Dr. Abu Ameenah
Bilal Philips
Dr. Abu Ameenah
Bilal Philips
 |
Dr. Abu Ameenah
Bilal Philips 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, he completed a Ph.D. in Islamic Theology in 1994. Abu Ameenah taught Islamic Education and Arabic in private schools in Riyadh for over ten years and for three years he lectured M.Ed. students in the Islamic Studies department of Shariff Kabunsuan Islamic University in Cotobato City, Mindanao, Philippines. |
Since 1994 he has founded and directed the Islamic Information Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (which is now known as Discover Islam) and the Foreign Literature Department of Dar al Fatah Islamic Press in Sharjah, UAE. Presently, he is a lecturer of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University in Dubai and Ajman University in Ajman, UAE.
© 2007-2008 islam-inside. All Rights Reserved.
All content is not biased on any one fiqh (jurisprudence) and is from the aqeedah (belief) of Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaa'ah (teachings from the Quran and Hadith, the teachings and traditions of the Prophet)