RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Bilal Philips

1947 - Today

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Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips (born Dennis Bradley Philips; July 17, 1947) is a Jamaican-born Canadian Islamic scholar and author who is the founder and chancellor of the International Open University, who lives in Qatar. He has been described as a Salafi who advocates a traditional, literal form of Islam. He has written, translated and commented on over 50 Islamic books translated into multiple languages and available online, and has appeared or presented on numerous national and satellite television channels, including Saudi TV, Sharjah TV, Ajman TV, Islam Channel, Huda TV, and Peace TV. Throughout his career, Philips has become the subject of many controversies, resulting in him being banned from entering the United Kingdom, Australia, Denmark and Kenya, banned from re-entering Germany, ordered to leave Bangladesh, and deported from the Philippines. He was also named by the US government as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bilal Philips is the 2,961st most popular religious figure (down from 2,749th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Jamaican Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bilal Philips ranks 2,961 out of 3,187. Before him are Vissarion, Robert Zollitsch, Paulinus of York, José María Caro Rodríguez, Walter Rauschenbusch, and Nicholas II of Constantinople. After him are Cosmo Gordon Lang, Alvin Sargent, José Humberto Quintero Parra, Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Thirteen Assyrian Fathers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Bilal Philips ranks 716. Before him are Eddie Thomson, Olga Pall, Antti Kalliomäki, Giulio Tremonti, Nicanor de Carvalho, and Emiliano Mondonico. After him are Randy Edelman, Richard Overy, Xavier Darcos, Henryk Iwaniec, Thanos Mikroutsikos, and Dieter Riedel.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Bilal Philips ranks 56 out of 189. Before him are Gregory Isaacs (1951), Asafa Powell (1982), Errol Brown (1948), Claude McKay (1889), Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919), and Yellowman (1956). After him are Augustus Pablo (1954), Alton Ellis (1938), Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952), Arthur Wint (1920), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), and Coxsone Dodd (1932).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Jamaica

Among religious figures born in Jamaica, Bilal Philips ranks 3. Before him are Patrick Allen (1951), and Violet Brown (1900).

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