Fatwa and Shari'a Supervisory Board

 He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Islamic jurisprudence and its origins from Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah Al-Mukarramah. He also obtained a master’s and doctorate in Islamic jurisprudence from the same university.

 He is a member of the Sharia Standards Committee in Dubai of the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). He taught various scientific courses in Islamic financial transactions, for undergraduate and postgraduate law students.

 He authored scientific materials printed in sections of Islamic financial transactions jurisprudence. In addition to his judging and discussion of many research papers and dissertations in this field, including promotion research. He has also participated in various conferences and seminars related to Islamic finance, both locally and internationally.

He is the Founder Chairman of the “Sharia Professionals Association”, the first of its kind in the UAE. He is also a member in the Governors Board at International School of Creative Science and a member of the Consultancy Board at University of Sharjah’s College of Sharia and Islamic Studies.

He holds Master’s Degree in Islamic Law & Legal Theory from University of Sharjah.

B. A. Economics, Cairo University, M. A. Economics, University of Illinois, resident graduate studies, UCLA and a Ph.D. Economics, USC.

Visiting Professor of Economics, College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Ben Khalifa University.

Previously:

• Financial Expert & Head of Training, Emirates Islamic Bank, until 2011.
• President of the International Association for Islamic Economics, until 2011.
• Director of the Islamic Research and Training Institute, IRTI-IDB, until 2003.
• Chief of Research and Senior Economist, Technical Editor of the Joint Arab Economic Report, Secretary General, Council of Governors of Arab Central Banks, Arab Monetary Fund, until 1996.
• Director of Economic and Policy Planning, Islamic Development Bank (IDB), until 1979.
• Economist at the Institute of National Planning, Cairo, until 1976.
• Taught economics at American and Egyptian universities.
• Participated in establishing several Islamic banks, and in introducing Islamic banking laws.
• Published research in Economics and Islamic Economics.
• Former author of a yearly economic report on Islamic finance in the UAE and the Gulf.