Dr.
Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips
DR. ABU AMEENAH BILAL PHILIPS was born in Jamaica, West Indies,
but grew up in Canada where he accepted Islam in 1972. He completed
a B.A. from the College of Islamic Disciplines (Usool ad-Deen)
at the Islamic University of Madeenah in 1979 and a M.A. in Islamic
Theology in 1985 at the University of Riyadh, College of Education.
In 1994 he completed a Ph.D. in Islamic Theology in the department
of Islamic Studies and the University of Wales.
Since
1994 the 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. In the year 2001, Dr. Bilal established
the first accredited Islamic university (http:// www.bilalphilips.com/iou/index.html).
He was a professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American
University in Dubai and Ajman University and is currently the head of the Department of Islamic Studies at Preston University,
Ajman.
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