Bakar, Mohd. Daud

Associate Professor, International Islamic University; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Mohd. Daud Bakar is Associate Professor of Islamic Law at the International Islamic University in Kuala Lumpur, a post he has held since 1993. He is also Dean of the Center of Postgraduate Studies at the same institution. He was Assistant Lecturer in the same department from 1989 to 1993 and Officer at the Ministry of Awqāf in Kuwait in 1998. Bakar holds a bachelors’ degree in Sharīca from Kuwait University and earned his Ph.D. from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He has presented over 50 papers and talks at various seminars and conferences in Malaysia and around the world and has published more than 25 articles in various journals. He is presently working on a number of books on comparative law and sharīca issues. He is also a sharīca consultant and advisor for a number of institutions, including the Securities Commission of Malaysia, the Central Bank of Malaysia, and IslamiQ.com.