The most well known names in the list include the likes of A.R.Rahman, Shabana Azmi, Azim Premji and Aamir Khan, while from the political Arena Asaduddin Owaisi, Dr Mohammed Umar Farooq of the Hurriyat and Badruddin Ajmal have been named.



Although the list includes those with a positive influence in culture, politics and industry, there are also those with a negative influence categorised as "the extremists", which naturally includes the likes of IS chief Al Baghdadi and Boko Haram's Abu Bakr Shekau.

Others from India include Padma Bhushan Maulana Wahiduddin Khan alongside others like Mufti Muhammad Akhtar Raza Khan Qadiri A-Azhari of Bareli, Maulana Mahmood Madani of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, Allama Zia-al-Mustafa, Maulana Rabey Hasan Nadvi, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, Dr Bahauddeen Muhammad Jamaluddeen Nadwi, Sheikh Aboobackar Ahmad, Dr Zakir Naik, Maulana Syed Arshad Madani, and others.