Bilal Philips

Dr Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips

He was born in Jamaica, but grew up in Canada where he accepted Islam in 1972.

He completed a diploma in Arabic and a B.A. from the College of Islamic Disciplines (Usool ad-Deen) at the Islamic University of Madeenah in 1979.

At the University of Riyadh, College of Education, he completed a M.A. in Islamic Theology in 1985 and in the department of Islamic Studies at the University of Wales, U.K. he also completed a Ph.D. in Islamic Theology in 1994.

He taught Islamic Education and Arabic in private schools in Riyadh for over ten years and for the past three year he has been lecturing M.Ed. students in the Islamic Studies department of Shariff Kabunsuan Islamic University in Cotabato City, Mindanao, Philippines.

Since 1994 he has founded and directed The Islamic Information Center in Dubai, U.A.E. and the Department of Foreign Languages at Dar al Fatah Islamic Press in Sharjah, U.A.E.

The author’s published works include translations of “Ibn Taymeeyah’s Essay on the Jinn”, and Arabic Calligraphy in Manuscripts.
He has also co-authored “Polygamy in Islam” and authored “The Qur’aan’s Numerical Miracle - Hoax and Heresy”, “Evolution of Fiqh”, “Tafseer Soorah al-Hujuraat”, “The Ansar Cult”, “The Fundamentals of Tawheed”, “Hajj and ‘ Umrah According to Qur’aan and Sunnah”, “Islamic Studies (Book:1)”, “Islamic Rules on Menstruation”, “Arabic Reading & Writing Made Easy”, “Arabic Grammar Made Easy”, “The Purpose of Creation”, "Usool at-Tafseer", "the Exorcist Tradition in Islaam", “The Devil’s Deception” and “Salvation Through Repentance”.

Students can now study Islamic courses developed by Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips via the Islamic online university http://www.bilalphilips.com/iou/index.html

and you can find out more about Bilal Philips from his home page http://www.bilalphilips.com