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Shariah Advisory Board
1. Justice (Retd) Maulana Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Justice Taqi Usmani has had a distinguished career in Islamic law and finance and is a prominent member of a number of Islamic institutions. He received his training from Darul Uloom (Karachi, Pakistan), where he serves as Vice President. His other accomplishments and responsibilities include:
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- Permanent Member and Deputy Chairman of Islamic Fiqh Academy – OIC (Jeddah); Member of Islamic Fiqh Academy of Rabita-al-'Alam-e-Islami, Makkah and European Council of Fatwa and Research, Dublin, Ireland.
- Chairman, Shariah Council, Accounting & Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (Bahrain).
- Chairman, Center for Islamic Economics, Pakistan.
- Chairman of various Shariah Committees including, Bahrain Monetary Agency, HSBC Amanah, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Dow Jones Islamic Index, First Islamic Investment Bank.
- Professor of Religious and Arabic Sciences, Fiqh and Hadith at Darul Uloom (Karachi) for over twenty-five years.
- Author of several books and papers on Islamic finance and other sciences in Arabic, English and Urdu, including the widely read Introduction to Islamic Finance.
- Editor of several Islamic magazines, including Albalagh International (Darul Uloom, Karachi).
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Mr. Usmani has been a member of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 1982. He is a chairman or member of the Shariah supervisory boards of a dozen Islamic banks and financial institutions worldwide.
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2. Dr. Muhammad Imran Ashraf Usmani
Dr. Imran holds a PhD in Islamic Finance. He has also obtained degrees of Alimiyyah and Takhassus (specialization in Islamic Jurisprudence) from Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi. His area of expertise is Islamic Finance in which he has carried out extensive research. Dr. Imran is a faculty member/teacher of Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi and Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi. He is author of various books on Shariah (Islamic law). His book 'Meezanbank's Guide to Islamic Banking' is well-known in the industry. Dr. Imran is a member of Shariah Committees of the following regulatory and financial institutions.
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- State Bank of Pakistan
- HSBC Amanah Dubai, UAE
- UBS Switzerland
- Mashreqbank, Dubai, UAE
- Guidance Financial Group, USA
- Hilal Financial Services, Dubai, UAE
- DCD Financial Group UK
- Future Growth Equity Fund, South Africa
- Meezan Bank limited, Pakistan.
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3. Maulana Muhammad Hassan Kaleem
Maulana Muhammad Hassan Kaleem holds the degrees of Alimiyyah and Takhassus (Specialization in Islamic Jurisprudence) from Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi and Centre for Islamic Economics. He is a faculty member /Teacher of Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi. He is also a member of curriculum committee of National Institute of Banking and Finance (NIBAF). His areas of expertise are Islamic Finance and Insurance (Takaful). He is a Shariah Advisor of both AlBaraka Islamic Bank and Center for Islamic Economics, Pakistan. He delivers lectures and presentations on Islamic Finance on different Platforms.
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