Shaikh
Muddassir Siddiqui is uniquely qualified both as a Shari’ah scholar and as a
U.S. trained attorney. In 2010 Thomson Reuters wrote: “Shaikh Muddassir Siddiqui is "one of the
industry’s most articulate practitioners, and one whose experience as both a
lawyer and Shari’ah scholar puts him in rare company”.
Shaikh Siddiqui has Higher License (al-ijazah al-‘aliyah) from the Shari’ah College of the Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. He has studied law at the University of London, Temple University Law Center, Harvard Law School and Chicago Kent College of Law.
Siddiqui is a member of the AAOIFI Shari'ah Standards Committee; the Fiqh Council of North America and a Research Fellow at the International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance, in Malaysia. He is a Senior Expert Advisor to the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) at the United States Department of Commerce. He advises CLDP on legislative and judicial capacity building initiatives in the GCC, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Siddiqui serves as expert advisor to law firms and their clients in litigations and controversies pending before courts and arbitration tribunals in the US and UK on issues involving Saudi Shari’ah laws and practices as well as Islamic finance. He was a Partner and Head of Islamic Finance-Middle East in Dubai for a major global law firm. He has extensive experience in advising on transactions involving Shari’ah-compliant financing. Shaikh Siddiqui has served as the Internal Shari’ah Supervisor of the Islamic Development Bank. He serves on the Shari’ah Supervisory Boards of Islamic Financial Institutions. He has served as arbitrator in Dubai, ruling on controversies involving Islamic finance institutions and their clients.
Experience - Current · United States Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP): Shari’ah Expert Advisor. Advise CLDP on Shari’ah compliance of various tasks relating to legal development and capacity building programs for the Middle East, including UAE.
· President & CEO. ShariahPath Consultants, LLC. Virginia, USA
· Bank Sohar, Muscat, Oman. Member Shari’ah Supervisory Board.
· Islamic Finance Expert Advisor. Advising U.S. law firm on Islamic finance in a bankruptcy cases before New York court.
· Saudi Shari’ah Law Expert Advisor. Serving as expert on Saudi Shari’ah law in a major debt collection case before New York Court.
· Shari’ah Scholar and Advisor. Advising law firms on structuring and restructuring of transactions involving Islamic finance. Advised on restructuring of a multibillion dollar financially distressed contract in the UAE.
· Indian Center for Islamic Finance. Shari’ah Consultant. Advising Indian Center for Islamic Finance on the introduction of Islamic finance in India. Met with Members of Parliament, senior officials at the Central Bank of India and the Ministry of Finance on the introduction of Islamic finance in India.
· Islamic Shari’ah Research Academy (ISRA), Malaysia. Research Fellow. Reviewing research papers and giving annual seminars on Islamic finance organized under the auspices of ISRA.
· Auditing and Accounting Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) Shari’ah Standards Committee: Member. Participate in the drafting of AAOIFI Shari’ah Standards for use in Islamic finance contracts.
· International Islamic Centre for Reconciliation and Arbitration (IICRA), Dubai: Arbitrator: Serve as arbitrator at the IICRA in disputes involving Islamic financial institutions and their clients.
· Karachi University, Pakistan: External Ph.D. examiner. Review Ph.D. dissertations in Islamic law. Advise, when necessary, on areas needing improvement before granting the Ph. D. degree.
· Thomson Reuters Interbank Islamic Benchmark Rate: Member of the Shari’ah Supervisory Board. Advice and counsel the IIBR committees on Shari’ah aspects on IIBR.
· Experience - Past
· SNR Denton: Partner, Head of Islamic Finance – Middle East, (2008- March 2012): Advised firm’s lawyers globally on Islamic finance and responded to their Shari’ah related questions. Assisted in Shari’ah compliant structuring, restructuring, drafting and reviewing financing documents and fund’s prospectus. Coordinated with internal Shari’ah departments and Shari’ah Supervisory Boards of clients. Advised on resolving controversies arising from distressed Islamic finance instruments such as sukuk, mudarabah, forward leases and murabaha transaction. Conducted courses and seminars on the introduction to Islamic finance and Islamic Finance products. Advised on regulatory and tax aspects effecting Islamic Finance. Coordinated between multiple Shari’ah Boards involved in syndicated financings. Represented the firm on the AAOIFI Shari’ah Standards Committee.
· Republic of Uganda. As part of the SNR Denton team, spoke to the officials of the Ministry of Finance, Capital Market Authority and Tax authorities on the introduction to Islamic finance and the changes needed in local laws to introduce Islamic finance in Uganda.
· Islamic Development Bank (IDB): Senior lawyer and internal Shari’ah Supervisor. Coordinated the work of the Shari’ah Committee of the Islamic Development Bank, a leading multilateral Islamic financial institution. Participated in the IDB Shari’ah Committee’s deliberations.
· Shari’ah Audit. Coordinated, with the Members of the IDB Shari’ah Committee, the Shari’ah Audit of the Islamic Development Bank.
· Auditing and Accounting Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). Represented IDB on the AAOIFI Shari’ah Board.
· Islamic Financial Service Board (IFSB). As a Coordinator of the IDB Shari’ah Committee, participated in the Shari’ah review of the governing Guidelines issued by the IFSB.
· Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) As part of the IDB team, participated in programs and visits for promoting Islamic finance in the CIS countries.
· Echo Bank, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Advised Echo Bank on the conversion of Echo Bank to Islamic Bank.
· Kazakhstan. Keynote speaker at the First Islamic Finance Conference held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Assisted IDB Regional office in Almaty in meetings with the officials of the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank. Spoke to the officials of the Govt. of Kazakhstan on the introduction to Islamic finance and ways and means of facilitating it in Kazakhstan.
· Tatarstan. Assisted in setting up a framework between IDB and the Government of Tatarstan for the development and utilization of Waqf properties in Tatarstan.
· Fannie Mae, USA: Shari’ah Consultant. Advised Fannie Mae in drafting core Shari’ah-compliant contracts (sale, notes and mortgages) for use by U.S. home buyers, utilising murabaha and ijara modes of financing.
· Major U.S. real estate Company: Shari’ah Advisor. Advised on the sale of a real estate complex in Virginia, USA to a Bahrain-based Islamic bank using Islamic finance.
· Afghanistan Transitional Commercial Law Project: Shari’ah Advisor. Served as the Shari’ah expert to the Afghanistan Transitional Commercial Law Project involving codification of laws for Afghanistan.
· Royal Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Washington DC): Legal Advisor. Advised Saudi embassy officials and other Saudi government agencies in the U.S. on legal and commercial controversies involving the Saudi embassy. Coordinated with U.S. law firms to represent Saudi governmental agencies, corporations and individuals in transactions and litigation in the U.S. Advised the embassy on commercial disputes between Saudi and U.S. companies. Mediated and concluded out-of-court settlements between the embassy and U.S. claimants. Served as expert witness on Saudi and Islamic law in litigations before U.S. courts. Issued Affidavit on matters of Saudi and Islamic laws.
· King Abdulaziz University (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia): Legal Advisor. Advised the university on all legal matters related to design and construction of a multi-billion-dollar university campus and hospital built in Jeddah. Negotiated and drafted design, construction, construction management and research contracts between the University and various Saudi, U.S., Canadian and other international construction and research organisations. Responded on behalf of the University to the inquiries of other Saudi governmental agencies (e.g., Ministry of Finance, Government Auditing Bureau, etc.).
· Saudi Arabian National Center for Science and Technology (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia): Legal Advisor. Prepared the first draft of a Shari’ah-complaint patent law for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Negotiated and drafted international research agreements between the Saudi government and foreign private and public entities. Negotiated and drafted design, construction and maintenance contracts between the university and consultants and contractors for the development and construction of a multi-billion-dollar King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology project in Riyadh.
· Baker & McKenzie (Chicago, Illinois, USA): Lawyer. As a member of the firm’s international business practice, advised multinational U.S. corporations on doing business in the Middle East generally and Saudi Arabia particularly. Advised on Shari’ah law matters, Saudi regulations and U.S. law affecting foreign trade.
Education 1982
Chicago Kent College of Law, Illinois: Juris Doctor
1980
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Master of Laws
1977
Temple Law Canter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Master of Laws
1972
1970
School of Oriental and African Studies, London: Dip. Comparative Laws
Islamic University of al-Madina al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia: Shaikh, High Accreditation
Employment 2012 - Present
2008 - 2012
Independent Shari’ah Scholar and Lawyer
SNR Denton, Dubai: Partner, Head of Islamic Finance – Middle East
2005 - 2008
Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah: Internal Shari'ah Supervisor, Coordinator Shari'ah Committee and Senior Lawyer
2002 - 2005
Kalbian Hagerty LLP, Washington DC: Of Counsel
1990 - 2002
Royal Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Washington DC: Lawyer
1983 - 1990
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah: Lawyer
1982 - 1983
Saudi Arabian National Centre for Science and Technology, Riyadh: Lawyer
1980 - 1982
1979 - 1980
1977 - 1979
1971 – 1973
Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, Illinois: Lawyer
Islamic Center of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Founder and Imam
Islamic Center of New England, Massachusetts, USA, Imam
Muslim World League, Delegate Scholar (Mabooth), U.K., England
Seminars/lectures (few samples)
Speaker at Global Islamic Economy Summit organized by Dubai Chamber of Commerce, (December 2013)
Speaker on Intellectual Property Rights under the Shari’ah at Dubai Economic Council Seminar, (December, 2013)
Speaker on standardization of Shari’ah standards at the Global Islamic Finance Summit, (November, 2013).
Speaker on Legal and Shari’ah challenges in making Dubai as the capital of Islamic Finance (Oct. 2013)
Speaker at Islamic Society of North America on Islamic Finance, Washington, DC (September, 2013)
Speaker at Sukuk Conference organized by Qatar Central Bank, Qatar (May 2013)
Six Lectures on various aspects of Islamic finance organized by ISRA in Malaysia ( April 2013)
Speaker at AAOIFI Annual Shari’ah Scholars Conference on Bankruptcy in Islamic Shari’ah and its relevance to Islamic finance, Bahrain, (April 2013)
Speaker at the Roundtable organized by Securities Commission Malaysia and Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Oxford, U.K. (March 2013)
Speaker at the Islamic Institute of Banking and Insurance, London, U.K. (March 2013)
Speaker at the First Symposium of Islamic Finance organized by the American University of Sharjah, (February 2013)
Speaker at the Arbitration in Saudi Arabia Seminar organized by Saudi Ministry of Commerce and the US Department of Commerce in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Oct. 2012)
Speaker at IDB/IMF Islamic finance conference, Almaty, Kazakhstan (Sept. 2012)
Speaker at Islamic Society of North America Annual Conference, Washington, DC (Sept. 2012)
Speaker at Bank Negara, Malaysia (Aug. 2012)
Speaker on insolvency and bankruptcy in Shari’ah at an international conference organised by Dubai Economic Council
Speaker at an International Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (July 2012)
Speaker at the First Islamic Economics Forum in Oman
Speaker at International Seminar on Islamic finance in Kochi, India
Speaker at the CLDP, U.S. Department of Commerce, on law and Shari’ah
Speaker at Harvard University Forum on Islamic law and finance
Speaker at Berkeley Law School on Islamic law and finance
Speaker at University of Connecticut Law School on Islamic law and insurance
Speaker at the IFSB-World Bank Roundtable Discussion: Insolvency Regimes: Institutional, Regulatory and Legal Challenges in Islamic Finance.
Speaker at Euromoney Conference on Islamic finance.
Speaker at Red Money conference on Islamic finance.
Speaker at Terrapin conference on Islamic finance.
Speaker at Muslim Students Association and Islamic Society of North America on the role of law and Shari’ah.
Speaker members of the American Bar Association on arbitration under the Shari'ah and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in the Middle East.
Speaker members of the Bar of the District of Columbia on Islamic Finance as part of the Continuing Legal Education programme.
Speak regularly at conferences organised by AAOIFI.
Speaker at conferences organised by Islamic Finance Service Board (IFSB).
Keynote speaker at the First Islamic Conference organised in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Conducted a seminar on the introduction to Islamic finance for the Central Bank of Uganda.
Interviewed by local and international media on events affecting Islamic finance.
Speaker and delivered Khutbas at Islamic centres in the U.S., U.K. and the Middle East.
As a recognized Minister (Imam), performed marriages in the State of Massachusetts.
Membership in Professional Bodies
Member of the New York Bar
Registered Foreign Lawyer, Solicitors Regulation Authority, U.K
Member of the Shari'ah Standards Committee of (AAOIFI)
Member of the Fiqh Council of North America
Research Fellow, International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance, Malaysia
Former Member, AAOIFI Shari’ah Board
Former Member of the Board, Muslim Students Network, Washington, DC
Languages English
Arabic
Urdu
Contact Information
Muddassir Siddiqui
ShariahPath Consultants, LLC
1155 Mill Garden Court
Great Falls, VA 22066
Phone: +1 703 349 5151
E-mail: muddassir.siddiqui@Shariahpath.com
Shaikh Siddiqui has Higher License (al-ijazah al-‘aliyah) from the Shari’ah College of the Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. He has studied law at the University of London, Temple University Law Center, Harvard Law School and Chicago Kent College of Law.
Siddiqui is a member of the AAOIFI Shari'ah Standards Committee; the Fiqh Council of North America and a Research Fellow at the International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance, in Malaysia. He is a Senior Expert Advisor to the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) at the United States Department of Commerce. He advises CLDP on legislative and judicial capacity building initiatives in the GCC, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Siddiqui serves as expert advisor to law firms and their clients in litigations and controversies pending before courts and arbitration tribunals in the US and UK on issues involving Saudi Shari’ah laws and practices as well as Islamic finance. He was a Partner and Head of Islamic Finance-Middle East in Dubai for a major global law firm. He has extensive experience in advising on transactions involving Shari’ah-compliant financing. Shaikh Siddiqui has served as the Internal Shari’ah Supervisor of the Islamic Development Bank. He serves on the Shari’ah Supervisory Boards of Islamic Financial Institutions. He has served as arbitrator in Dubai, ruling on controversies involving Islamic finance institutions and their clients.
Experience - Current · United States Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP): Shari’ah Expert Advisor. Advise CLDP on Shari’ah compliance of various tasks relating to legal development and capacity building programs for the Middle East, including UAE.
· President & CEO. ShariahPath Consultants, LLC. Virginia, USA
· Bank Sohar, Muscat, Oman. Member Shari’ah Supervisory Board.
· Islamic Finance Expert Advisor. Advising U.S. law firm on Islamic finance in a bankruptcy cases before New York court.
· Saudi Shari’ah Law Expert Advisor. Serving as expert on Saudi Shari’ah law in a major debt collection case before New York Court.
· Shari’ah Scholar and Advisor. Advising law firms on structuring and restructuring of transactions involving Islamic finance. Advised on restructuring of a multibillion dollar financially distressed contract in the UAE.
· Indian Center for Islamic Finance. Shari’ah Consultant. Advising Indian Center for Islamic Finance on the introduction of Islamic finance in India. Met with Members of Parliament, senior officials at the Central Bank of India and the Ministry of Finance on the introduction of Islamic finance in India.
· Islamic Shari’ah Research Academy (ISRA), Malaysia. Research Fellow. Reviewing research papers and giving annual seminars on Islamic finance organized under the auspices of ISRA.
· Auditing and Accounting Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) Shari’ah Standards Committee: Member. Participate in the drafting of AAOIFI Shari’ah Standards for use in Islamic finance contracts.
· International Islamic Centre for Reconciliation and Arbitration (IICRA), Dubai: Arbitrator: Serve as arbitrator at the IICRA in disputes involving Islamic financial institutions and their clients.
· Karachi University, Pakistan: External Ph.D. examiner. Review Ph.D. dissertations in Islamic law. Advise, when necessary, on areas needing improvement before granting the Ph. D. degree.
· Thomson Reuters Interbank Islamic Benchmark Rate: Member of the Shari’ah Supervisory Board. Advice and counsel the IIBR committees on Shari’ah aspects on IIBR.
· Experience - Past
· SNR Denton: Partner, Head of Islamic Finance – Middle East, (2008- March 2012): Advised firm’s lawyers globally on Islamic finance and responded to their Shari’ah related questions. Assisted in Shari’ah compliant structuring, restructuring, drafting and reviewing financing documents and fund’s prospectus. Coordinated with internal Shari’ah departments and Shari’ah Supervisory Boards of clients. Advised on resolving controversies arising from distressed Islamic finance instruments such as sukuk, mudarabah, forward leases and murabaha transaction. Conducted courses and seminars on the introduction to Islamic finance and Islamic Finance products. Advised on regulatory and tax aspects effecting Islamic Finance. Coordinated between multiple Shari’ah Boards involved in syndicated financings. Represented the firm on the AAOIFI Shari’ah Standards Committee.
· Republic of Uganda. As part of the SNR Denton team, spoke to the officials of the Ministry of Finance, Capital Market Authority and Tax authorities on the introduction to Islamic finance and the changes needed in local laws to introduce Islamic finance in Uganda.
· Islamic Development Bank (IDB): Senior lawyer and internal Shari’ah Supervisor. Coordinated the work of the Shari’ah Committee of the Islamic Development Bank, a leading multilateral Islamic financial institution. Participated in the IDB Shari’ah Committee’s deliberations.
· Shari’ah Audit. Coordinated, with the Members of the IDB Shari’ah Committee, the Shari’ah Audit of the Islamic Development Bank.
· Auditing and Accounting Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). Represented IDB on the AAOIFI Shari’ah Board.
· Islamic Financial Service Board (IFSB). As a Coordinator of the IDB Shari’ah Committee, participated in the Shari’ah review of the governing Guidelines issued by the IFSB.
· Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) As part of the IDB team, participated in programs and visits for promoting Islamic finance in the CIS countries.
· Echo Bank, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Advised Echo Bank on the conversion of Echo Bank to Islamic Bank.
· Kazakhstan. Keynote speaker at the First Islamic Finance Conference held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Assisted IDB Regional office in Almaty in meetings with the officials of the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank. Spoke to the officials of the Govt. of Kazakhstan on the introduction to Islamic finance and ways and means of facilitating it in Kazakhstan.
· Tatarstan. Assisted in setting up a framework between IDB and the Government of Tatarstan for the development and utilization of Waqf properties in Tatarstan.
· Fannie Mae, USA: Shari’ah Consultant. Advised Fannie Mae in drafting core Shari’ah-compliant contracts (sale, notes and mortgages) for use by U.S. home buyers, utilising murabaha and ijara modes of financing.
· Major U.S. real estate Company: Shari’ah Advisor. Advised on the sale of a real estate complex in Virginia, USA to a Bahrain-based Islamic bank using Islamic finance.
· Afghanistan Transitional Commercial Law Project: Shari’ah Advisor. Served as the Shari’ah expert to the Afghanistan Transitional Commercial Law Project involving codification of laws for Afghanistan.
· Royal Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Washington DC): Legal Advisor. Advised Saudi embassy officials and other Saudi government agencies in the U.S. on legal and commercial controversies involving the Saudi embassy. Coordinated with U.S. law firms to represent Saudi governmental agencies, corporations and individuals in transactions and litigation in the U.S. Advised the embassy on commercial disputes between Saudi and U.S. companies. Mediated and concluded out-of-court settlements between the embassy and U.S. claimants. Served as expert witness on Saudi and Islamic law in litigations before U.S. courts. Issued Affidavit on matters of Saudi and Islamic laws.
· King Abdulaziz University (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia): Legal Advisor. Advised the university on all legal matters related to design and construction of a multi-billion-dollar university campus and hospital built in Jeddah. Negotiated and drafted design, construction, construction management and research contracts between the University and various Saudi, U.S., Canadian and other international construction and research organisations. Responded on behalf of the University to the inquiries of other Saudi governmental agencies (e.g., Ministry of Finance, Government Auditing Bureau, etc.).
· Saudi Arabian National Center for Science and Technology (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia): Legal Advisor. Prepared the first draft of a Shari’ah-complaint patent law for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Negotiated and drafted international research agreements between the Saudi government and foreign private and public entities. Negotiated and drafted design, construction and maintenance contracts between the university and consultants and contractors for the development and construction of a multi-billion-dollar King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology project in Riyadh.
· Baker & McKenzie (Chicago, Illinois, USA): Lawyer. As a member of the firm’s international business practice, advised multinational U.S. corporations on doing business in the Middle East generally and Saudi Arabia particularly. Advised on Shari’ah law matters, Saudi regulations and U.S. law affecting foreign trade.
Education 1982
Chicago Kent College of Law, Illinois: Juris Doctor
1980
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Master of Laws
1977
Temple Law Canter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Master of Laws
1972
1970
School of Oriental and African Studies, London: Dip. Comparative Laws
Islamic University of al-Madina al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia: Shaikh, High Accreditation
Employment 2012 - Present
2008 - 2012
Independent Shari’ah Scholar and Lawyer
SNR Denton, Dubai: Partner, Head of Islamic Finance – Middle East
2005 - 2008
Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah: Internal Shari'ah Supervisor, Coordinator Shari'ah Committee and Senior Lawyer
2002 - 2005
Kalbian Hagerty LLP, Washington DC: Of Counsel
1990 - 2002
Royal Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Washington DC: Lawyer
1983 - 1990
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah: Lawyer
1982 - 1983
Saudi Arabian National Centre for Science and Technology, Riyadh: Lawyer
1980 - 1982
1979 - 1980
1977 - 1979
1971 – 1973
Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, Illinois: Lawyer
Islamic Center of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Founder and Imam
Islamic Center of New England, Massachusetts, USA, Imam
Muslim World League, Delegate Scholar (Mabooth), U.K., England
Seminars/lectures (few samples)
Speaker at Global Islamic Economy Summit organized by Dubai Chamber of Commerce, (December 2013)
Speaker on Intellectual Property Rights under the Shari’ah at Dubai Economic Council Seminar, (December, 2013)
Speaker on standardization of Shari’ah standards at the Global Islamic Finance Summit, (November, 2013).
Speaker on Legal and Shari’ah challenges in making Dubai as the capital of Islamic Finance (Oct. 2013)
Speaker at Islamic Society of North America on Islamic Finance, Washington, DC (September, 2013)
Speaker at Sukuk Conference organized by Qatar Central Bank, Qatar (May 2013)
Six Lectures on various aspects of Islamic finance organized by ISRA in Malaysia ( April 2013)
Speaker at AAOIFI Annual Shari’ah Scholars Conference on Bankruptcy in Islamic Shari’ah and its relevance to Islamic finance, Bahrain, (April 2013)
Speaker at the Roundtable organized by Securities Commission Malaysia and Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Oxford, U.K. (March 2013)
Speaker at the Islamic Institute of Banking and Insurance, London, U.K. (March 2013)
Speaker at the First Symposium of Islamic Finance organized by the American University of Sharjah, (February 2013)
Speaker at the Arbitration in Saudi Arabia Seminar organized by Saudi Ministry of Commerce and the US Department of Commerce in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Oct. 2012)
Speaker at IDB/IMF Islamic finance conference, Almaty, Kazakhstan (Sept. 2012)
Speaker at Islamic Society of North America Annual Conference, Washington, DC (Sept. 2012)
Speaker at Bank Negara, Malaysia (Aug. 2012)
Speaker on insolvency and bankruptcy in Shari’ah at an international conference organised by Dubai Economic Council
Speaker at an International Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (July 2012)
Speaker at the First Islamic Economics Forum in Oman
Speaker at International Seminar on Islamic finance in Kochi, India
Speaker at the CLDP, U.S. Department of Commerce, on law and Shari’ah
Speaker at Harvard University Forum on Islamic law and finance
Speaker at Berkeley Law School on Islamic law and finance
Speaker at University of Connecticut Law School on Islamic law and insurance
Speaker at the IFSB-World Bank Roundtable Discussion: Insolvency Regimes: Institutional, Regulatory and Legal Challenges in Islamic Finance.
Speaker at Euromoney Conference on Islamic finance.
Speaker at Red Money conference on Islamic finance.
Speaker at Terrapin conference on Islamic finance.
Speaker at Muslim Students Association and Islamic Society of North America on the role of law and Shari’ah.
Speaker members of the American Bar Association on arbitration under the Shari'ah and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in the Middle East.
Speaker members of the Bar of the District of Columbia on Islamic Finance as part of the Continuing Legal Education programme.
Speak regularly at conferences organised by AAOIFI.
Speaker at conferences organised by Islamic Finance Service Board (IFSB).
Keynote speaker at the First Islamic Conference organised in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Conducted a seminar on the introduction to Islamic finance for the Central Bank of Uganda.
Interviewed by local and international media on events affecting Islamic finance.
Speaker and delivered Khutbas at Islamic centres in the U.S., U.K. and the Middle East.
As a recognized Minister (Imam), performed marriages in the State of Massachusetts.
Membership in Professional Bodies
Member of the New York Bar
Registered Foreign Lawyer, Solicitors Regulation Authority, U.K
Member of the Shari'ah Standards Committee of (AAOIFI)
Member of the Fiqh Council of North America
Research Fellow, International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance, Malaysia
Former Member, AAOIFI Shari’ah Board
Former Member of the Board, Muslim Students Network, Washington, DC
Languages English
Arabic
Urdu
Contact Information
Muddassir Siddiqui
ShariahPath Consultants, LLC
1155 Mill Garden Court
Great Falls, VA 22066
Phone: +1 703 349 5151
E-mail: muddassir.siddiqui@Shariahpath.com
