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Mohamed Ali Elgari

Saudi professor of Islamic economics. Contemporary · Comparative school · Saudi Arabia. Every position below is drawn from the sourced consensus record — with its citation, and nothing added.

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محمد علي القري

Mohamed Ali Elgari

Saudi professor of Islamic economics

Comparative · Contemporary Saudi Arabia

Prominent Islamic-economics academic and member of major Sharīʿah boards and the OIC Fiqh Academy.

On the core questions

2 of the 6 core questions are documented for this voice. Each carries its source.

Q1 · Is riba prohibited in Islam?

Prohibits

Source:Academic works

Q2 · Is conventional bank interest the same as Qurʾānic riba?

Prohibits

Source:OIC Fiqh Academy proceedings

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