Hamzah elected Islami Bank’s shariah panel chairman

Obaid Ullah Hamzah, director general of Al-Jamia Al-Islamia Patiya Madrasa, has been elected as the chairman of the Shari'ah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh.

Hamzah is the chairman of the Shari'ah Supervisory Committee of Social Islami Bank and a member of the Shari'ah Supervisory Committee of First Security Islami Bank and NRBC Islami Bank.

He is a member of the Centre for Zakat Management, and Al Haitul Ulya Lil Jamiatil Qawmia, a government-approved Supreme Council for Qawmi Madrasah, said a press release. He served as a teacher and interpreter under the ministry of defense and aviation of Saudi Arabia.

He is the chief editor of the Balagh Ash-Sharq, an Arabic and English magazine published by Al-Jamia Al-Islamia Patiya, and At-Tawhid, a monthly magazine.

He became first class first in Dawrae Hadith in 1992 and obtained an MA degree from Darul Ihsan University.