<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article has an unclear citation style . The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting . (March 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> As of 2015, twelve Nobel Prize laureates have been Muslims, more than half in the 21st century . Seven of the twelve laureates have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize . The recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics, Abdus Salam, was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community of Pakistan . Aziz Sancar is the second Turkish Nobel laureate and the first Muslim to be awarded Nobel prize in the field of molecular biology in 2015 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> image </Th> <Th> Laureate </Th> <Th> Country and profession </Th> <Th> Rationale </Th> <Th> comment </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Anwar al - Sadat (25 December 1918--6 October 1981) </Td> <Td> Egyptian President </Td> <Td> He, along with Menachem Begin was awarded 1978 Nobel Peace Prize "for their contribution to the two frame agreements on peace in the Middle East, and on peace between Egypt and Israel, which were signed at Camp David on September 17, 1978". </Td> <Td> The first Muslim to receive a Nobel Prize . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yasser Arafat (24 August 1929--11 November 2004) </Td> <Td> Palestinian politician </Td> <Td> The 1994 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East". </Td> <Td> The first Muslim Palestinian to receive a Nobel Prize . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Shirin Ebadi (born 21 June 1947) </Td> <Td> Iranian Human Rights Activist </Td> <Td> The 2003 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ebadi "for her efforts for democracy and human rights . She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children". </Td> <Td> The first and only Iranian to receive a Nobel Prize . She was also the first Muslim woman to receive such an honor . Note that Doris Lessing born and raised for 5 years in modern day Iran is a fellow laureate . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mohamed El Baradei (born June 17, 1942) </Td> <Td> Egyptian diplomat </Td> <Td> The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to El Baradei and IAEA "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way". </Td> <Td> He was the second Egyptian to be awarded Nobel Peace Prize (2005). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) </Td> <Td> Bangladeshi economist and founder of Grameen Bank . </Td> <Td> The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to Yunus and Grameen Bank "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below". </Td> <Td> The first Bangladeshi and Bengali Muslim Nobel laureate, and overall, the third person from Bengal to win a Nobel prize . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tawakel Karman (born 7 February 1979) </Td> <Td> Human rights activist based in Yemen . A prominent leader in the Arab Spring . </Td> <Td> The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was jointly given to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace - building work". </Td> <Td> The first Arab woman and first and only Yemeni to receive a Nobel Prize . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Malala Yousafzai (born 12 July 1997) </Td> <Td> Pakistani activist, working for rights to education for children in Pakistan . </Td> <Td> The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was jointly given to Kailash Satyarthi and Yousafzai, "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education". </Td> <Td> At the age of 17, Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel Prize recipient ever . She is also the second Pakistani and first ethnic Pashtun to be awarded a Nobel Prize . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> image </Th> <Th> Laureate </Th> <Th> Country and profession </Th> <Th> Rationale </Th> <Th> comment </Th> </Tr>

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