[SK] SHAH ALAM 13 Nov - Ketua Oposisi Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan Menteri Besar Kelantan Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat sekali lagi tersenarai antara 500 Individu Muslim Paling Berpengaruh Dunia untuk tahun 2010.

Buku ' The Most Influential Muslims 2010' yang diterbitkan oleh The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre turut menyenarai Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat (KEADILAN) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail pada edisi kali ketiga buku itu.

Dalam laporan itu, Anwar disifatkan sebagai seorang ahli politik yang dikenali di peringkat global dengan pendirian Islam serta sangat berpengaruh kalangan generasi muda.

"Empat buah negeri di bawah kerajaan Malaysia berada di penguasaan Anwar. Jika Anwar memimpin dalam pilihanraya yang adil, Anwar akan memenangi Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13 akan datang.

"His excellency Dr anwar Ibrahim is a Malaysian politician of global stature. He is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, former Finance Minister and is currently the leader of the Malaysian opposition coalition.He is well-known for his liberal Islamic stance on politics, and is incredibly influential as a leader and role model for young people. Ibrahim's coalition now controls four of 13 state governments. If led by Anwar, it would have a fair chance of winning the next national election in 2013."

Buku itu turut mengiktiraf Nik Abdul Aziz pula yang disifatkan sebagai pemimpin yang sudah memerintah Kelantan 20 tahun yang mempunyai sokongan ahli PAS hampir 1 juta ahli.

"Nik Abdul Aziz telah memerintah negeri Kelantan kira-kira 20 tahun dan beliau memegang kuasa yang sangat penting dalam tempoh berkenaan di mana sokongan ahli PAS hampir satu juta ahli"

"Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat is a Malaysian politician, an Islamic scholar and has been the chief minister of the State of Kelantan for the past 20 years. He holds the position of Mursyidul Am-the religious guide-within the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). As the religious guide of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, Nik Mat is the spiritual leader of Malaysian Islamic politics and holds very important sway over the tenor of politics in the nation. Nik Aziz's fundamentalist party has close to one million members and enjoys strong support from the northern rural and conservative states such as Kelantan and Terengganu."

Buku 'The Most Influential Muslim 2010' turut dibahagikan kepada 15 kategori ,antaranya kategori ulama, politik, cendekiawan, pemuda, media, sains, teknologi, perubatan, undang-undang, seni dan radikal.

Penyenaraian tersebut membuktikan kepimpinan politik dan peranan besar ketiga-tiga pemimpin dalam gagasan Pakatan Rakyat yang mendapat pengiktirafan masyarakat antarabangsa.