Sheikh Bilal Philips

Sheikh Bilal Philips;;;

Biography

Early life

Philips was born in Kingston, Jamaica but grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[6]

Education

Philips had encountered Islam several times in his travels, but the book that won him over was Islam, The Misunderstood Religion by Muhammad Qutb, the younger brother of Sayyid Qutb.[7]

He received his B.A. degree from the Islamic University of Medina and his M.A. in ʿAqīdah (Islamic Theology) from the King Saud University in Riyadh, then to the University of Wales, St. David's University College (now University of Wales, Trinity Saint David). There at the Lampeter Campus he completed his 1993 PhD thesis, Exorcism in Islam.[8]

Islamic Online University

Philips founded the Islamic Online University in Qatar.[9] On his website Philips writes that distant learning is becoming an effective tool by which ordinary Muslims may learn their faith.[10]