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Nayed was the first post-Gaddafi Libyan Am-bassador to the UAE for Libya’s National Transi-tional Council. He led the Tripoli Stabilisation Team. Prior to the Libyan revolution he worked as an important scholar in the field of Muslim-Christian relations, and is the founder and di-rector of Kalam Research & Media (KRM).

Religious Scholar: Nayed is a former professor at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (Rome), a former professor at the International In-stitute for Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC, Malaysia) and a senior advisor to the Cambridge Interfaith Program and the Faculty of Divinity in Cambridge, UK. Prior to the Libyan revolution he lectured on Islamic Theology, Logic, and Spiritual-ity at the restored Uthman Pasha Madrasa in Tripoli, Libya, and supervised Graduate Students at the Islamic Call College there. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of the Templeton Foundation.

Political Leader: Nayed’s other strengths have not gone unnoticed, and when he submitted his resigna-tion from the post of Ambassador to the UAE, it was rejected, and he was asked to take the position again. He is viewed in many circles as a man of integrity, wisdom and strength; virtues that are needed at the highest level to put Libya back on track.

Dr Aref Ali NayedScholar and Libyan Scholar and Libyan Ambassador to the UAEAmbassador to the UAECountry: LibyaBorn: 1962 (age 52)Influence: Scholarly, Political, Schol-arly. Interfaith scholar and influential figure in the new Libyan government.School of Thought: Sunni2009: 450

2011: 502012: 492013: 40

Top 50: InsTop 50: InsHis Excellency President Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia – NEW to 7

HE Prime Minister Ahmed Davatoglu, of the Republic of Turkey – HM to 26

Shaykh Ibrahim Salih, Grand Mufti of Nigeria –NEW to 36

Abdul Malik Al-Houthi, Leader of Al-Houthi, Yemen – NEW to 41

Her Excellency President Atifete Jahjaga, President of Kosovo – NEW to 45

His Highness Amir Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, UAE – HM to 46

Shaykh Usama Al-Azhari, Scholar, Egypt - HM to 47

Habib Lutfi Yahya, Preacher, Indonesia – HM to 48

Prof. Ali Mohyi Al-Din Al-Qaradaghi the Secretary General of the Islamic Union of Muslim Scholars, Iraq – NEW to 49

Top 50: OutsTop 50: OutsHis Excellency President Susilo Bambang Yud-hoyono, President of Indonesia (7 to Out)

His Excellency President Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey (20 to Out)

Sheikh Mohammad Ali Al Sabouni, Scholar of Tafsir (26 to HM)

Dr Mohammed Badie, Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood (36 to Top 450)

Sheikh Mehmet Nazim Adil Al-Qubrusi Al-Haqqani, Leader of Naqshbandi Sufi Order, (42 to Obituaries)

His Excellency Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijiri, Secretary General of IESCO (45 to HM)

Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned (46 to Top 450)

Professor Timothy Winter (Sheikh Abdal-Hakim Murad) (47 to HM)

HE Shaykh Dr Tahir Al-Qadri (48 to HM)