Dato’ Dr Afifi Al-Akiti, FRSA, is a Shafi’i jurist, trained theologian, and philologist. He is a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, and teaches Islam at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, Oxford University’s oldest faculty. He is the first-ever Malaysian to be appointed to such a position in this famous university. His areas of expertise are Islamic theology, law, finance, and science. Al-Akiti is internationally acclaimed for his 2005 fatwa, Defending the Transgressed by Censuring the Reckless against the Killing of Civilians, written in response to the 7 July London bombings. In 2024, he was appointed by the Conference of Rulers in Malaysia to be a member of the National Islamic Council (MKI). In that same year, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He was awarded a Datukship by HRH The Sultan of Perak in 2012.