Umar Khalil
Umar Khalil (also known as Omar Khaliel) is the Founder and CEO of the Riba Free Foundation, a London-based nonprofit promoting riba-free, Shariah-compliant finance, and co-founder of the Muslim CEOs Collective.
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Aug 18, 2026
Areeb SiddiquiHOST
Is that why you're involved with Muslim CEOs Collective and setting up the dinners, the dinner which we're on our way to right now?
Umar KhalilGUEST
And I think that there's a convergence of many other like-minded individuals like yourselves and many others out there that are doing great work.
Umar KhalilGUEST
And it's like the sum of all parts, how do you bring that together? That's really what kind of my role is, is look at the goodness in everybody.
Umar KhalilGUEST
And we have to focus on that rather than what we disagree over because Shaytan's job is to make sure to focus on the disagreements whereas we shouldn't be doing that, right? Absolutely.
Umar KhalilGUEST
And I think it's important to, and one thing I always bang on about is to highlight and support and promote other people's products.
Umar KhalilGUEST
And when people do that, it's actually quite reflective of where they are in terms of their own approach and mindset.
Areeb SiddiquiHOST
Or if someone was away from their stand, others would come in and step in and start selling.