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Almost two dozen persons from India feature in the list of 500 ‘Most Influential Muslims’ of the world. The 500 Most Influential Muslims have been put in 13 categories of influence given below: • Scholarship • Politics • Administration of Religious Affairs • Preachers and Spiritual Guides • Philanthropy/Charity and Development • Social Issues • Business • Science and Technology • Arts and Culture • Qur’an Recitation • Media • Celebrities and Sports Stars • Extremists Hazrat Maulana Badruddin Ajmal Al-Qasmi is placed in the category of Philanthropy, Charity & Development. The survey declares: Qasmi, Maulana Badruddin Ajmal (He is a prominent businessman in India who runs the Ajmal Group of Companies, which sells attar perfume, oils and textiles. He is a proponent and member of various social services organizations and is also a scholar of Islam, having studied at the Darul Uloom Deoband. Qasmi is also a politician who founded the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) a political party.)________Editor
Hojai Accords Massive Civic Reception for MB Ajmal Ajmal promises medical college and university in return By Quomrul Haque
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he Hojai Citizens’ Coordination Committee (HCCC) accorded a massive civic reception in honour of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal on his being listed as one of the ‘500 most influential Muslims of the World’. The reception was held at Abdul Hasib Higher Secondary School Auditorium in Hojai recently.
based at Amman, Jordan, had two weeks ago listed the President of the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and Lok Sabha Member from Dhubri, Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, as one of the “World’s 500
It may be recalled that a leading international research organisation, Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISSC)
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Most Influential Muslims.” The seventh annual issue of the ‘Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims’, which was released on October 4, 2015, mentioned Ajmal in the field of