for the fourth year running, saudi king abdullah bin abdulaziz topped the list. he was followed by turkish prime minister recep tayyip erdoğan at second place. erdoğan's advance gave him advantage over moroccan king mohammed vi who took the third place. fourth place went to dr mohammed badie, whose name appeared in the top 10 for the first time. he was followed by qatari emir sheikh hamad bin khalifa al thani who took the fifth place. sheikh al-azhar dr. ahmad el-tayeb and prominent islamic scholar dr. yusuf al-qaradawi who is president of global association of muslim scholars, also made it to the top 10 ranks.