Assalamu alaykum wrh wbt.

IIIT East and Southeast Asia is inviting you to join our next Intellectual Discourse Series featuring Tan Sri Dr Mohd Daud Bakar who will be talking on the topic “Maqasid al-Shariah: The Face and Voice of Shariah.” Details of the event are as follows:

*Date: June 18, 2022 (Saturday)
Time: 09:00 PM Kuala Lumpur*

Tan Sri Dr. Mohd Daud Bakar has been appointed as the 8th President of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) from July 2019. He is also Founder and Executive Chairman of Amanie Group. One of its flagship companies namely Amanie Advisors, is operating in few cities globally. He has recently been appointed as the Chairman of the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council effective from 15th February 2021. He also serves as the Chairman of the Shariah Advisory Council (SAC) of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), Kazakhstan and at the Central Bank of Malaysia, the Securities Commission of Malaysia, the Labuan Financial Services Authority, the First Abu Dhabi Bank, and Permodalan Nasional Berhad.

He received his first degree in Shariah from University of Kuwait in 1988 and obtained his PhD from University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom in 1993. In 2002, he completed his external Bachelor of Jurisprudence at University of Malaya.
His first book entitled “Shariah Minds in Islamic Finance: An Inside Story of A Shariah Scholar” has won the “Islamic Finance Book of the Year 2016” by the Global Islamic Finance Award (GIFA) 2016. Then, his book on sukuk entitled “An Insightful Journey to Emirates Airline Sukuk: Pushing The Boundaries of Islamic Finance” has also won the “Best Islamic Finance Case 2017” by the GIFA 2017 in Kazakhstan.

We thank you for your participation. May Allah swt bless and guide us all.