University Bank Hires New Islamic Mortgage Specialist
ANN ARBOR, MI -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/03/2004 -- University Bancorp (NASDAQ: UNIB) announced today that A. D. Mirza joined University Bank's Residential team as a Mortgage Specialist. Mirza now serves as the primary point of contact in the Islamic community for the Bank's new interest-free Mortgage Alternative Loan Transaction or MALT (a redeemable lease program) and the new FDIC-insured Profit-Sharing Money Market account. He is also completing the training required to become certified as a Residential Loan Education Officer.
As a long time participant in the Detroit Chapter of the Council of American Muslim Professionals (CAMP), Mirza was most interested in joining University Bank because of its Islamic Finance programs. Prior to joining University Bank Mirza worked for Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation as a Loan Officer and Netco as an Escrow Officer.
"As with some other faith communities, the Islamic prohibition against paying interest has kept American Muslims from homeownership. We believe that we are the only bank in the country that is aggressively engaged in helping Muslim families participate in the American Dream of homeownership," said Vice President, Residential Loan Manager, John Sickler. "A. D. brings the combination of residential lending, language and cultural skills and a continued commitment to homeowners in southeast Michigan that we had spent nearly a year searching for. We're extremely fortunate that A. D. chose to join us," continued Sickler.
Originally from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, Mirza has been a Detroit area resident for twenty-eight years. He is a graduate of Fraser High School and Eastern Michigan University with a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences. While at Eastern Michigan University, Mirza interned at the Canadian House of Commons as part of the Comparative Political Internship. He is currently an executive member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Alumni Board at Eastern Michigan University. Mirza resides in Ypsilanti. Link Here
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