Ahmad, Abu Umar Faruq

(Senior Researcher, ISRA, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Dr. Faruq is currently Senior Researcher at ISRA, Associate Professor at INCEIF, Malaysia, and Chairman of the Shari'ah Advisory Board at Islamic Cooperative Finance Australia Ltd., Australia. He serves as editor of International Journal of Excellence in Islamic Banking and Finance, and co-editor of ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance, and sits in the editorial advisory boards of 3 Emerald published journals. His varied career experiences span the areas of Islamic banking and finance, Sukuk, Takaful and Retakaful. Dr. Faruq has published 4 books, 4 chapters in books, 30 refereed journal articles, and 6 conference proceedings. He has spoken extensively on Islamic finance at conferences held in Asia, Europe, Australia, America and Africa. His book entitled Theory and Practice of Modern Islamic Finance: The Case Analysis from Australia is the first landmark contribution to Australian Muslim community in terms of regulation and Sharī‘ah compliance of the current practice of Islamic cooperatives in Australia.