Sheikh Abdullah Bin Suleiman Al-Maniya (Chairman)

Member of the Senior Council of Scholars and an advisor to the Royal Court in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is also a member of the Shariah Committee for preparing the judicial code of the Kingdom. He is a member of the Islamic Fiqh Academy of the Organization of Islamic Conference, and Fiqh Academy of the Muslim World League. He has also been a member of the Supreme Judiciary Committee of the Kingdom since its inception in 1391H (1971G) and was formerly Deputy President of the Mecca Courts and a former Judge of the Court of Cassation in Mecca. Sheikh Abdullah Almaniya is a member of several supervisory committees supervising banks in the Kingdom, and a member of the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). He has also authored several books on Islamic finance and Fiqh. He holds a master’s degree from the Higher Judicial Institute of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University.

Sheikh Dr. Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Musleh (Member)

Sheikh Al Musleh is a well-known Sharia Scholar. He is the General Director of the Panel of Scientific Miracles in the Quran and Sunnah. He established a branch of Al Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in Abha and was its rector from the year 1396H until 1415H (1976-1994G). He has also served as the Dean of Sharia and Principles of Religion at the Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University. Sheikh Al Musleh is also a member of many Shariah supervisory committees supervising banks in the Kingdom and is a frequent speaker on Islamic television programs. He is also an author of several books in Islamic finance and Fiqh.

Sheikh Dr. Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Mutlaq (Member)

Sheikh Dr. Abdulla Bin Mohammed Al Mutlaq is a member of the Senior Scholars Board and the Dar Al-Ifta Committee, both in Saudi Arabia. He is also an advisor of the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia and a former Dean of the Comparative Fiqh Department at Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh. Sheikh Dr. Al Mutlaq is a member of Shariah Boards of several Islamic banks and financial institutions.

Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Ali Al Gari (Member)

Dr. Elgari was a former professor of Islamic Economics at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and a former Director of the Center for Research in Islamic Economics, in the same university. He is a member of numerous Shariah committees of several banks and financial institutions. He is a well-known expert in the field at the Islamic Jurisprudence Academy of the OIC, the Islamic World League and a Member of Sharia Supervisory Board. He is also a member of the editorial Board of several academic publications in the field of Islamic Finance and Jurisprudence, Journal of the Jurisprudence Academy, Journal of Islamic Economic Studies published by the Islamic Development Bank, Journal of Islamic Economics published by the International Association of Islamic Economists (IAIE), London, and the advisory Board of Harvard Series in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School. Dr. Mohamed Ali Elgari holds a PhD in economics from the University of California and is a recipient of the Islamic Development Bank’s International Prize in Islamic Banking and Finance for the year 2004. He has authored several books and articles on Islamic finance in Arabic and English and is a frequent speaker at Islamic Banking and Finance conferences around the world.