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Friday July 20, 2012

SC names Shariah Advisory Council’s new line-up


PETALING JAYA: The Securities Commission (SC) has announced the members of its Shariah Advisory Council (SAC) who will serve for two years starting July 1.

SAC is the central authority responsible for determining the syariah principles of the Islamic capital market in Malaysia.

The 11 SAC members are:

·Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad, former Chief Justice of the Federal Court

·Tan Sri Sheikh Ghazali Abdul Rahman, syariah legal advisor, Attorney-General’s Chambers

·Datuk Dr Abdul Halim Ismail, pro-chancellor, Insaniah University College and chairman, Shariah Committee of Shariah-Compliant Funds of Amanah Mutual Bhd

·Dr Mohd Daud Bakar, chairman, Shariah Advisory Council of Bank Negara and chief executive officer of Amanie Advisors Sdn Bhd

·Dr Muhammad Syafii Antonio, rector of TAZKIA University College of Islamic Economics, Bogor, Indonesia

·Professor Mohammad Hashim Kamali, founding chairman and CEO of International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies

·Professor Ashraf Md Hashim, head of consultancy department, International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance

·Associate Professor Dr Azman Mohd Noor, Department of Fiqh and Usul al Fiqh, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia

·Assistant Professor Dr Aznan Hasan, Department of Islamic Law, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia

·Associate Professor Dr Engku Rabiah Adawiah Engku Ali, Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, International Islamic University Malaysia

·Associate Professor Dr Shamsiah Mohamad, lecturer, Department of Fiqh and Usul, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya.

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