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4/22/24, 8:49 AM UAE President appoints Omar Habtoor Al Darei as Chairman of General Authority of Islamic Affairs, Endowments and Zakat – The…
UAE President appoints Omar Habtoor Al Darei

as Chairman of General Authority of Islamic

Affairs, Endowments and Zakat

ABU DHABI / WAM

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has issued a federal decree
appointing Dr Omar Habtoor Al Darei as Chairman of the General Authority of Islamic Affairs, Endowments

and Zakat.
Dr Al Darei served as the Executive Director of Islamic Affairs at the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and

Endowments, he is also the General Director of the UAE Council for Fatwa, and member of the Board of
Trustees of Mohamed bin Zayed University for Humanities since 2020.
He holds a doctorate degree in Islamic jurisprudence and contemporary issues.

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