Yunus among world’s 500 most influential Muslims for 2026

Bangla Press Desk: Nobel laureate and Chief Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government Prof Muhammad Yunus has once again been featured in the list of the world’s 500 most influential Muslims for 2026.

The annual ranking, titled “The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims 2026,” has been published by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISSC), a Jordan-based research institute.

The organisation releases this list every year to recognise Muslims who have made a significant global impact in various fields, including politics, education, philanthropy, business, and culture.

According to the newly released edition, Yunus has been ranked 50th among the world’s most influential Muslim figures. The publication refers to him as the “Interim Prime Minister of Bangladesh.”

Yunus, who previously won the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering microcredit and social business, continues to be recognised internationally for his contributions to social development and poverty alleviation.

The 2026 list is topped by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the amir of Qatar. He is followed by Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani, a prominent Pakistani scholar and jurist, in second place, and Sheikh Habib Umar bin Hafiz, a well-known Yemeni Sufi scholar, in third.

Other global leaders who secured positions in the top ten include Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran (4th); HM King Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein of Jordan (5th); Ahmad Muhammad Al-Tayyeb, grand sheikh of Al-Azhar University (6th); Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, president of Turkey (7th); King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia (8th); Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates (9th); and Anwar Ibrahim, prime minister of Malaysia (10th). This article was originally published on the Daily Sun.

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