Islamic Studies Book 3 by ASN
- Author: Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Plilips
- Publisher: A.S. Noordeen
- Paperback: 196 Pages
DR ABU AMEENAH BILAL PHILIPS was born in Jamaica, West
Indies, and 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 at the University of Wales.
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. In the year 2001, Dr. Bilal established the first accredited
Islamic university on the Internet called the Islamic Online 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, (http://www.bilalphilips.Com/
Preston/index. html).