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Umar Moghul

Umar Moghul is an attorney at the law firm of Roberts Moghul & Partners LLP and Trustee at Gateway Global. He works at the intersection of Shari’ah, wealth and social impact, advising on corporate and financial matters as well as waqf, zakat and other philanthropic initiatives. He is also adjunct faculty at University of Connecticut School of Law and Michigan State Law School, where he teaches courses in Islamic business ethics and law as well as halal food. He is author of A Socially Responsible Islamic Finance: Character and the Common Good (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2017), exploring the intersections between Islamic spirituality (tasawwuf), social and environmental impact, and business and trade.

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[IMTF] Poverty and Profit: The Impact of Character on the Design of Business

By Umar Moghul // March 16, 2022March 22, 2023

Islamic spirituality, in both its principles and practices, establishes an impetus and a framework to design businesses that support a positive social and environmental impact. Among them is the notion of faqr (poverty), raised by…