Nobel prize is the highest prize awarded to the people who achieve something very extraordinary in their life.
Achieving a milestone in life is never easy, but these Muslims have made everyone proud by putting up their contribution which helped in making a difference in the world, these are the Muslims who have won Nobel Peace Prize;
1. Ahmed Zewail
Year of receiving Nobel Price: 1999
What For: Studies in Femtochemistry, also known as the Father of Femtochemistry.
Country: Egypt
2. Orhan Pamuk
Year of receiving Nobel Price: 2006
What For: Literature
Country: Turkey
3. Tawakkol Karman
Year of receiving Nobel Price: 2011
What For: Leading a group “Women Journalists Without Chains,” in Journalism
Country: Yemen
4. Malala Yousafzai
Year of receiving Nobel Price: 2014
What For: Social Activism and Awareness all around the world
Country: Pakistan
5. Muhammad Yunus
Year of receiving Nobel Price: 2006
What For: Entrepreneurial endeavors
Country: Bangladesh
6. Mohamed El Baradei
Year of receiving Nobel Price: 2005
What For: Diplomacy, he decided not to give nuclear power for military use but for the peace of the world.
Country: Egypt
7. Shirin Ebadi
Year of receiving Nobel Price: 2003
What For: Human rights
Country: Iran
8. Yasser Arafat
Year of receiving Nobel Price: 1994
What For: Efforts to create peace in the Middle East
Country: Palestine
9. Anwar Al Sadat
Year of receiving Nobel Price: 1981
What For: Peace
Country: Egypt
10. Aziz Sancar
Year of receiving Nobel Price: 2015
What For: Contribution to the Chemistry
Country: Turkey
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You forgot the first ever Muslim to win a Nobel Prize in Science, the great Dr. Mohammad Abdus Salam.
Year of receiving Nobel Price: 1979
What For: Electroweak Unification Theory
Country: Pakistan
Dr. Mohammad Abdus Salam was not a Muslim. He belonged to the Ahmaddiya community which is by law been declared non-muslims.
And he was one of three to accept the award on that occasion. . The other two were Jewish, Weinberg and Glashow.