He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Shariah in 1976 with Excellent Honors from the Islamic University of Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He subsequently obtained a Master’s Degree in Usul al-Fiqh (Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence) in 1980, with First-Class Excellent Honors, from the same university, together with a recommendation that his thesis be published and disseminated. He later earned a Ph.D. in Usul al-Fiqh in 1983, also with First-Class Excellent Honors, from the Islamic University of Madinah. In addition, he studied the French language at the Sorbonne University in France and at the International School of French Language and Civilization in Paris, where he obtained an Advanced Diploma in French Language and Civilization.

His Eminence was appointed as a Designated Member of the Council of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), representing the Republic of Burkina Faso on 19 November 1984.

Dr. Dokouri has held several important positions in local and international institutions, including serving as Advisor to the President of the Republic for Islamic Affairs. As the first citizen of Burkina Faso to specialize in Islamic sciences, he has been consulted by ministries, foreign embassies, international, regional, and local organizations, as well as Islamic associations, on matters relating to Islam. He was elected President of the Executive Council of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) for five terms and was also elected President of the Burkina Faso Branch of the Mohammed VI Foundation of African Ulema. Furthermore, he served as a Member of the General Conference of UNESCO, a Member of the Committee of Eminent Personalities of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and a Member of the Higher Council of the Muslim World League in Makkah.

His Eminence has received numerous local and international academic and honorary distinctions, including the Highest National Order of Burkina Faso, the First-Class Gold Medal of ICESCO, the Grand African Honorary Award for Shared Religious Constants from the Mohammed VI Foundation of African Ulema, and the Medal and Prize of the World Citizens Organization for Peace and Good Citizenship.

Books and Research

Books

• Conflict and Preference among Sharia Texts and Their Impact on Juristic Differences (Master’s Thesis).
• Critical Edition and Study of “Tahrir al-Manqul wa Tahdhib ‘Ilm al-Usul” by Ala’ al-Din al-Maqdisi al-Mardawi (Doctoral Dissertation).

Research Papers

• The Rulings on Paper Currency.
• Zakat on Corporate Shares.
• Family Planning and Birth Control in Islam.
• The Importance of the Prophetic Sunnah in Understanding Legal Rulings and Ethics.
• Fiqh in Madinah: Its Origins and Development up to the Time of Imam Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), a research paper submitted for the Bachelor’s Degree.
• A Comparison between Islamic Shariah and Positive Laws, a paper prepared for an Islamic seminar at the University of Benin.
• The Role of Youth in Islam, a paper prepared for an international youth conference held in Tunisia.
• Social Justice in Islam, a paper prepared for a seminar held in Mali.
• Islamic Sufism (1988), a paper prepared for the Islamic Intellectual Forum in Algeria.
• The Rulings on Gold in Islamic Shariah, a collection of studies prepared for the Fiqh Encyclopedia in cooperation with the Ministry of Awqaf of the State of Kuwait.
• Misconceptions Raised Regarding the Application of Islamic Shariah, a paper prepared for the Scientific Council affiliated with Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh.
• Arab-African Cooperation and Its Historical and Islamic Dimensions (1985), a paper prepared for the League of Arab States.
• The Life of Imam al-Shafi‘i, a paper prepared for a seminar in Malaysia organized by ICESCO in cooperation with the International Islamic University Malaysia.
• Family Planning and Birth Control in Islamic Shariah.
• Custom (‘Urf) in Islamic Shariah.
• Concessions (Rukhas) and the Ruling on Acting upon Them in Islamic Shariah.
• Islamic Finance and Islamic Economics, studies prepared for the International Islamic Fiqh Academy in Jeddah.
• The Conditions of the Muslim World and Future Strategy, a paper prepared for the National Guard Cultural Festival (Janadriyah) in Riyadh.
• Sources of Islamic Legislation, a paper prepared for the Sociologists’ Conference at the University of Pennsylvania, United States of America.
• Educational Dimensions of Islamic Acts of Worship, a paper prepared for a seminar in Sana’a jointly organized by ICESCO and the Yemeni Ministry of Education.
• Social Practices Harmful to the Status of Women and Islam’s Position on Them, a paper prepared for a seminar in Cairo organized by ICESCO in cooperation with the United Nations Population Office.
• The Role of Scholars in the Journey of the Ummah (2011), a paper prepared for the Conference of Muslim Scholars held in Senegal.
• The Maximum Duration of Pregnancy, a paper prepared for the Islamic Fiqh Council of the Muslim World League in Makkah.
• The Rulings on Facing the Qiblah in Islamic Shariah, a paper prepared for the Hassani Lectures in the Kingdom of Morocco.
• The Importance of Prophetic Guidance in Establishing Legal Rulings and Ethics: The Hadith of the Saved Sect between Reality and Claim as a Model, a paper prepared and presented at the Royal Palace in Rabat before His Majesty the King of Morocco.