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Home >> Shari'a Supervisory Board
Our select panel form one of the most widely distributed and representative group of scholars, both in terms of geography and influence within the Islamic finance society. We utilise this century of collective experience to provide policy and consulting advice, develop leading edge investment products and discuss the conceptual and Shari’a challenges confronting Islamic Finance.
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Dr. Hussain Hamid Hassan received his PhD from the Faculty of Shari'a at Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt in 1965. He also holds two degrees in law from the International Institute of Comparative Law, University of New York and two degrees in Law and Economics from Cairo University. He served as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor of Shari'a in the Faculty of Law and Economics at Cairo University between 1960 and 2002.
Currently, Dr. Hassan chairs or is member of the Shari'a Supervisory Boards of more than 20 Islamic financial institutions across the world including Emirates Islamic Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, National Bank of Sharjah, Islamic Development Bank, Dubai Islamic Insurance and Re-Insurance (Aman), Tamweel, AMLAK, the Liquidity Management Centre and Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions.
Dr. Hassan is the author of 21 books on Islamic law, finance, economics, social studies and art, in addition to more than 400 research articles on these subjects. |
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Dr. Ali Al Qaradaghi received his PhD in the area of contracts and financial transactions from Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt in 1985. He is currently a Professor of Islamic financial contracts and heads the department of Islamic jurisprudence in the college of Shari'a and Islamic studies at the University of Qatar.
Dr. Al Qaradaghi presently serves on the Shari'a Boards of many Islamic financial institutions in and outside Qatar including Emirates Islamic Bank and Dubai Islamic Bank in the UAE, Investment House and Investors Bank in Bahrain and First Investment in Kuwait.
In addition, he is a founding member of many charitable organizations and international Islamic jurisprudence bodies. He is the author of many research articles in contemporary issues in Islamic finance and banking. He has more than eight books published and six new books in various publication stages on topics including Islamic jurisprudence and Islamic thought. |
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Dr Abdul Sattar Abu Ghuddah holds a PhD in Islamic law and comparative Fiqh from Al Azhar University Cairo, Egypt. He has taught at various institutes, including at Imam Al Da'awa Institute (Riyadh), Religious Institute (Kuwait), and at the Shari'a College of the Law Faculty in Kuwait University.
He holds the positions of Shari'a Advisor and Director of Department of Financial Instruments at AI-Baraka Investment Co., Saudi Arabia. He is an active member of Islamic Fiqh Academy and the Accounting & Auditing Organization of Islamic Financial Institutions and is also the Secretary General of the Unified Shari'a Supervisory Board of Dallah Albaraka Group, Jeddah. |
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Dr. Mohammed Daud Bakar received his PhD from University of St. Andrews, UK. He was the former Associate Professor in Islamic law and Deputy Rector at the International Islamic University Malaysia.
Dr. Bakar is the Chief Executive Officer of the International Institute of Islamic Finance. His areas of specialization include Islamic legal theory, Banking and Finance, Law of Zakat and Medieval Law.
Dr. Bakar is a member of the Shari'a supervisory committees of many financial institutions in Malaysia and around the world, including the Central Bank of Malaysia, Securities Commission of Malaysia, International Islamic Financial Market, Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions and numerous other institutions. He has published more than 30 articles in academic journals and presented more than 120 papers in various conferences. |
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Dr Alfawzan is one of the most popular Sharia scholars in Saudi Arabia. With an extensive academic training in the field of Islamic Jurisprudence at some of the most esteemed academic institutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, he holds a strong command on Sharia matters related to finance.
Dr Alfawzan has been advising on specialised Islamic financial transactions for several years and currently sits on the Sharia boards of Al Tawfeek Company for lnvestments Ltd. and Bank Albilad. Amongst other appointments he has held in the past or still holds include Council Membership of Human Rights Commission in Saudi Arabia, Membership of Saudi Jurisprudence Organization, Chairmanship of Islam Message Foundation, Council Membership of Al Awail Centre for Economic Investment, and Membership of the International Curriculum Foundation.
Dr Alfawzan has also served in various academic capacities. He has in past served as Head of Islamic Studies Department at the Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America and Assistant Professor / Head of Comparative Jurisprudence at The Institute of Higher Jurisprudence of Al-Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). He has also authored numerous articles and research papers and is frequently invited by national TV and Radio programmes. He also supervises a large number of doctoral theses.
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