Following are the Top 50 Twitter Accounts on Religion and Muslim Affairs which are a Must Follow for those having interest in the issues surrounding Muslims. It should be pointed that the List compiled is not in any specific order. The list includes the Most Prominent Scholars, News & Current Affairs Twitter handles on Religion & Islam and Sociopolitical Commentators who have an eye on Muslim World.

@hamzayusuf : Shaykh Hamza Yusuf is an American Islamic scholar, and is co-founder of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, United States.This is the official Twitter account. Jordan’s Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center placed him 42nd on its list of the top 500 most influential Muslims in the world.  His lectures can be found at http://sandala.org/

@mohamedghilan : Mohamed Ghilan is a Neuroscience PhD Candidate, a Student of Traditional Islam & a Lover of Philosophy. He blogs at http://mohamedghilan.com/

@tariqramadan : Tariq Ramadan is Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University. He is one of the top most Muslim intellectuals currently living. His official website is http://www.tariqramadan.com/spip.php?lang=en

@kzmawrid : Dr Khalid Zaheer is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of University of Central Punjab. Prior to joining UCP, he was the Director Education, Al-Mawrid (founded by Javed Ghamidi), which is an NGO established to promote research and education on Islam. Prior to joining Al-Mawrid in September 2006, he was an Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Ethics at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). His website is http://www.khalidzaheer.com/

@JavedGhamidi : Javed Ahmad Ghamidi is a well-known Pakistani Muslim theologian, Quran scholar and exegete, and educationist. Ghamidi is the founder of Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences and its sister organization Danish Sara. This is the official account of Javed Ahmad Ghamidi & managed by Team Ghamidi. Tweets are mostly Javed Ghamidi’s own words. http://www.javedahmadghamidi.com/

@musafurber : Shaykh Musa Furber is a Research Fellow at @tabahfoundation. He was recruited by Shaykh Habib Ali al-Jifri to serve as a lead researcher at the Taba Insitute in UAE, where he currently resides. He Has Ijazas in Shafii fiqh and trained & licensed in ifta under the direct supervision of Shaykh Dr Ali Jumua, the Mufti of Egypt.

@ShaykhNinowy : Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’id ibn Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Ninowy is a Syrian-born American Islamic scholar and Imam of Iraqi descent. This account is maintained by Students of Shaykh Dr. Muhammad bin Yahya Al Husayni An-Ninowy. His website is http://www.madinainstitute.org/ & http://alhaqq.com/AlHaqq/

@MoAnsar : Mohammed Ansar is a political and social commentator regularly appearing on television and radio. He is a public speaker and visiting lecturer on Islamophobia, Islam in contemporary Britain and Theology. A civil rights activist and legal advocate, he works across a variety of sectors in the fields of education and interfaith. He blogs at http://moansar..in/

@FarazRabbani : Faraz Fareed Rabbani is a scholar and researcher of Islamic law and translator of several Arabic works to the English language. Faraz Rabbani was born in Karachi, Pakistan and raised in Toronto, Canada. Rabbani is a teacher at SeekersGuidance based in Toronto,Canada. More about him can be read at  http://www.SeekersHub.org & http://www.SeekersGuidance.org

@alhabibali : Habib Ali Zain al-`Abideen al-Jifri is an Islamic scholar from Hadhramaut, Yemen of the Shafi’i school. Al-Jifri is the founder and director-general of the nonprofit privately-funded Tabah Foundation for Islamic Studies in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is a member of the board of Dar al-Mustafa Islamic University in Tarim, Yemen. He runs the Islamic Center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. His official website is http://www.alhabibali.com/index.php?ln=en

@TahirulQadri : Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri is a Pakistani scholar and former professor of international constitutional law at the University of the Punjab. On 2 March 2010, Qadri issued a 600-page Fatwa on Terrorism, which is a scholarly refutation of all forms of terrorism. This is the official twitter page of Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran International in Pakistan. His website is http://www.minhaj.org

@JihadiJew :Lee Weissman graduated from George Washington University, with a Bachelor’s in Religion, then continued graduation at the University of Chicago in South Asian Studies. Also a specialist in Sanskrit and Tamil studies. Jihadi Jew is dedicated to creating a space where observant Jews and Muslims can struggle together to create real understanding, through discussion, debate and mutual support. He blogs at http://jihadiyehudi..in/

@TahirAshrafi : Maulana Tahir Ashrafi is Chairman Ulema and Mashaikh Council Pakistan. He is very pro-active on twitter & is media friendly, tweets mostly in Urdu.

@MuhammadBadsha : Muhammad Badsha is an Imam & editor of Islamic Focus Website http://www.islamicfocus.co.za/

@TCNLive : Two Circles is a News website delivering happenings around the lives of Indian Muslims. http://twocircles.net/

@onfaith : Washington Post’s On Faith editor brings you conversation on religion and politics. http://washingtonpost.com/onfaith

@Qantara : Qantara.de is an Internet portal in German, English, Arabic and Turkish, designed to promote intercultural dialogue between the Western and the Islamic world http://en.qantara.de/

@channelislam : Channel Islam International is a dynamic Islamic Satellite Radio station that reaches out to a global audience daily bringing Islam to the world based in Johannesburg. http://www.ciibroadcasting.com

@loonwatchers : Loonwatch.com is a blogzine run by a motley group of hate-allergic bloggers to monitor and expose the web’s plethora of anti-Muslim loons & conspiracy theorists.

@WeTheMuslims : Providing an insight into the everyday life of Muslims and their religion of Islam. http://www.wethemuslims.com/

@ReligionEthics : News coverage and analysis of national and international events in the ever-changing religious world http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/

@pewforum : Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life delivers timely, impartial information on issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. http://www.pewforum.org/

@No_Islamophobia : Islamophobia Today is an e-newspaper. http://www.islamophobiatoday.com/

@GdnBelief : Religious news and comment from the Guardian and around the web from London. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief

@MuslimMatters : Official twitter for the MuslimMatters blog. Sharing news/thoughts on Islam & Muslims. http://muslimmatters.org/

@IslamopediaO : Translation, News & Analysis of Contemporary Islamic Thought based in Cambridge, MA http://www.islamopediaonline.org/

@HuffPostRelig : A wide-ranging discussion about religion, spirituality, and the ways they influence our lives. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/religion/

@muslimvoices : Blogs, podcasts & videos about Islam & the Islamic world, promoting dialogue and understanding between Muslims and Non-Muslims. Tweets from @rompenni http://muslimvoices.org/

@CNNbelief : Covering the faith angles of the biggest stories for CNN http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/

@BahareMadinah : Tweets on Islam & beauty of Tasawwuf based in England, UK http://BahareMadinah.com

@IMONewsOnline : A Delhi-based Journalist, Danish Ahmad Khan and Founder-Editor of http://IndianMuslimObserver.com .

@farzana_versey : Farzana Versey is an Indian writer based in Mumbai. She is currently a regular op-ed contributor to the newspapers. She Blogs at http://farzana-versey..in/

@kaaashif : An Indian Muslim Scientist & Journalist, living in the United States. Executive Editor of http://TwoCircles.net  news website.

@shadihamid : Shadi Hamid is Director of Research at the Brookings Doha Center & Fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institute.

@YBirt :Yahya Birt is a Writer and publisher, specializing in British Muslim affairs based in Leicester. His website is http://www.yahyabirt.com/

@iyad_elbaghdadi : According to his own words, “I startup startups, coach social media, tweet revolutions, and make fun of tyrants. An Islamic libertarian based in Dubai, UAE & is of Palestinian origin. http://www.el-baghdadi.com/

@yvonneridley : Yvonne Ridley is a British journalist, war correspondent and Respect Party activist best known for her capture by the Taliban and subsequent conversion to Islam after release. Her website is http://yvonneridley.org/

@TheMuslimGuy : Arsalan Iftikhar is an international Human Rights Lawyer, Global Media Commentator, Founder of TheMuslimGuy.com & Author of ‘Islamic Pacifism: Global Muslims in the Post-Osama Era’ based in Washington DC http://www.islamicpacifism.com/

@shahed : Shahed Amanullah is a Senior Advisor at @StateDept focused on digital diplomacy; formerly with @WorldBank. Created @halalfire, @altmuslim, @zabihah in Silicon Valley. http://www.shahed.com

@WajahatAli : A Playwright, Attorney, Commentator, Blogger, Humorist, Researcher & Writer for Center for American Progress living in Bay Area, Ca.  http://www.domesticcrusaders.com

@DaisyKhan : Daisy Khan is of Kashmiri Descent who is Executive Director and Co-Founder of American Society of Muslim Advancement. She and her husband proposed building a community center near ground zero which precipitated a national dialogue in the media about the effects of 9/11. http://www.asmasociety.org

@hsmoghul : Haroon Moghul is a Fellow @NewAmerica Foundation. Associate Editor @RDispatches. and a Ph.D. candidate in Columbia University’s Department of Middle East, South Asian and African Studies. His research focus is colonial India, and specifically Muhammad Iqbal’s project of reconstructing religious thought in Islam.

@aminawadud : Amina Wadud is an American scholar of Islam with a progressive focus on Qur’an exegesis & is known as an Islamic feminist.

@Ed_Husain : Mohamed Mahbub Husain popularly known as Ed Husain is a writer. Husain is the author of ‘The Islamist’, a book about Islamic fundamentalism, and an account of his five years as an Islamist activist. He is a Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Husain also co-founded, with Maajid Nawaz, the counter-extremism organisation, the Quilliam Foundation. He currently lives in Manhattan, New York, USA.

@mehdirhasan : Mehdi Hassan is  Huffington Post UK’s political director, co-biographer of Ed Miliband & presenter on Al Jazeera English’s The Café (launched in July 2012) , lives in London

@IngridMattson : Dr. Ingrid Mattson is a Muslim religious leader, a professor of Islamic Studies and an expert in Christian-Muslim and interfaith relations.

@fahadfaruqui : Fahad Faruqi is a Writer, Lecturer & Journalist based in Karachi, Pakistan ·

@masudcouk : Webmaster of masud.co.uk, blogger masudblog.com, photographer http://www.flickr.com/photos/masud, his blog is http://masudblog.com/

@Farah_Pandith : Farah Pandith, actually from Kashmir is the first ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities for the United States Department of State.

@MaajidNawaz : Maajid Nawaz is a British Pakistani and former member of the Islamic political group Hizb ut-Tahrir. He holds a B.A. from London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies and a M.Sc. in Political Theory from the London School of Economics. http://www.maajidnawaz.com

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Mohammed Ghilan is a great follow! He tackles difficult philosophical issues! (Although I dont really agree with him)

Also, the pew forum is also quite useful

There are at least one person that shouldn't be on that list.

tbaba1234: There are at least one person that shouldn't be on that list.

Name names

Nice one, Wow @CNNbefief, dunno they talk religion there, I'll definitely check it out. Who knows i might meet some evangelical atheists like we've here on nl

Logicboy03: Name names

A name will attract people to the person and i would prefer if they stayed away.

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