Shariah Committee

Dr. Mohamed A. Elgari

(Chairman)

• Former professor of Comparative Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University
• Former director of Islamic Economics Research Center, King Abdulaziz University
• Expert in the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, the Organization of Islamic Conference (Jeddah compound)
• Member of the Scientific Committee in the Islamic Fiqh Council, Muslim World League (Mecca Compound)
• EX-Member of the Scientific Committee at the Islamic Institute for Research and Training, the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah.
• Member of the Shariah Council, (AAOIFI) Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions in Bahrain.
• Member of the Shariah Rating Committee of the Islamic Rating Agency (Bahrain)
• Member of the advisory board of Harvard Series in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School.
• Founding member of the National Assembly for Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)
• Member in a number of Shariah Committees in Banks and Islamic financial institutions in the Kingdom and abroad
• Winner of the Islamic Development Bank prize in the field of Islamic banking and finance for the year (1424 Hijri) (2004)

Dr. Khalid Muhammad AlSayari

• PHD in Comparative Jurisprudence from the Higher Judicial Institute
• Master’s Degree in Comparative Jurisprudence from the Higher Institute of Judiciary
• Bachelor's Degree in Sharia from the College of Sharia, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
• Member of the Sharia Committee at the Saudi National Bank
• Member of the Board of Directors at the Social Economy Association
• Member of the Advisory Committee at The Scientific Society of Islamic Banking
• Member of the Sharia Standards Committee at the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions
• Professor at the College of Science and Theoretical Studies at the Saudi Electronic University