DeLorenzo, Yusuf Talal

Independent Sharīca Consultant; Ashburn, Va. Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo is an independent sharīca consultant associated with the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index, the Wafra Investment Advisory Group, the NovaBancorp SAMI fund, the Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance, Azzad Asset Management, the Brown Brothers Harriman Global Islamic Equity Fund, Barclays Global Investors, and others. DeLorenzo studied the classical Islamic disciplines in the traditional manner at Jamicat al-cUlum al-Islamiyah in Karachi, where he received an M.A. in Islamic Studies, and is a Ph.D. candidate at the Hartford Seminary. He has researched, translated, and published from Arabic, classical Persian, and Urdu and has taught sharīca subjects at institutions in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the United States. He was Advisor on Islamic Affairs to the Government of Pakistan from 1981-84. DeLorenzo is presently working on the third volume of his compilation and English translation of A Compendium of Legal Rulings on the Operations of Islamic Banks (London: Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance, vol. I, 1997, vol. II, 2000).