in total 72 americans are among the 500, a disproportionately strong showing. timothy winter (abdal hakim murad) was the highest ranked british muslim, in an unspecified position between 51st and 60th, considerably higher than the three other british people who made the list – the conservative party chairman baroness sayeeda warsi; the uk's first muslim life peer, lord nazir ahmed; and dr anas al shaikh ali, director of the international institute of islamic thought.