Dr. Hussein Hamid Hassan
Chairman EIB Shari'a Board

Dr. Hussein Hamid received his PhD in the Faculty of Sharia at Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt in 1965.He also holds two law degrees from the International Institute of Comparative Law, University of New York and two additional degrees in Law and Economics from Cairo University. He served a Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor of Shari'a in the Faculty of Law and Economics at Cairo University between 1960 and 2002.  During his tenure at Cairo University, he was seconded to many academic and advisory missions to a number of educational institutions and heads of State throughout the Arabic and Muslim World, including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. Currently, he chairs or is member of the Sharia boards of more than 7 Islamic financial institutions including Emirates Islamic Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, National Bank of Sharjah, Islamic Development Bank, Dubai Islamic Insurance and Re-Insurance (Aman), Tamweel, AMLAK, the Liquidity Management Center and AAOIFI in Bahrain. He is the author of 21 books on Islamic law, Islamic finance, Islamic economics, social studies and art, in addition to more than 400 research articles on these subjects.

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Dr. Ojeil Jassim AlNashmi
Currently a professor of Shari'a and Islamic Studies at Kuwait University

Dr. Ojeil AlNashmi received his PhD on "Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence" from Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt in 1977. He is a member and the representative of Kuwait at the International Islamic Jurisprudence Assembly and serves on the Shari'a boards of a number of Islamic financial institutions in the GCC including Kuwait Finance House, Emirates Islamic Bank, Gulf Finance House, National Bank of Sharjah, AAOIFI and the Liquidity Management Center in Bahrain. He published many scholarly articles and studies in prominent periodicals on contemporary issues in Islamic finance and Jurisprudence.  He also authored many books on the Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence and on Islamic education.

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Dr. Ali Al-Qurra Daghi
Currently a Professor of Shari'a and Head of the Department of Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence in the School of Shari'a and Law at Qatar University.

Dr. Ali Al-Qurra Daghi received his PhD in the area of contracts and financial transactions from Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt in 1985. He presently serves on the Sharia Boards of many Islamic financial institutions in and outside Qatar including Emirates Islamic Bank and Dubai Islamic Bank in the UAE, Investment House and Investors Bank in Bahrain and First Investment in Kuwait. In addition, he is a founding member of many charitable organizations and international Islamic Jurisprudence bodies.  He is the author of many research articles in contemporary issues in Islamic finance and banking.  He has more than eight books published and six new books in various publication stages on various topics on Islamic Jurisprudence and Islamic Thought, with emphasis on contemporary issues.