Report: Keith Ellison among world's most influential Muslims

Rose French writes about religious and spiritual matters for the Star Tribune. Before arriving in the Twin Cities this fall, she covered religion for the Associated Press in Tennessee, where she wrote about the Southern Baptists, United Methodists, Gideons and other religious groups and issues.

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Report: Keith Ellison among world's most influential Muslims

Posted by: Rose French Updated: November 29, 2012 - 11:06 AM

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Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison is ranked among the world’s most influential Muslims, according to a just released report.

“The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims,” compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Jordan, lists Ellison, who is the first Muslim elected to Congress.

This year’s ranking has more Muslims from the U.S. than any other country,the Religion News Service reports:

“America’s roughly 2.6 million Muslims are a tiny fraction of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims, but they took 41 spots on the 500 list. Countries with the next highest number of names were Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom, with 25 Muslims each, followed by Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, with 24.”

The Religion News Service also reports the “third annual compilation lists the winners according to 13 categories, including spiritual guides, Quran reciters, scholars, politicians, celebrities, sports figures, radicals, and media leaders. Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah took the list’s No. 1 spot.”