{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{EngvarB|date=January 2023}} {{short description|British Islamic scholar}} {{Infobox religious biography | religion = [[Islam]] | title = [[Mufti]], [[Qadi]], [[Imam]] and [[Islamic scholar]] | birth_place = [[England]] | denomination = [[Sunni Islam]] | era = [[21st-century philosophy]] | Madh'hab = [[Hanafi]] | movement = [[Deobandi]] | alma_mater = [[Darul Uloom Jamia Khatam al-Nabiyyin]]<br>[[Bradford University]] | main_interests = [[Quran]], [[Shari'a]], [[Hadith]], [[Fiqh]], [[Tafsir]], Muslim minorities in the West, Fiqh al-Aqalliyat, [[Islamic finance]], [[Usul al-Fiqh]], [[Fatwa]], [[Islamic ethics]] | notable_ideas = Western Muslim minority jurisprudence, Sharīʿa hermeneutics, Western [[Fiqh al-Nawazil]], Fiqh of Moonsighting | influences = Grand [[Mufti]] [[Muhammad Shafi]], Dr. [[Mawlana]] [[Muhammad Abdul Hai Arifi]], [[Muhammad Masihullah Khan]], [[Ashraf Ali Thanwi|Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi]] | website ={{url| https://www.irtis.org.uk/}} | nationality = British | image = | caption = Mufti Amjad Mahmood Mohammed}} {{Deobandi}}
'''Muftī Qāḍī Sayyid Amjad Mahmood Mohammed''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq|امجد محمود محمد}}}} is a British [[Islamic scholar]] who is dean and head scholar at the British Olive Foundation. He has written and lectured extensively on [[fiqh]], [[Sharia]], organ donation,<ref name="JAIS">{{cite web|url=https://journals.uio.no/JAIS/article/download/7642/6929/|title=7642-Article Text-24022-1-10-20200105|format=[[Direct download link|DDL]]|publisher=uio.no}}</ref> moonsighting, jurisprudence for Muslim minorities in the West, Muslim education within the West,<ref name="5Pillars">{{Cite web|url=https://5pillarsuk.com/2019/08/29/why-did-muslim-faith-leaders-issue-a-statement-opposing-pro-lgbt-lessons-at-schools/|title=Why did Muslim faith leaders issue a statement opposing pro-LGBT lessons at schools?|publisher=5pillarsuk.com|date=28 August 2019}}</ref> [[usul al-fiqh]], and [[Islamic finance]]. He sits on multiple Sharia and fatwa boards,<ref name="Wifaqul Uluma">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wifaqululama.co.uk/ask/|title=Markaz al-Iftāʾ wa'l-Qaḍā|date=25 September 2019}}</ref> and holds advisory positions at several financial institutions pursuing Islamic banking or finance.<ref name="IRTIS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.irtis.org.uk/about-irtis/team/|title=Team|website=IRTIS}}</ref>
== RG Advisory == Mohammed is the Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of RG Advisory.
== NZF Worldwide == Mohammed is the Chief Shariah Officer of NZF Worldwide.
== Muslims in non-Muslim lands == Mohammed‘s main focus is on the concept of minority jurisprudence (''[[Fiqh al-aqallīyāt|fiqh al-aqalliyat]]'') and tradition-based or Sharia hermeneutics.<ref name="Yaqeen Institute">{{Cite web|url=https://yaqeeninstitute.org/nazir-khan/difference-of-opinion-where-do-we-draw-the-line/|title=Difference of Opinion: Where Do We Draw the Line?|first=Nazir|last=Khan|date=10 December 2019|website=Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research}}</ref> His book, ''Muslims in non-Muslim Lands: A Legal Study with Applications,'' explains how the British Muslim community developed its faith identity through three particular stances: assimilation, isolation and integration. The findings argue that the assumption that Islam causes Muslims to isolate from the indigenous population and form ‘a state within a state’ is false, and that Islamic law actually gives Muslims confidence and the ability to integrate within the wider society.<ref name="The Islamic Texts Society">{{Cite web|url=https://its.org.uk/catalogue/muslims-in-non-muslim-lands-a-legal-study-with-applications-paperback/|title=Muslims in non-Muslim Lands | THE ISLAMIC TEXTS SOCIETY}}</ref>
== Fatwa exposing OneCoin scheme == Cryptocurrency [[OneCoin]] is deemed one of the world’s biggest crypto-scams. OneCoin claimed to have a Shariah-compliant certificate about which Mufti Amjad Mohammed started to receive queries by uncertain Muslim investors. After careful inspection of the OneCoin terms and conditions, Mohammed issued a fatwa saying that Muslims should not invest in OneCoin.<ref name="Onecoin fatwa">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wifaqululama.co.uk/onecoin/|title=Cryptocurrency: OneCoin, Bitcoin|date=2 December 2016}}</ref> In response, OneCoin claimed they had changed their T&Cs, but he still advised against Muslims investing as OneCoin could not be found on any cryptocurrency exchanges.<ref name="The Spectator">{{Cite web|url=https://beta.spectator.co.uk/article/how-the-world-s-biggest-crypto-scam-targeted-british-muslims|title=How the world's biggest crypto-scam targeted British Muslims | The Spectator}}</ref><ref name="Pakistantoday">{{Cite web|url=https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/10/30/pakistanis-lost-millions-of-dollars-in-onecoin-scam/|title=Pakistanis lost millions of dollars in OneCoin scam|date=30 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="BBC Panaroma">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhYdFDiySGU|title=BBC Panorama Investigates The OneCoin/OneLife Scheme|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref name="Forex Fraud">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forexfraud.com/news/daily-fraud-update-23rd-october/|title=Daily fraud update: 23rd October}}</ref><ref name="TRT World">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95w0NJJlA3w|title=!! WARNING !! ONECOIN "BIGGEST CRYPTO SCAM" RUN BY MISSING CRYPTO QUEEN|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> ==See more== * [[List of Deobandis]]
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