Bilal Philips at Peace- The Solution for Humanity Conference

Islam IS the solution. History has shown this. Look at the example of the Prophet Muhammad saws. Look at the final and most serious battle in his life, the retaking of Makkah, how did the muslims enter the people who fought and killed their brethren? When Umar ibn al-Khattab entered Jerusalem. When Salahuddin entered Jerusalem. What did the Muslims do when they took over Spain and ruled it for close to a thousand years? How did the Christians and the Jews live under Muslim rule in?

Eloquent, articulate and outspoken are some of the words that describe Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips. His quest to search for the truth led him from his birth island of Jamaica to the streets of Toronto where he grew up and accepted Islam in 1972. This journey has led him down many paths and he is known the world over as an Islamic scholar, Lecturer, Author and Thinker. Dr. Abu Ameenah completed his B.A. from the College of Islamic Disciplines (Usool ad-Deen) at the Islamic University of Madeenah in 1979, and thereafter went on to complete his Master's in Aqeedah at the University of Riyadh in 1985 and finally obtained his PhD from the University of Wales, U.K. in Islamic Theology in 1994. He has taught Islamic Education and Arabic in private schools, lectured M.Ed. students in the Islamic Studies department of various universities and has founded Islamic information centers while traveling extensively across the globe imparting Islamic knowledge as dictated by the Islamic tradition. Abu Ameenah enjoys playing squash at least three times a week with his wife and sons as a means of keeping fit and de-stressing and he also supervises his children in martial arts. It is interesting to note that in his earlier days, he acquired a black belt in Karate. His greatest achievement is the founding of Islamic Online University that has over 3000 students and authoring over 100 Islamic books of which, the fundamentals of Tawheed is his favourite. He currently resides in Doha, Qatar with his family where continues to teach at the Islamic Studies Academy.

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[oratorspeaker]

no mention of dhimmi status of non muslims living under muslims ,talk about biased preaching!

[khalifahklothing]

what did he say about non-muslims living in those islamic states? that is a dhimmi and that is how they lived. in fact in syria, I think the romans were going to attack it, so the muslims in that area told the non-muslims, here is your money back, we are not strong enough to defend you right now. they said, keep the money and we'll fight together. non-muslims pay the jizya, protection and they dont go to war for the muslims. muslims pay the zakat.

[leslietrav]

The tax he refers to is only 2.4 % and is called zakat, and is insisted upon by the Quran to take care of the poor, no matter if they are Jews or Christians or Muslims or atheists or other religions. If this same tax system were implemented in the world today, it would take care of all the poor people. The problem with the current tax system, which is much higher, is that very few of the benefits wind up in the hands of the needy.

[sologrimz]

should we muslim go to fight by our brother side in iraq and afganstan why do we wait? while our brother are been killed all over the world while we turn a blind eye shouldn't fight by there side?

[susas99]

If they would only learn what their religion is really about. Unfortunately, Bilal can't learn for them.

[spotandedgar]

Where did this talk take place?

[9ba2c]

1 question, why so many angry hateful comments on a video thats talking about tolerance and mercy?

[Farhan455]

02javis he didnt mean its acceptable you moron.

[Godsmasher22]

Hmmm. Muslim rule. Seems a bit uh war-ish. Not free exactly. Non muslims had to pay some kind of tax. He is over simplyfying the history, and painting his particular concern, Islam, as much nicer than it was.

[qwsrf12789]

mashallah really nice and informative lecture i love it may allah always safe muslims from bad things.may allah bring peace in this world bcz of the holy month of Ramadhan and he forgive us all gunnahs.

[reverendjeremiah]

So let me get this straight, if Im a non muslim under muslim rule, then I have to pay a tax for you to protect me? And what if Im an atheist?

[Triarch1000]

There are many ways you can fight without a sword. Fight with a pen and words my brother.