SALIHIN SHARIAH ADVISORY ACCREDITATION BY GENERAL COUNCIL FOR ISLAMIC BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING OF ISLAMIC FINANCE IN MALAYSIA

L to R: En Salihin Abang (Founder/Managing Partner & Group CEO of SALIHIN); Mr. Abdelilah Belatik (Secretary General of CIBAFI); Dr Ahcene Lahsasna (CEO of SALIHIN Shariah Advisory); Ms Zainab Hassan Al Owainaty (Director of Administration & Finance, CIBAFI)

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 (Bernama) -- The General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (Bahrain) and SALIHIN Shariah Advisory (Kuala Lumpur) signed an agency agreement for enhancing Islamic finance education in Malaysia. With this agreement, SALIHIN Shariah Advisory becomes an accredited agent of CIBAFI for the main objective of promoting the professional certifications and training programmes of CIBAFI in Malaysia. These include ten (10) professional certificates, five (5) diplomas and one (1) executive professional master programme.
 
In this context, CIBAFI expressed its appreciation to SALIHIN Shariah Advisory for their support and collaboration for the marketing and promotion of CIBAFI professional development programmes in Malaysia. Malaysia is a pioneer player in the Islamic financial services industry and it is a key stakeholder to CIBAFI. It deserves high focus and interest from all perspectives, including professional development initiatives and activities.  
 
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahcene Lahsasna, CEO, SALIHIN Shariah Advisory believes that the collaboration will contribute significantly to the enrichment of the quality of Islamic finance education in Malaysia. He said, “The CIBAFI professional certifications and training programmes cover Islamic accounting, auditing, takaful, capital market, trade finance, risk management, governance and compliance. These internationally recognized professional certificates will complement the existing Islamic Finance courses offered in Malaysia.”
 
He added, “SALIHIN Shariah Advisory, through its education facilities at the HQ in Malaysia, would like to take this opportunity to invite interested professionals, students and academicians to join CIBAFI programmes and become CIBAFI Certified”.
 
CIBAFI is an international organization established in 2001 and Headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain. CIBAFI is affiliated with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). 
 
CIBAFI represents the Islamic financial services industry globally, defending and promoting its role, consolidating co-operation among its members, and with other institutions with similar interests and objectives.
 
With more than 125 members from more than 34 jurisdictions, representing market players, international intergovernmental organizations and professional firms, and industry associations, CIBAFI is recognised as a key piece in the international architecture of Islamic finance.
 
SALIHIN Shariah Advisory is a registered Shariah Adviser with the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) providing advisory services on all Shariah-based products and services regulated by the SC and qualified to be appointed as a corporate Shariah adviser. Its vision to be the preferred global provider of Islamic finance services and solutions, going by this vision, SALIHIN Shariah Advisory has recently won a Global Islamic Finance Award (GIFA) as the Best Emerging Islamic Shariah Advisory Firm 2018. Leveraging on its experienced pool of international and local Shariah advisers, SALIHIN Shariah Advisory provides services in the areas of advisory and consultancy, fintech solutions, training and education, and research, development and publication. As a group member firm of SALIHIN, it also draws on the diverse capabilities of SALIHIN to render end-to-end value-for-money services and solutions to clients globally. SALIHIN is the brand under which independent member firms of SALIHIN International LLP (SALIHIN International) operate and provide professional services in the areas of audit and assurance, taxation, corporate advisory Shariah advisory, IT and digital consulting.
 
SOURCE: SALIHIN SHARIAH ADVISORY
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Tel: 603-6185 9970  
Fax: 603-6184 2524
Website: www.salihin.com.my  / www.shariah.salihin.com.my 
E-mail: info@salihin.com.my  / ssa@salihin.com.my 
 
For more information about CIBAFI, please visit www.CIBAFI.org 
Tel: +973 17357300  
Email: media@cibafi.org 
 
--BERNAMA