Speaking Engagements

 

  • Jamia al-Qarawiyyin, Fez, Morocco, Seminar, Challenges of Modern Islamic Banking, May 2014
  • Book launch "The Destitute," Stanford University, April 22, 2013
  • Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America: Legal and Regulatory Challenges to Islamic Home Finance in America, February 2014
  • Fundamentals of Islamic Finance and Future Financial Crises, Emirates Institute of Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi, January 2012
  • Bringing the Shariah to Modern Islamic Finance, Wharton School of Business, U Penn, CERT, Abu Dhabi, January 2012
  • Islamic Finance, the UAE and Spain, DIFC Trade Forum, Dubai, December 2011
  • The Centrality of the Marketplace in Islamic History, ISRA Annual Forum, Kuala Lumpur, November 2011
  • The Importance of Performance Benchmarks, World Islamic Banking Conference, Bahrain, November 2011
  • Fundamentals of Modern Islamic Finance, New York Bar Association, February 2010
  • Islamic Finance as Participatory Finance, Islamic Finance Forum, Fordham University, New York, March 2010
  • Islamic Finance Simplified, SIBOS, Hong Kong, September 2009
  • Islamic Capital Markets, World Capital Market Symposium, Kuala Lumpur, August 2009
  • Introducing Islamic Finance, Annual Conference of the CFA Institute, Orlando, FL 2009
  • Islamic Finance, National Council on US Arab Relations, Washington DC, Feb 2009
  • The Arboon Short Sale, Public Lecture, Bursa Malaysia, Feb 2009
  • Islamic Finance 101, US Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC October 2008
  • The Shariah Short Sale Explained, Seminar on Innovation in Islamic Finance, New York City, February 2007
  • Shariah Compliant Alternative Asset Management, Islamic Finance World Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 2007
  • Shariah Risk, Conference on Islamic Finance, Zurich, Switzerland, November 2006
  • Shariah Compliance in Real Estate, Seminar on Islamic Real Estate Investing, Beirut, Lebanon, June 2006
  • A Survey of Shariah-related Issues in Sukuk, 2nd Seminar on Legal Issues in the Islamic Financial Services Industry, London, March 2006
  • The State of the Art in Islamic Finance, Conference on Innovation in Islamic Finance, Yale Club, NYC, September 2005
  • An Overview of Islamic Financial Contracts, Seminar on Legal Issues in the Islamic Financial Services Industry, Central Bank of Kuwait and the NY Federal Reserve Bank, March 2005
  • Shariah Supervision in Modern Islamic Finance, Virginia Commonwealth University, One Day Seminar on Islamic Finance, December, 2004
  • The Shariah, the Role of the Shariah Supervisory Board, and the Evolution of Islamic Finance, American Corporate Counsel Association, New York, NY, November, 2004
  • Shariah Boards and Modern Islamic Finance: From the Jurisprudence of Revival and Recovery to the Jurisprudence of Transformation and Adaptation, Islamic Financial Services Board Summit, London, May, 2004.
  • Reviving Relevance: The Classics and Modern Finance, 6th International Forum on Islamic Finance at Harvard University, May, 2004.
  • The Shariah Supervision of Venture Capital Funds, Islamic Funds World Conference, London, October, 2003.
  • One Day Workshop on Islamic Funds, Islamic Funds World, Pre-Conference Seminar, London October, 2003
  • Shariah Compliance in the Acquisition of a Cash Laden Corporation, International Islamic Finance Forum, Cape Town, South Africa, September, 2003
  • Can there be an Islamic Hedge Fund? paper presented at the Euromoney Islamic Financial Summit, London, January, 2003
  • Islamic Finance: Modern Variations on a Classical Theme, presentation at the International Islamic Finance Conference, Washington DC, September 26, 2002.
  • The Significance of Shariah Supervision for United States Muslim Consumers, paper presented at the Leadership Symposium on Islamic Finance, Washington, DC, October, 2002.
  • Principles of Islamic Finance, presentation at Global Trade and People of Faith: Wrestling with Ethics and Advocacy, All Souls Unitarian Church, Washington DC, September 2002
  • Socially Responsible and Islamic Investing: Sharing Affinities, IIR International Islamic Finance Forum, Dubai, March 2002
  • Keynote Address: Shariah Supervision as Consumer Advocacy, 4th International Forum on Islamic Finance at Harvard University, 2001
  • Shariah Supervision of Mutual Funds, 4th International Forum on Islamic Finance at Harvard University, 2001
  • The Shari`ah Perspective on Investment in the Modern Equities Market, paper presented at the seminar on Islamic Investing organized by the Dow Jones Global Indexes, August 1999.
  •  The Murabahah Transaction and the Time Value of Money in Islamic Law, paper presented at the 2nd International Forum on Islamic Finance at Harvard University, Oct., 1998.
  • Islamic Banking and Finance: An Overview, presentation at the American University summer program, Center for North-South Studies, Washington DC, Summer 1997.