Shariah committee
Sheikh Azizi Che Seman
- Appointed since: 1 April 2021
Sheikh Azizi Che Seman is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Shariah, Economics and Governance, Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya, a position he has held since 2002. He has been a member of the Shariah Committee of Sun Life Malaysia Takaful Berhad since 1 April 2021 and is currently the Chairman of the Shariah Committee of RHB Islamic Bank and a member of the Shariah Committee of Bank Simpanan Nasional. He is also a member of the Jemaah Ulama’ Majlis Agama Islam dan Adat Istiadat Melayu Kelantan (MAIK) and a member of the Shariah Committee of Yayasan Pembangunan Ekonomi Islam Malaysia (YAPEIM).
He has extensive experience in the Islamic banking industry. Previously, he served as Chairman of the Shariah Advisory Committee of the Association of Islamic Banking and Financial Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM), as well as Chairman of the Shariah Committees of Bank Muamalat and Agrobank.
He obtained a Master's degree in Economics from the International Islamic University Malaysia in 2001 and a Bachelor's degree in Shariah from Universiti Malaya in 1996. He has been involved in numerous research projects in Islamic finance, including studies on waqf and zakat. He has also written extensively on transactional law (Fiqh al-Muamalat), Islamic economics and Islamic finance, and has presented papers at both local and international conferences. His work has been published in conference proceedings, books and academic journals. His areas of specialisation include transactional law (Fiqh al-Muamalat), the Islamic capital market, and Islamic finance.