THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATION

In a time when Muslims in the West live in an environment of turmoil and difficulty facing new challenges daily, they encounter a cultural dilemma, a clash of the Islamic and Western civilisations. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance to know the foundations of these cultures, the differences between them as well as understanding Islam correctly taken from its pure sources. In this book, the author highlights these aspects of the two cultures whilst also giving a detailed explanation of the core beliefs of Islam.

AUTHOR: Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips AL-HIDAAYAH
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Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips was born in Jamaica, but grew up in Canada where he accepted islam in 1972. He completed a diploma in Arabic and a B.A. from the College of Islamic Disciplines (Usool al-Din) at the Islamic University of Madinah in 1979. At the University of Riyadh, College of Education he completed an M.A. in Islamic Theology in 1985 and in the depart- ment of Islamic Studies at the University of Wales. U.K., he also completed a Ph.D. in Islamic Theology in 1994. He taught Islarnic Education and Arabic in private schools in Riyadh for over ten years. Between 1992 and 1994, Dr. Bilal Philips established and lectured in the graduate and undergraduate Departments of Islamic Studies in ‘the College of Education of Shariff Kabunsuan Islamic University in Cotabato City, Mindanao. Philippines. In 1994 he founded and directed the Islamic Informat;on Center jn Dubai, I-J.AÆ. and the Department of Foreign Languages at Dar al Fatah isiamic Press in Sharjah, U.A.E, In 200), Dr. Bilal Philips established the Islamic Online University; the first accredited Islamic University on the Internet. He was a professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University in Dubai and Ajrnan University. head of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Preston University-Ajman, UAE, and a lecturer at Qatar Guest Center, Doha, Qatar.