Dr Rashid Raashed is a Shariah scholar on Islamic banking, with a PhD from the Macquarie University Law School. He is also a well-known member of the Australian Muslim community having served in various capacities as Imam, educationist and author of a number of books.

He has formal qualifications in traditional Islamic knowledge obtained in South Asia and the Middle East with a Masters in Islamic Studies from the University of Sydney.

He is fluent in English, Arabic, Urdu and Bengali languages. He’s a thinker, researcher and writer on a diversity of subjects including the contextual Quranic understanding, contemporary forms of Da’wah Hadith, Fiqh, Islamic finance and political governance.

Dr Raashed was one of thirteen passionate people who conceived the creation of Islamic Bank Australia, and he is tasked with ensuring that Islamic Bank Australia is Shariah-compliant at all times.