Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips, (born Dennis Bradley Philips, 1946) is a Canadian Muslim teacher, speaker, author, founder and chancellor of the Islamic Online University, who lives in Qatar.He appears on Peace TV, which is a 24-hour Islamic satellite TV channel.
Philips was born in Kingston, Jamaica but grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
He received his B.A. degree from the Islamic University of Madinah and his M.A. in Aqidah (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.
Philips taught Islamic studies for a decade years at an Islamic high school in Riyadh and was an Arabic and Islamic studies teacher in the American University of Dubai for 10 years as well.He also lectures at the Ajman University (AU) in the United Arab emirates.
During the First Gulf War Philips organized Islamic religious revival meetings for U.S. troops stationed in Saudi Arabia, during which (according to Philips) he converted thousands of soldiers to Islam.