Masjid al-Haram
Notable people of Minangkabau descent outside of Malay world include member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, Rustam Effendi; Ahmad Khatib, the imam (head) of the Shafi'i school of law at "Masjid al-Haram"; and Khatib's grandson Fouad Abdulhameed Alkhateeb as Saudi Arabian ambassador.