Muhammad Yunus Choudhury (Bengali: মুহম্মদ ইউনুস চৌধুরী; 1906 – 14 February 1992), popularly known as Haji Muhammad Yunus (Bengali: হাজী মুহম্মদ ইউনুস), was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educationist. He was the second rector of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya, former president of Idarat al-Maʿarif and an active member of the Muslim World League. As the founding president of Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh, Yunus contributed to the establishment and renovation of roughly 1500 madrasas in Bangladesh. He was awarded the title of Shaykh al-ʿArab wa al-ʿAjam by the Imam of Masjid al-Haram. Source: Wikipedia (en)