| The Shari'a Board is comprised of prominent experts and scholars who possess both academic excellence and practical experience in the application of Shari'a principles, gained through their positions as professors at Islamic universities and Shari'a colleges or as consultants in the public and private sectors. The following are the Islamic scholars in the Shari'a Board:
Dr. Abu Ghuddah is a Syrian national holding two Bachelor’s degrees in law and Shari’a from University of Damascus two Masters degrees in Shari’a and Hadith, and a PhD in Comparative Fiqh from the Al-Azhar University in Egypt.
Dr. Abu Ghuddah is an active member of the Islamic Fiqh Academy, which evolved from the Organisation of Islamic Conference in Jeddah, KSA. He is also a member of the Standard Board and Shari'a Board of AAOIFI in Bahrain, the Islamic Fiqh Encyclopedia. He is currently the president and a member of the Shari'a Supervisory Boards of a number of Islamic Banks and institutions in the region, and a member in the Shari’a Board of the Central Bank of Bahrain.
Sheikh Nizam Ya’qoubi is a Bahraini national holding a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Comparative Religion from McGill University, Montreal, and a PhD candidate in Islamic Law from the University of Wales.
Sheikh Nizam sits in numerous Shari’a advisory boards of financial institutions including the Dow Jones Islamic Index. He is a member of the Central Bank of Bahrain Shari’a board, the AAOIFI Shari’a council, the newly-formed Islamic Rating Agency Shari’a council and the Shari'a Supervisory Board at the Central Bank of Bahrain. Sheikh Nizam is a prominent scholar and sits many other Shari’a boards of international financial institutions and banks worldwide.
Dr. AbdulAziz Al-Qassar is a Kuwaiti national holding a Bachelor’s degree in Shari’a from the University of Kuwait, a Masters degree and a PhD degree from the Al-Azhar University in Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh). He is currently an assistant professor of the Shari’a College at Kuwait University.
Dr. AbdulAziz is a member in the Shari’a Board of many Islamic financial institutions and banks around the world. |
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