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27July
(From left) Supreme Court Justice Japar B. Dimaampao, 2022 Special Shari’ah Bar Examinations Chairperson and Dean of the University of the Philippines Institute of Islamic Studies Dean Macrina A. Morados, and Office of the Bar Confidant Officer-in-Charge and Assistant Bar Confidant Atty. Amor P. Entila pose for posterity after the announcement of the results of the 2022 Special Shari’ah Bar Examinations on July 26, 2022 at the Supreme Court of the Philippines. One hundred and fifty-six out of 532 examinees (29.66%) passed the said Exams held last March 20 and 22 at the University of the Philippines in Diliman. (Photo and Caption by the SC Public Information Office)

156 pass 2022 Shari’ah Bar exams

The Supreme Court announced through the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC) on Tuesday, July 26, that 156 out of 532 examinees or 29.66 percent passed the 2022 Special Shari’ah Bar Examinations held on March 20 and 22 at the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman, Quezon City.
Macrina Morados, dean of the University of the Philippines Institute of Islamic Studies and chairperson of the 2022 Special Shari’ah Bar Examinations, said the Supreme Court En Banc approved the Shari’ah Bar Committee’s petition to lower the passing percentage to 70 percent (from 75 percent), taking into consideration the challenges and circumstances encountered by the examinees under extra-ordinary condition brought about by the pandemic.

Morados identified the top ten passers in the 17th Special Shari’ah Bar Examinations as 1) Ambung, Maniri, Cayasalam C. (85.6250%); 2) Curo, Norhasima S. (85.5250%); 3) Laguindab, Aina L. (84.9000%); 4) Mortaba, Nur-aima B. (83.9000%); 5) Lantud, Norajannah D. (83.4500%); 6) Barambangan, Hasmin M. (83.2750%); 7) Ameril, Shaibani S. (83.0750%); 8) Tawano, Abdul Raheem R. (82.9750%); 9) Domadalug-Abdullah, Moumina Sheryne L. (82.4000%), and 10) Alioden, Mohammad Muzahim A. (82.1750%).

“The members of the Board of Examiners for the 2022 Special Shari’ah Bar Examinations are the following: Atty. Sha Elijah B. Dumama-Alba (Persons, Family Relations and Property), Counselor Sheikh Luqman Bin Usman Imam (Jurisprudence [Fiqh] and Customary Laws [Adat]), Atty. Mehol K. Sadain (Procedure in Shari’ah Courts), and Dean Abdulcader Ayo (Succession, Wills/Adjudication and Settlement of Estates),” Morados said.