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. Abdulaziz Bin Ahmed Almezeini

• Faculty member at the Higher Judicial Institute, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud University, Riyadh.
• Legal Consultant at Covington & Burling LLP, Washington DC.
• Lecturer of law at the Higher Judicial Institute, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud University, Riyadh.
• Legal associate at Al-Gasim law firm in association with Allen & Overy LLp in Riyadh.
• SJD (PHD in Law) in Islamic Finance and the dissertation is about (The negotiability of debt in Islamic finance- analytical and critical study), Georgetown University Law center, Washington DC.
• Master degree in Securities and Financial Regulations (LLM), Georgetown University Law center, Washington DC.
• Master degree in Saudi Law (LLM), the Higher Judicial Institute, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud University, Riyadh, KSA and the research is about (Insider trading in Saudi's law). [2008]
• Bachelor degree in Islamic law (Shari'a), College of Islamic law (Shari'a), Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.