# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bilal-philips
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:44:42.136Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bilal-philips"
name: "Bilal Philips"
slug: "bilal-philips"
description: "Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips is a Jamaican-born Canadian Islamic scholar and author who is the founder and chancellor of the International Open University, and who lives in Qatar. He has been described as a Salafi who advocates a traditional, literal form of Islam."
tagline: "Canadian Muslim scholar and Salafist (born 1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bilal_Philips.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           70.15
  momentum:             3.28125
  historical:           16.82804933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 39
totalFollowers: 162000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/DrBilalPhilips"
    handle:    "DrBilalPhilips"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bilalphilipsofficial/"
    handle:    "bilalphilipsofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DrBilalPhilips"
    handle:    "DrBilalPhilips"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bilalphilips.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk1-R7Mmzd7iikof378dcuA"
    handle:    "@aabphilips"
    followers: 162000
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "বিলাল ফিলিপস"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bilal Philips"
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    title: "ബിലാൽ ഫിലിപ്സ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bilal Philips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bilal Philips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Билол Филипс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump