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Academic stewardship

Leadership & Global Takaful Development

Takaful Association promotes professional leadership, knowledge sharing and international collaboration in Takaful, Islamic insurance and Shariah-compliant risk sharing.

Prof. Dr. Rukhsar Ahmed, President of Takaful Association, brings an academic background in Takaful, Islamic finance, management and law. His professional profile identifies his PhD in Takaful and postdoctoral studies, reflecting his involvement in higher education and research.

He is also listed as a Professor of Islamic Finance and Takaful at the Institute of Islamic Banking and Takaful International (IIBTI).

The Association encourages professional discussions among Takaful executives, Shariah scholars, actuaries, insurance practitioners, regulators and academic researchers.

Key areas of professional interest include Takaful operating models, retakaful, Shariah governance, segregation of participants' funds, risk management and the future development of Islamic insurance.

Through its international network, Takaful Association seeks to strengthen connections between academic knowledge and industry practice, encouraging informed discussions on emerging challenges and opportunities.

Explore our professional community, industry resources and membership opportunities to learn more about the Association's activities.

Codified benchmarks

Academic and regulatory milestones

24 Yrs

continuous institutional governance

18

doctoral curricula established

42

sovereign treatises published

Executive governance

International council of fellows

Middle East & GCC

Sovereign underwriting coordination

Senior underwriting executives direct regional risk pools across Dubai, Riyadh, and Manama, aligning multi-billion dollar capital solvency with strict Shariah supervisory council mandates.

Southeast Asia & Europe

Transnational legal harmonization

Appointed jurists from Kuala Lumpur and London govern cross-border mutual indemnity frameworks, synchronizing statutory solvency reserves with established cooperative mutual law.

Institutional discipline

True solidarity requires institutional discipline, sovereign compliance, and peerless Shariah governance across every underwritten risk.

Prof. Dr. Rukhsar Ahmed, Founding Chairman