahhaj, and a number of other American Muslim leaders, artists, media personalities, scholars, businesspeople, and activists.
SEE: The Muslim 500 2026
The annual list is an initiative of the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, an independent research entity affiliated with the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought. The Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought is a non-governmental, independent institute headquartered in Amman, Jordan.
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