A BRIEF PROFILE

DR. ABU AMEENAH BILAL PHILIPS

FOUNDER & DEAN OF ISLAMIC ONLINE UNIVERSITY

http://bais.islamiconlineuniversity.com/

Compiled By: Twahir Hussein Kassim BSc IT (Hons)

Prepare for: Youth of Mombasa

Purpose: Presented as a requirement to host Forum for students at Mombasa Polytechic University College

Source: The Official Website of Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips www.bilalphilips.com

Date: 25th January 2012

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Table of Contents

Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 1

Brief Introduction to Dr. Abu Ameenah Philips ....................................................................................... 1

Books Authored ....................................................................................................................................... 3

Some links on Dr. Abu ameenah Bilal Philps ........................................................................................... 4

Introduction

Muslim Youth in Kenya have invited the world renown scholar to Kenya in view of challenging the

minds of the youth and forging them to be better World citizens. During this trip it has been planned

that he holds a lecture at the Mombasa Polytechnic – giving credence to the Importance of Ilm

(knowledge) in our daily life.

It is envisaged that he will meet with students and scholars to exchange views, thus the choice of

Mombasa Polytechnic University College as a venue being the cradle of higher learning in the coastal

region and its historical beginnings.

Brief Introduction to Dr. Abu Ameenah Philips

Dr Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips is a Jamaican Canadian Islamic Scholar who converted to Islam in the

early seventies after journeying politically and intellectually from Christianity to Communism. Shortly

after his reversion to Islam, he embarked on a spiritual academic journey to the other side of the

world seeking Islamic knowledge. This journey took him to Saudi Arabia where he completed a BA in

Islamic studies in Madeenah, and an MA in Islamic Theology in Riyadh, then to the University of

Wales, UK, where he completed a PhD in Islamic Theology in the early nineties.

After graduation from Madeenah, 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

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taught at the Islamic Information Center in Dubai, and during his subsequent 7 years in Qatar he has

been an Islamic consultant and lecturer for the Islamic Information wing of Sh. Eid Charity.

Dr Bilal Philips has written, translated and commented on over 50 published books on various

Islamic topics. He has also edited and published the 56 book Eemaan Reading Series for children and

presented Islamic programs for a number of years on Riyadh Channel 2TV, Sharjah TV for ten years,

as well as Peace TV, Huda TV, Islam Channel, UK, and the Deen Show, Chicago, USA.

“There is no time for holidays”, says Bilal Philips, “when you realise how little time there is, and how

much work has to be done for Islam.”

In 2002 Dr Philips founded and headed the Islamic studies department of Preston University, Ajman,

UAE, and in 2007 he founded and headed the Islamic Studies Academy, Doha, Qatar, while

simultaneously launching the Islamic Online University (www.islamiconlineuniversity.com) which is

currently offering free Islamic courses to over 30,000 registered students from over 177 different

countries world wide, and for which he was included in the Jordanian publication, The 500 Most

Influential Muslims (rissc.jo/muslim500v-1L.pdf). Dr Bilal subsequently founded and headed, in

2008, the English medium Islamic studies department of Knowledge International University

(www.kiu.org), who’s Chancellor is Shaikh Dr. ‘Abdur-Rahman ibn ‘Abdil-Azeez Al Sudais and who’s

President of the board of trustees is Shaikh ‘Abdul-Azeez ibn ‘Abdullah Al Shaikh, Mufti of Saudi

Arabia. More recently, in 2009, Dr Bilal Philips founded and headed the College of Da’wah and

Islamic Culture (English Section), Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan, and established and directed

Preston International College (www.prestonchennai.ac.in) in Chennai, India. In March of this year

(2010) Dr Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips launched, for the first time in history, an accredited tuition-free

BA in Islamic Studies degree course at the Islamic Online University

(bais.islamiconlineuniversity.com).

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Books Authored

1. A Commentary on Ibnudaamahs Radiance of Faith

2. Arabic Grammar Made Easy

3. Arabic Reading and Writing Made Easy

4. Did God Become Man

5. Dream Interpretation

6. Funeral Rites in Islam

7. Hajj and Umrah

8. Islamic Rules On Menstruation and Post-Natal Bleeding

9. Islamic Studies Book 1

10. Islamic Studies Book 2

11. Islamic Studies Book 3

12. Islamic Studies Book4

13. Polygamy in Islam

14. Riyaa – The Hidden Shirk

15. Salvation Through Repentance

16. Studies in Islam

17. Tafseer Soorah Al-Hujuraat

18. The Ansar Cult in America

19. The Best in Islam

20. The Book of Monotheism

21. The Exorcist Tradition in Islam

22. Tauhid

23. The Evolution of Fiqh

24. The Evolution of Fiqh

25. The Foundations of Islamic Studies

26. The Fundamentals of Tawheed

27. The Purpose of Creation

28. The Purpose of Creation

29. The Quran's Numerical Miracle: Hoax and Heresy

30. The True Message of Jesus Christ

31. The True Religion of God

32. Usool Al Hadeeth

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33. Usool Al Fiqh

34. Usool Al Tafseer

35. A Simple Call To One God

36. Quran and Modern Science

Some links on Dr. Abu ameenah Bilal Philps

1. http://www.bilalphilips.com

2. http://blog.bilalphilips.com/

3. http://www.halaltube.com/speaker/bilal-philips

4. http://www.famousmuslims.com/Bilal%20Philips.htm

5. http://www.sunnahonline.com/ilm/purification/0042.htm

6. http://bais.islamiconlineuniversity.com/