Dr Mohammad Al Asoomi, Special to Gulf News
Published: December 31, 2008, 23:29

As we step into 2009 today, we hope it will be a good year.

This year the world is exceptionally concerned because of the global financial crisis and its repercussions in terms of rising unemployment, loss of savings and the uncertainty suffered by millions of people everywhere. Read More...

Dr. Mohamed A. Elgari holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California. He is a professor of Islamic Economics at King Abdul Aziz University. He is an expert at the Islamic Jurisprudence Academies of the Organization of Islamic Countries and the Islamic World League. Read More...  

Dr. Muhammad Daud Bakar was an Associate Professor in Islamic Law and Deputy Rector at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He received his first degree in Shariah from the University of Kuwait in 1988 and Ph.D from the University of St. Andrews, U.K. in 1993. He completed his external Bachelor of Jurisprudence at University of Malaya 2002. Read More...  

Mufti Najeeb Khan is Shariah Advisor at Habib Metropolitan Bank and a leading authority on Shariah compliancy. He holds the notable distinction of having personally overseen the execution of over one thousand murabaha transactions. Read More...  

Sheikh Al-Siddiq Mohamed al-Darir of Sudan is one of the leading Islamic Finance scholars of today. He serves as the head of the Shariah Board at Faisal Islamic Bank of Sudan. Read More...