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Dr. Mohammad Iqbal Masood Al-Nadvi is a Canadian Muslim scholar and Imam. Education Nadvi studied Islamic sciences at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow, India and also earned a degree from the Islamic University of Madinah. Nadvi holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Shariah, with a specialization in jurisprudence (Fiqh) from Umm al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. He taught Islamic Law and Jurisprudence at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, for six years. Nadvi earned a degree in political science and economics from Bhopal University, Bhopal, India. Career Nadvi is the president of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Canada and the former Director of Religious Affairs at the Calgary Islamic Centre and at the Al-Falah Islamic Centre. He is currently on the advisory board of various organizations including the Islamic Credit Union of Canada, the Interest-Free Financing Corporation and the Crescent Committee of Canada, amongst others. He is also the Chairman of the Canadian Council of Imams, the Islamic Finance Advisory Board, the Fiqh Council of Canada and the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of Canada’s religious affairs committee. Dr. Nadvi formerly served as a member of the University of Calgary chaplaincy team. His role at the University of Calgary was to provide spiritual and moral guidance for Muslims on campus as well as to help facilitate cultural understanding. He currently is an adjunct faculty member at the Canadian Centre for Deen Studies and the Islamic Institute of Toronto (IIT) and is the Executive Director and Scholar in Residence at the Al-Nadwa Institute. References and sources ;References ;Source * [http://themuslim.ca/2010/01/18/iqbal-al-nadvi-new-elected-president-of-icna-canada/ "Dr. Iqbal Al-Nadvi: New Elected President of ICNA, Canada] TheMulsim.ca." Toronto-GTA Muslims News & Resource. N.p., 18 Jan. 2010. Web. 15 Oct. 2010. * "Islamic Finance Advisory Board - Shariah Compliant Financial Products and Services." IFAB - Loading.... N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2012. * [http://www.halaladvisory.ca/halal-101 "Halal 101 - Sharia Advisory Committee"] Web. August 2014 *
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