Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal
Philips: The Modern voice of Islam
Some people devote their life for the sake of ALLAH through
preaching his approved deen or Islam. Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips, who is
well known for his knowledge seeking behavior, is not exception to them. He is also
prominent as a teacher, orator, writer, and critical intellectual. He is the
scholar, who sturdily delivered the message of Islam to encourage the people to come under the
umbrella of Islam.
Dr. Abu Ameenah was born in Jamaica on January
7,1952 and brought up in Toronto, Canada, where he embraced Islam in 1972 as he
said, “After about 6 months
of reading and discussion, I had made my decision and embraced Islam in 1972.”
Both his parents are
teachers, and one of his grandfathers was a church minister and Bible scholar. The
happiest and serenest moment for Belal came when both of his parents embraced Islam
at their seventies.
After conversion to Islam, Dr. concentrated to his education
life and achieved different degrees including B.A (Islamic principles, 1979), M.A
(Theology, 1985) from Medina
and King Soud University
respectively. Furthermore, he has completed his PhD (Islamic theology) from the
University of Wales in 1994.
Dr. presented some Islamic programs on Saudi Television
Channel especially ‘interviews of converted Muslims’ named ‘Why Islam’ after
successfully completion of his M.A degree and Worked
in the religious department of the Saudi Arabian Air Force headquarters in
Riyadh during the Gulf war (Desert Storm) where he lectured American troops .as
a result over 3,000 soldiers embraced Islam.
He joined in
private school of Riyadh
and taught Islamic studies and Arabic for over ten years. As a lecturer, he
taught Islamic studies in Islamic university of cotobato city, Mindanao, Philippines.
By appearing in
Peace TV, he speaks on different fundamental topics of Islam including Faith,
polygamy, contemporary issue, oneness of God and so on.
He is transcendent for his dedicating life to spread Islam as he did and
still doing now as the founder director of Islamic information center in Dubai,
united Arab emirates since 1994 and also founded Islamic Online
University which has over 6600 students. About the success of information
center ,Belal said, in the first five years, about 1,500 people from America,
Australia, UK, Russia, China, Germany, Philippines, Sri Lanka, India and
Pakistan had converted to Islam at the center.
Currently, he is a lecturer of Arabic and
Islamic Studies at the American
University in Dubai and Ajman University
in Ajman, UAE.
Dr.
has written over 100 scholarly
books and many articles. Some of which are ‘Funeral Rites, The Fundamentals of TAWHEED
(Islamic Monotheism) Purpose of Creation, Tafsir: Surah Buruj, Exorcism in Islam, Evolution of Islamic Law, Islamic Studies,
Hajj and Umrah According to Quran & Sunnah, Islamic Rules on Menstruation, Arabic
Reading & Writing Made Easy, Arabic Grammar Made Easy, The Qu’ran's
Numerical Miracle - Hoax and Heresy, Evolution of Fiqh, Tafseer Surah
al-Hujurat, The Ansar Cult, Salvation Through Repentance. He has also
co-authored Polygamy in Islam.
A
lover of Islam can enjoy the Video lectures of
Belal on You tube, where following lectures are available: Foundation of
Islamic Studies, Contemporary Issues, Oneness of God, In search of Inner Peace,
Struggle of Cultures: Clash of Civilizations , Avoiding the unlawful,
Euthanasia, My Way To Islam, Judgment Day, Empire of Deceit (Series), In the
names of Allah (Series), Increasing Faith in Difficult times, In the light of
Islam (Question and Answer sessions), Understanding Islam and so more on peace TV.
He lives in Doha, Qatar,
with his family where he teaches at the Islamic Studies Academy. He enjoys
playing squash at least three times a week with his wife and sons as a way to
stay fit and stress-free. He teaches his children martial arts and has a black
belt in Karate.
Islam is always superior because it gives us the peaceful and violent free life where everymen are trying to present themselves unassumingly to their God, ALLAH. Dr. Philips is always trying to remind us this message again and again. As he says, “There is no time for holidays”, “when you realize how little time there is, and how much work has to be done for Islam.” for further information about his life one can visit His Website: www.BilalPhilips.com
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