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6/20/24, 9:34 AM UAE President issues federal decrees forming UAE Council for Fatwa, appointing Abdullah bin Bayyah as Chairman – The Gulf Tim…
UAE President issues federal decrees forming

UAE Council for Fatwa, appointing Abdullah bin

Bayyah as Chairman

ABU DHABI / WAM

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued two federal decrees
forming the UAE Council for Fatwa and appointing Abdullah bin Bayyah as Chairman of the Council with the

Grade of Minister.
The Council’s members include Dr Omar Habtoor Al Darei as Vice Chairman, Dr Khalifa Mubarak Al
Dhaheri, Dr Ahmed Abdel Aziz Al Haddad, Jamal Salem Al Turaifi, Dr Ibrahim Obaid Ali Al Ali, Abdul Rahman

Ali Humaid Al Shamsi, Dr Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tunaiji and Dr Fatma Al-Dahmani.
The UAE Council for Fatwa serves as the official authority for issuing fatwas in the UAE. It aims to unify

efforts, visions, and objectives to develop approaches, policies, and legislation related to fatwas in the UAE.
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