Sheikh Nizam Yaquby was trained in the Islamic sciences in Bahrain and Makkah, studying under some eminent sheikhs, before going on to study at McGill University. He sits on a plethora of shari’ah advisory boards and has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard University. A highly sought-after expert with an immense breadth of experience with the Muslim community, Yaquby recently led a team which issued a fatwa supporting a crypto currency.
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