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Essentials of takaful islamic insurance mr iqbal asaria associate afkar consulting ltd uk
Iqbal Asaria is special advisor to the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain on business and economic affairs and a tutor on the MCB's leadership development programme. An economist, he was a member of the working party set up by the Governor of The Bank of England to look into issues relating to Islamic housing and finance products in the UK. He is an associate of the Islamic Banking and Finance Institute of Malaysia and member of the City of London's Financial Markets Law Committee. He has spoken at several conferences and symposia on Islamic banking and finance. He was awarded the CBE in the 2005 Queen's Honours List for services to international development. In the late 1980s, he was the editor-in-chief of Afkar, a ground-breaking news and analysis journal published in London.
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- Essentials of takaful islamic insurance mr iqbal asaria associate afkar consulting ltd uk
- Muharram 1437 6th night development of the shi i tradition
- Queens Honours List
- Current Works
- References
He is a key member of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) holding various roles including:
He is also a leading figure in Islamic finance: a regular speaker at conferences, seminars and training workshops and the author of several articles on Islamic finance. Advisory roles have included:
Mr Asaria is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants. He is a graduate of Victoria University, Manchester where he also completed his graduate degree. He was awarded the CBE in the 2005 Queen's Honours List for services to international development.
Muharram 1437 6th night development of the shi i tradition
Queen's Honours List
M Iqbal Asaria was awarded a CBE in the Queen's New Year Honours List (2005) for services to International Development.
An economist by training, Iqbal has had several years' experience in this field. For many years he was an associate of the Third World Network (TWN). In this capacity he served on the Non Aligned Movement's Expert Group on Debt. He was also the TWN's representative on the World Bank NGO Committee. He served as the chairman of the World Bank NGO Committee for three years.
As Chair of the MCB's Business and Economics Committee, Iqbal was appointed to the Department for International Development's (DFID) Development Awareness Working Group (DAWG). This initiative was responsible for initiating the DFID's "Faith & Development" programme. Iqbal drafted the MCB and Muslim Charities booklet on the 2015 Millennium Development Goals.
Current Works
Presently, Iqbal is working on furthering the faith communities engagement in development and the achievement of the 2015 Millennium Development Goals. He is a trustee of SICM/Mahfil Ali, and is currently heavily involved in the development of The Salaam Centre in North Harrow
Iqbal is also a member of the Governor of Bank of England's Working Group on facilitating the introduction of Islamic Financial Products in the UK market. Following upon the initiative of the Working Group the UK market has now seen the introduction of Islamic Home Finance products and the granting of a license to the Islamic Bank of Britain.