Dr. Bandar F. Al-Suwailam
Vice-rector for Sharia Institute Affairs
Qualifications:
1. A PhD on Fiqh; Islamic Jurisprudence, Faculty of Sharia, Imam Mohammed bin Saud University, 1988, Riyadh;
2. An MA on Fiqh; Islamic Jurisprudence, Faculty of Sharia, Imam Mohammed bin Saud University, 1984;
3. A Bachelor degree on Islamic Jurisprudence, Faculty of Sharia, Imam Mohammed bin Saud University, 1979.
Teaching:
1. Teaching Fiqh at faculties of Sharia; Fundamentals of Religion; and Arabic Language; and Female Student Study Centre;
2. Teaching Islamic Creed at Faculty of Sharia;
3. Teaching Fiqh, Rules of Fiqh, and Fundamentals of Fiqh; the Institute of Islamic Knowledge; the USA;
4. Supervising MAs and PhDs dissertations; the faculty of Sharia;
5. Refereeing some MA and PhD dissertations on Islamic Jurisprudence, Faculty of Sharia;
6. Verifying some studies and researches for a number of entities: Ministry of the Interior, Naif Arab Academy for Security Science; King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs.
Academic and Administrative Posts:
1. A demonstrator, Faculty of Sharia, Fiqh department, 1979;
2. A lecturer, Faculty of Sharia, Fiqh department, 1984;
3. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Sharia in Riyadh, 1988, a member of Fiqh department council;
4. Chair of Islamic Studies department , Institute of Islamic Knowledge, the USA;
5. An associate professor , Faculty of Sharia in Riyadh, 1993;
6. Dean of Institute Affairs abroad , Imam Mohammed bin Saud University, Board Chairman of Institute affair deanship abroad, member of the university council;
7. Undersecretary of cultural relations in the ministry as of 08/29th/1998;
8. Vice-rector for Sharai Institute affairs of Imam Mohammed bin Saud University following a resolution by the Higher Education Council approved by the King, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in 2000.
Researches, publications, and Papers:
1. Al-Mutaham; A defendant: treatment and rights in Islamic Jurisprudence. It is an MA dissertation published by Naïf Arab Academy for Security Science, 1987.
2. Al-Inqaz min al-Halakah ; Protection against Destruction: a research based on Islamic Jurisprudence
3. I’tibar Hayat an-Nufus; Human Soul Consideration in Islamic Criminal Legislation
4. Diyat Al-Aql; indemnity of Sanity Loss: a research on the university journal
5. Zawal Mulk Al-Waqif an Al-Qaqf; Endower’s De-possession of a property; a research on Imam Mohammed bin Saud University Journal
6. Hurmat Az-Zina wa Akhtaruh; The prohibition and danger of adultery : a bulletin of research center; the Institute of Islamic knowledge; the USA
7. Human Being’s Rights in Islam: a paper. It was presented before a conference and was published in the Mubta’th journal issued in the USA by the Cultural attaché in Safar and Jumada Al-Awwal, 1413 H (corresponding to September and October 1992).
8. The Cultural and Educational Saudi Foundations Abroad: a paper. It was presented in a seminar: Saudi Arabia throughout 200 years, held in Indonesia.
Conferences, Meetings and Seminars:
1. Meeting with the Saudi students on scholarships in Carbondale, the USA, in 1992;
2. The 6th international conference for Latin America Muslims in Brazil, 1992;
3. Conducting Sharia sessions and giving speeches to Muslim communities in the US, Belgium, and the Netherland;
4. Minority of Islamic Jurisprudence Forum by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, held in Edinburgh, 1998;
5. Conference Chairman of Saudi Arabia Throughout one Hundred Years , in 1998;
6. Forums of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques; titled: Islamic education in western communities: objectives and media, held I Brussels, Belgium;
7. A Seminar on Saudi Arabia by the Institute of Islamic Knowledge in Indonesia on the occasion marking the passage of one hundred years.
Committees:
1. Member of relation Committee, an offshoot of an international Conference on King Abdulaziz , 1985.
2. Member of Imam Mohammed bin Saud University Committee for Heritage and Culture for two years;
3. Academic Guidance Committee member; Sharia Faculty;
4. Administrative development Committee member at the Institute of Islamic Knowledge; the USA;
5. Chairman of Fatwa Committee in the Institute of Islamic Knowledge in the USA;
6. Member of Arabic and Social Studies Revision Committee at the General Presidency of Girl education;
7. Member Revision Committee of Saudi Arabia Atlas;
8. Member of the Islamic Jurisprudence Curriculum Writing at the General Presidency of Girl education;
9. Member of the preparatory Committee for the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs;
10. Secretary- general of the Seconding Committee at Imam Mohammed bin Saud University Committee;
11. Chairman of National and International Book Fairs;
12. Committee chairman of student affair committee; the ministry of education;
13. Chairman of the technical committee in charge of making students join their colleagues studying abroad at their expenses;
14. Chairman Committee of the cultural days of the Saudi universities on campus of Morocco universities, 1998;
15. Member of training and seconding personnel Committee; the Ministry of Civil Services;
16. Member of the higher education ministry celebrating the passage of one hundred years of the Saudi Arabia establishment;
17. University degree recertification Committee; the ministry of higher studies;
18. Member of nomination Committee for Prince Charles And King Faisal grant;
19. Member of the preparatory Committee for the occasion marking selecting Saud Arabia a capital of Arab Culture, 2000.
Media Participation:
1. Saudi Television: Channel I
2. Writing for the Press
3. Arab Channel in Washington
4. Arab Radio in Washington
Supervising MA and PhD Dissertations:
1. An MA on Optical Vision Adjudications;
2. A PhD on the juristic rulings pertaining to places, yet, not to acts of worship;
3. A PhD on the juristic rulings pertaining to places together with acts of worshiping;
4. A PhD on gambling: jurisdiction in Fiqh Islamic Jurisprudence
5. An MA on inheritance dues in Fiqh
6. A PhD on Advocacy Fiqh
7. A n MA on Unnatural Impregnation Fiqh
Currently supervising the following:
1. A PhD on unseating from representativeness posts : jurisdiction in Fiqh
2. A PhD on Fiqh of Minorities
3. A PhD on Adjudications on Transplantation in Fiqh