Dr. Bilal Philips

He is a Jamaican Canadian Islamic Scholar who converted to Islam in the early seventies. He then went 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. He has written, translated and commented on over 50 published books on various Islamic topics. He has also founded and headed many Islamic Institutions and Universities around the world.