{"id":187869,"date":"2016-02-08T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=187869"},"modified":"2016-02-08T06:00:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T06:00:16","slug":"islamic-scholar-linked-to-terrorists-preaching-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/islamic-scholar-linked-to-terrorists-preaching-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamic scholar banned in US, UK \u2018preaching\u2019 in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"
An Islamic preacher, Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips, who was \u2018secretly\u2019 indicted in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and deported from the United States in 2004, is currently in Ghana offering teachings to\u00a0Muslims in the country.<\/p>\n
Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips, a Canadian citizen, has also been banned from entering the United Kingdom and Australia.<\/p>\n
Born Dennis Bradley Philips, the Canadian Muslim teacher, speaker and author who resides in Qatar, appears on Peace TV, which is a 24-hour Islamic satellite TV channel.<\/p>\n
He was deported from the Philippines, Bangladesh and Kenya, where he had been invited to address Islamic conferences.<\/p>\n
Sheik Philips is said to have written: \u201cWestern culture, led by the United States, is the enemy of Islam.\u201d<\/p>\n
The US Government named him as an \u201cunindicted co-conspirator\u201d in the 1993 bombing that killed six people and injured 1,000.\u00a0He was deported from the US in 2004 \u2013 [Quoted from the Sun Herald Newspaper in the UK].<\/p>\n
Sheik Philips’ activities in Ghana as advertised on his official Facebook page, which started from the\u00a04th February, ends\u00a0on the 12th February. His programmes have taken place in various parts of Accra and in Kumasi, specifically at the KNUST.<\/p>\n
He is expected to be in\u00a0Tamale for another lecture at the Tamale Jubilee Park today [Monday] February 8, titled “Islamic Identity Under Globalization” between 8:00 and 11:00pm.<\/p>\n
At the Tamale UDS on the 9th, he will hold another lecture titled “Islam and Media: Enemies or Foes” from 10:00am-12:00pm.<\/p>\n
He has already delivered lectures on the theme “Insurgency In God’s Name: Revelation or Rebellion”.<\/p>\n
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