DR. ABU AMEENAH BILAL PHILIPS
Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips, born Dennis
Bradley Philips, is a Canadian Muslim Scholar, Speaker, and Author who lives in Qatar.
Dr. Bilal Philips
reverted to Islam in 1972 after being into Christianity and Communism. And the book that won his heart over was “Islam,
The Misunderstood Religion” by Muhammad Qutb.
After accepting Islam, he felt the need to understand the
religion from it source, so he preceded to Saudi Arabia where he studied under
scholars and received his B.A. degree from the College of Islamic
Disciplines (Usul ad-Deen) at the Islamic University of Madina in 1979, and his
M.A. in ʿAqīdah (Islamic Theology) from the King
Saud University in Riyadh in 1985, and also in University
of Wales, St. David's University College (now University of
Wales, Trinity Saint David) in the Islamic Studies department. There
at the Lampeter Campus where he completed his 1993 PhD thesis, Exorcism
in Islam.
After his graduation from Madina, Dr. Bilal
became a teacher of Islamic studies for 10 years in an Islamic High School,
Manaret Riyadh, and a lecturer of Arabic and Islamic studies in the American
University in Dubai, UAE, for another 10 years. During his 10 years in the UAE,
he founded and taught at the Islamic Information Center in Dubai, and during
his subsequent years in Qatar he has been an Islamic consultant and lecturer
for the Islamic Information wing of Sh. Eed Charit. He also lectured M.Ed. students in the Islamic
Studies department of Shariff Kabunsuan Islamic University in Cotabato City,
Mindanao, Philippines.
Subsequently,
Dr. Bilal founded and headed, in 2008, the English medium Islamic studies
department of Knowledge International University, who’s Chancellor is Shaikh
Dr. ‘Abdur-Rahman ibn ‘Abdul-Azeez Al Sudais and who’s President of the board
of trustees is Shaikh ‘Abdul-Azeez ibn ‘Abdullah Al Shaikh, Mufti of Saudi
Arabia. Also in 2009, Dr. Bilal Philips founded and headed the College of
Da’wah and Islamic Culture (English Section) in Omdurman Islamic University,
Sudan, and established and directed Preston International College in Chennai,
India.
He launched the Islamic Online University,
an online distance-learning institute in March 2010, which was the first
university in history that launched an accredited tuition-free BA in Islamic
Studies degree course. Currently, the Islamic Online University offers Degree,
Master’s, Doctorate and Diploma courses in various fields of knowledge like
Islamic Studies, Arabic language and Linguistics, Information Technology,
Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance, Psychology, Business Administration, and
Education. The University also offers free diploma courses in Islamic Studies which
is of benefit especially for the newly reverted Muslims.
Dr. Bilal
Philips has authored, translated and commented on many published books on
various Islamic topics which are available in English Language and are
beneficial for the Muslims and non-Muslims. Among the books he authored are “Fundamentals
of Tawheed”, "Evolution of Islamic Law", "Through
Repentance", "Islamic Studies", "Hajj and Umrah According
to Quran & Sunnah", "Islamic Rules on Menstruation",
"Arabic Reading & Writing Made Easy", "Arabic Grammar Made
Easy", "and The Purpose of Creation" and so on. And
among the author's published works he translated are "Ibn Taymiyyah's
Essay on the Jinn", "The Devil's Deception" and “Arabic
Calligraphy in Manuscripts”.
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| Pactising his Tai Chi skills |
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| Sheikh's Childhood Picture |
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| At the Islamic University of Madina |
May Allah preserve Sheikh Dr. Abu Ameena Bilal Philips upon goodness.
His website: www.BilalPhilips.com
AbdulAhmid Azeez.
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