Professor Jasser Auda is a scholar of Islamic law and thought. He is the President of Maqasid Institute Global, a think tank with educational and research projects in a number of countries, and Al-Shatibi Chair for Maqasid Studies at the International Peace College in South Africa. He is a Founding and Board Member of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, an Executive Member of the Fiqh Council of North America, a Member of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, and a Fellow of the Fiqh Academy of India. He has a PhD in the philosophy of Islamic law from the University of Wales, UK, and a PhD in systems analysis from the University of Waterloo, Canada.