Dr. Umar F. Moghul

Areas of Expertise

Islamic ethics, Islamic finance

Biography

Dr. Umar F. Moghul works at the intersection of Islamic law, responsible investment and business ethics. He earned his J.D. at Temple University and his B.A. and M.A. at the University of Pennsylvania. His legal and advisory work includes investment funds, private equity, venture capital, real estate, mortgage products, trade finance and community endowments.

He has taught Islamic finance, investment and jurisprudence at the University of Connecticut School of Law and Halal Food Law at Michigan State University College of Law. He is the author of A Socially Responsible Islamic Finance: Character and the Common Good. His scholarship and practice examine how legal and financial structures can support ethical participation, environmental responsibility and positive social impact. He also speaks on Islamic law, finance and the needs of Muslim communities.

Selected Publications and Work

Moghul, Umar. A Socially Responsible Islamic Finance: Character and the Common Good. Palgrave-MacMillan, 2017. Moghul, Umar F. "Islamic Spirituality: An Impetus to Responsibility and Impact." In A Socially Responsible Islamic Finance: Character and the Common Good, pp. 1-37. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. Moghul, Umar F., and Samir HK Safar-Aly. "Green sukuk: The introduction of Islam's environmental ethics to contemporary Islamic finance." Geo. Int'l Envtl. L. Rev. 27 (2014): 1. Moghul, Umar F. "The Right to Education, Work and Welfare in Islam (Fundamental Rights and Liberties in Islam Series)." (2011): 251. Moghul, Umar F. "No pain, no gain: The state of the industry in light of an American Islamic private equity transaction." Chi. J. Int'l L. 7 (2006): 469.

Selected BIS Teaching

• IRL-553 Applied Ethics

These are courses taught at BIS. For current academic information, explore the graduate program.